Holiday Movies
This main character said, "You smell like beef and cheese, you don't smell like Santa!"
Who is Buddy the Elf?
You can play with this Jewish toy "when it's dry and ready."
What is a dreidel?
The Bible does not say how many magi came to visit Jesus, but many people have assumed it was 3 because of these 3 gifts brought to Jesus.
What are gold, frankincense, and myrrh?
This is how you say "Merry Christmas" in Hawaii. Most of us learned the phrase from Bing Crosby!
What is Mele Kalikimaka?
Type of Christmas tree.
Animal hair.
What is fir and fur?
You'd think Kevin McAllister's parents would have learned their lesson after this first movie. But no, they somehow made the same mistake again in the sequel!
What is Home Alone?
It's tough to remember all the lyrics to 12 Days of Christmas, but everyone merrily belts out this gift, given on the 5th day of Christmas.
What are 5 golden rings?
No, it's not an "attack on Christmas"! It's just abbreviating the word "Christ" with this Greek letter, which is the first letter in the Greek spelling of Christ.
What is X? - OR - What is chi?
Japan has a unique tradition of ordering food from this "finger-lickin' good", 3-letter fast food chain on Christmas day.
What is KFC?
Cool in temperature.
A hot pepper.
What are chilly and chili?
In the classic movie, "It's a Wonderful Life", George Bailey calls out to his guardian angel who goes by this name.
Who is Clarence?
The song "My Favorite Things" from this classic movie is often sung at Christmastime, even though neither the song, nor the movie, ever mentions Christmas at all.
What is The Sound of Music?
Surprisingly, "Jingle Bells" was not originally written as a Christmas song. It was first sung to celebrate this holiday, and it was so popular, they chose to sing it again a month later.
What is Thanksgiving?
Who is Krampus?
From sunset to sunrise.
A mounted man at arms serving a feudal lord.
What is night and knight?
There's much debate about whether this movie, which launched Bruce Willis's career as an action hero, actually counts as a Christmas movie.
What is Die Hard?
Everyone knows the lyrics, "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..." but officially the song is named this vague title.
What is The Christmas Song
Historians believe that Joseph the "carpenter" did not work as much with wood as he did with this material.
What is stone?
In Ethiopia, Christmas or "Genna", is not celebrated in December, but in this month, according to the Ethiopian Orthodox calendar.
To chill a liquid to a solid.
Releases from captivity.
What are freeze and frees?
This Dickens novella has inspired many holiday movies. Some go by the same title and stick strictly to the original story, while others, like the newly released movie "Spirited" take a more creative approach.
What is A Christmas Carol?
What is O Come All Ye Faithful?
It's impossible to know the exact date of Christ's birth, but we do know it was probably not December 25th, a date chosen by the Roman Catholic Church to replace this pagan holiday.
What is Saturnalia?
From 1969 to 1997, the government of this atheist, Caribbean island nation banned the celebration of Christmas. They said it was to not interfere with the sugar harvest.
What is Cuba?
Enclosed or surrounded. Not on the exterior.
A place for travelers to eat and sleep.
What are in and inn?