Movies
Favorite Christmas movie?
What is any Christmas movie starting with "what"?
Original material for tinsel.
What is silver?
Spun silver invented in Germany in 1610.
Most recorded Christmas song.
What is Silent Night?
733 different versions have been copyrighted since 1978.
Chronological order for Elf and Dr Seuss' The Grinch.
What is Elf in 2003 and The Grinch in 2018?
Country and name that morphed into English "Santa Claus".
What is the Netherlands/Holland and Dutch name Sinter Klaas?
What gift did a German prince give his new wife that resulted in an 1848 illustration that went viral?
What is a Christmas tree?
Prince Albert is usually credited for introducing the Christmas tree to England in 1840 when he gave one as a gift to Queen Victoria.
Symbolizes the crown of thorns Christ wore at his crucifixion and the blood that He shed.
What is the Christmas wreath?
Holly represents the crown and berries stand for His shed blood.
Christmas carol originally written for Thanksgiving.
What is Jingle Bells?
Composed by James Lord Pierpont in 1857 under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" for sleigh races.
Chronological order for A Christmas Story, It's a Wonderful Life and A Charlie Brown Christmas.
What is It's a Wonderful Life in 1946, A Charlie Brown Christmas in 1965 and A Christmas Story in 1983?
Postal code and country for letters to Santa Claus.
What is HOH HOH in Canada?
Canadian Post Office workers started responding to letters and set up a special postal code as part of a Santa Letter Writing Program Initiative.
When was celebrating Christmas illegal in North America?
What is 1659 to 1681?
Observing Christmas was outlawed in Boston in 1659 by the Puritans. In June 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a bill designating Christmas as a legal, unpaid holiday.
Christmas short form and how it came to be.
What is "Xtemmas" which was shortened to Xmas?
"Christianity" was spelled "Xianity" as far back as 1100. "X" or "Chi" is the Greek first letter of Christ and served as a stand in symbol at the time.
Originally written for congregation Thanksgiving concert.
What is Jingle Bells?
James Lord Pierpont wrote "One Horse Open Sleigh"