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In this movie, the main character learns that “every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.
It’s a Wonderful Life
Finish the lyric: “You better watch out, you better not cry…”
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
Why did Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem?
Roman census ordered by Caesar Augustus
During the Great Depression in 1931, construction workers at this NYC landmark pooled their money to buy a 20-foot balsam fir, starting a world-famous annual tradition.
Rockefeller Center
What was originally used to decorate Christmas trees?
Candles
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, the main character Jack Skellington is the “Pumpkin King” of this fictional town.
Halloween Town
Finish the lyric: "Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye..."
"Tell me, baby, do you recognize me?
Well, it's been a year, it doesn't surprise me"
Who was ruling Judea at the time of Jesus’ birth?
King Herod
This iconic red-suited image of Santa Claus was popularized in the U.S. by ads from this company in the 1930s.
Coca-Cola
About what percentage of Americans put up a Christmas tree each year?
about 75–80%
In Elf, what is the first rule of the Code of Elves?
Treat every day like Christmas
Name all of Santa’s reindeer as listed in the song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph?
Which two Gospels include the Nativity story?
Matthew and Luke
What year did Christmas become a federal holiday in the United States?
1870
President Ulysses S. Grant
Roughly how many artificial Christmas trees are used in the U.S. each year? Hint: in the millions
about 20 million?
In Home Alone, which city is the family traveling to when Kevin is left behind?
Paris
This Christmas song includes the lyric: “A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices.”
O Holy Night
What day was Christ actually born?
April 6th.
Which U.S. state was the last to declare Christmas a legal holiday?
Oklahoma
Oregon
- Oregon produces about 4–5 million trees per year
- It accounts for roughly 30% of all real Christmas trees sold in the U.S.
This Christmas movie is set in Los Angeles during a Christmas Eve office party
Die Hard
This carol was originally written in Austria in 1818
Silent Night
How many years before Christ's birthday did Samuel the Lamanite come to prophesy to the Nephites in the Book of Mormon?
5 years
In 1901, this U.S. president banned Christmas trees from the White House due to conservation concerns.
Theodore Roosevelt
Why?
Roosevelt was a strong conservationist and objected to cutting down trees. Because of this, he did not allow a Christmas tree in the White House—at least at first.
Christmas is celebrated in how many countries around the world?
Over 160