Christmas Traditions
Children typically leave this tasty treat for Santa on Christmas Eve.
What are cookies and milk?
Edible houses with candy decorations are made from this traditional baked substance.
What is gingerbread?
This magical household figure moves from room to room, helping Santa by making sure children are being good.
Who is The Elf on the Shelf?
A family member who got run over by a reindeer.
Who is Grandma?
Jack Skellington's nickname.
What is The Pumpkin King?
This type of calendar contains pockets filled with treats, one for each day of December through Christmas Day.
What is an advent calendar?
This holiday treat was originally designed to resemble a shepherd’s staff.
What is the candy cane?
Jesus was born in this type of building because there was no room at the inn.
What is a stable?
In the song "Last Christmas", the singer gives this to someone special.
What is their heart?
In “The Santa Clause,” Scott Calvin takes over as Santa after this happens.
What is Santa falling off a roof?
Santa keeps these two lists to track which children get presents and which get coal.
What is the Naughty and Nice List?
Rather than dining on turkey, the Whos in Whoville in Dr. Seuss’s Christmas classic “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” enjoy this descriptively named main dish.
What is roast beast?
Two popular alternate names for Santa Claus.
What are Kris Kringle and Saint Nick?
The piece of clothing that made Frosty the Snowman come to life.
What is an old silk hat?
In the 1983 holiday favorite “A Christmas Story,” Ralphie’s father wins a lamp shaped like this body part as a runner-up prize from a newspaper contest.
What is a woman's leg?
Popping tubes used in the United Kingdom to hold gifts and small treats go by this explosive name.
What are Christmas Crackers?
The popular Christmas beverage also known as “milk punch.”
What is egg nog?
The first name of Scrooge in Charles Dickens’s "A Christmas Carol."
What is Ebenezer?
The lyrics to this timeless Christmas song describe a wintery ride in a one-horse open sleigh, but never once mention the word “Christmas.”
What is "Jingle Bells?"
The three words used to describe the Grinch in the classic Christmas movie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
What are stink, stank, stunk?
The country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree.
What is Germany?
This chocolate-covered cake dessert is shaped like a log and is a popular Christmas treat.
What is a Yule Log?
The names of the original eight reindeer that pull Santa’s sleigh.
What are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen?
The gift the Little Drummer Boy gave to the newborn Christ.
What is he "played his drum for him?"
These are the four major food groups for elves in the Christmas film “Elf”.
What are candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup?