Canadian Christmas Customs
Canadian Connections in Christmas Movies
Festive Potpourri
Christmas Characters
Festive Food and Drink
100

This Canadian province is famous for its Christmas tree exports, sending thousands of balsam firs across North America each year.

What is Nova Scotia?

100

This 1990 holiday classic about a boy left behind was partly filmed in Toronto. 

What is Home Alone?

100

This 1988 action film, set during a Christmas party at Nakatomi Plaza, sparked decades of debate over whether it’s truly a holiday classic.

What is Die Hard?

100

Stink, Stank, Stunk best describe this Christmas Character.

Who is The Grinch?

100

This holiday drink was originally called “milk punch.”

What is eggnog?

200

This Canadian city hosts the world-famous Winter Carnival, featuring ice palaces and snow sculptures.

What is Québec City?

200

Canadian-born actor Larry D. Mann voiced Yukon Cornelius in this classic 1964 stop-motion special.

What is Rudloph the Red-Noised Reindeer 

200

This gift, given on the "first day of Christmas", nests in a fruit tree and is often considered a symbol of peace.

What is a partridge in a pear tree?

200

Raised at the North Pole, this cheerful character loves maple syrup and once declared, “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.

Who is Buddy the Elf?

200

This highly regarded Canadian pastry filled with butter, sugar, and syrup is often served at Christmas

What is a Butter Tart?

300

In Newfoundland and Labrador, this tradition involves people dressing in disguises and visiting homes to sing, dance, and play music.

What is Mummering?

300

This Canadian comedian made a cameo as Gus Polinski, the “Polka King of the Midwest,” in Home Alone.

Who is John Candy?

300

This European country is credited with starting the tradition of decorating Christmas trees.

What is Germany?

300

This Christmas movie character received a "Jelly of the Month Club" Membership as a holiday bonus.

Who is Clark Griswold?

300

This sweet bread studded with candied fruit is a holiday staple in Italy.

What is panettone?


400

In Quebec, families often enjoy this traditional meat pie during Christmas celebrations.

What is tourtière?

400

This 1983 holiday classic about Ralphie and his Red Ryder BB gun was filmed in both Cleveland and this Canadian city.

What is Toronto? 

400

In Japan, this fast-food chain is a popular choice for Christmas dinner.

What is KFC?

400

Known for uttering “Bah, humbug!”, this Victorian businessman learns generosity after visits from three spectral guides

Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?

400

This warm beverage, popular in Europe during Christmas markets, combines red wine, spices, and citrus.

What is mulled wine?

500

This old custom, similar to mummering but without masks, sees people visiting neighbors with music and food.

What is janneying?

500

This beloved Christmas movie featuring a magical train ride had parts of its animation work done by a Canadian studio.

What is The Polar Express?

500

In Icelandic folklore, what terrifying holiday creature eats children who don’t receive new clothes for Christmas?

What is the Yule Cat?

500

This kindly old man insists he is the real Santa Claus in a 1947 holiday classic set in New York City.

Who is Kris Kringle?

500

These are the four major food groups for elves in the Christmas film “Elf”.

What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?