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100
This fairy tale popularized gingerbread houses.
HINT: in the story, an unscrupulous witch lives in a gingerbread house to attract children she then cooks into gingerbread men in her oven.
Hansel and Gretel
100
In "A Christmas Carol", this was the name of Bob Cratchit's son.
a. Little Larry
b. Small Paul
c. Bitty Barry
d. Tiny Tim
d. Tiny Tim
100
I am a helpful creature
not too big and not too small
Out of all my fellow reindeer
I’m the fastest of them all.
Dasher
100
In the song, "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", this weather condition compelled Santa to ask Rudolph for help.
Fog
100
In 1882, the first Christmas tree with electric string lights was displayed in New York, and it glowed with bulbs of this/these color(s):
a. red, white, and blue
b. red and green
c. all white
d. red, green, and white
a. red, white, and blue
100
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this is the height of the world's tallest cut Christmas tree, which was erected at Northgate Shopping Center in Seattle, Washington in December of 1950:
a. 134 ft.
b. 93 ft.
c. 247 ft.
d. 221 ft.
d. 221 ft.
200
Eating turkey for Christmas dinner makes you feel sleepy due to this amino acid:
a. tryptophan
b. lysine
c. phenylalanine
d. glutamine
a. tryptophan
200
This is the name of the main character in The Santa Claus BEFORE he becomes Santa Claus.
a. Scott Calvin
b. Sam Cooke
c. Saul Cratchit
d. Sawyer Campbell
a. Scott Calvin
200
Christmas Dad Joke:
Santa's elves drive this kind of car.
A TOY-ota.
200
Frosty's nose was made from THIS in the holiday song, "Frosty the Snowman".
A button.
200
This country is responsible for first lighting up Christmas trees with candles in the 17th century.
a. England
b. Germany
c. Italy
d. Austria
b. Germany
200
True or False:
Santa's reindeer, always depicted with antlers during the Christmas season, must be either females or castrated males.
True.
While both male and female reindeer have antlers, males lose theirs during the Christmas season due to hormonal changes and do not regrow them until spring. Only castrated males and females retain their antlers year round.
300
True or False: The candy cane's "J" shape was religious symbolism for Jesus as the "Good Shepherd".
False.
A German choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral persuaded craftsmen to produce bent versions of the sugar sticks to represent a shepherd's staff, so he could pass them out to fidgety children attending the living Nativity.
300
In the movie Elf, this was Buddy the Elf's least favorite toy.
a. Teddy bear
b. Slinky
c. Jack-in-the-box
d. Play-Doh
c. Jack-in-the-box
300
The first artificial Christmas tree was made of this:
a. Glass
b. Plastic
c. Feathers
d. Silk
c. Feathers
300
Finish the lyrics:
"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas,
with every ____ ____ ____ ____".
"Christmas card I write"
300
Bubble lights contained sugar and methyline chloride, a poisonous liquid. This is what made them bubble:
a. neon gas
b. a low boiling point
c. sucrose and sodium chloride
d. a poltergeist
b. a low boiling point
300
One of the following is NOT a seminar taught at the Charles W. Howard Santa School in Midland, Michigan:
a. Beard and Hair Care
b. History of St. Nicholas and Santa
c. Elf Mischief
d. Santa Hygiene 101
c. Elf Mischief
400
For Christmas in 1902, the National Biscuit Company (later Nabisco) redesigned its box of this treat to resemble a circus wagon cage with a string handle, so the box could be hung as a Christmas ornament.
Animal Crackers
400
In "A Christmas Story", Ralphie's dad tells him he looks like this after he tries on the pink bunny suit.
a. A pink nightmare
b. A little angel
c. A rabid rabbit
d. A wad of dryer lint
a. A pink nightmare
400
The first company to use Santa Claus in an advertisement:
a. Pepsi
b. Coca-Cola
c. 7-Up
d. Fanta
Coca-Cola
400
This child's stocking is filled up first in the Christmas classic, "Up On The Housetop".
Little Nell
400
In 1900, it would cost around $300 for the lights, a generator, and a wireman's services to pay for a Christmas tree with electric lights. $300 in 1900 is THIS amount in today's money:
a. $1000
b. $2000
c. $3000
d. $4000
b. $2000
400
There are two towns in the United States named Santa Claus, and they can be found in these two states:
a. Indiana and Illinois
b. Indiana and Georgia
c. Georgia and Alabama
d. Alabama and Illinois
b. Indiana and Georgia
500
American children often leave out milk and cookies for Santa. Around the world, however, people leave out many other types of treats for the old man. One of the following is NOT correct:
a. Australian children leave beer for Santa.
b. Japanese children leave sake for Santa.
c. British children leave a sifter of brandy for Santa.
d. Children in Tyrol leave of a glass of Schnapps for Santa.
b. Japanese children leave sake for Santa.
500
In "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", Clark forgets to bring THIS when going to cut down the family Christmas tree.
A saw
500
The cumulative number of gifts you would have received on the 6th day of Christmas, according to the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas".
21
500
Elmo Shropshire is famous around the world for recording the holiday favorite "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer". Aside from singing, this was his other profession:
a. Veterinarian
b. School Bus Driver
c. Astronaut
d. Trapeze Artist
a. Veterinarian
500
The Gay family of LaGrangeville, NY currently holds the Guinness World Record for "Most Lights on a Residential Property". Rounding to the nearest hundred thousand, this is the approximate number of lights used in their display:
a. 400,000
b. 500,000
c. 600,000
d. 700,000
c. 600,000
The display consists of 601,736 lights, spans 2 acres, takes 2 months to build, and is set to more than 200 songs passersby can hear if they tune in on their radios.
500
St. Nicholas is the patron saint of this activity (among other things):
a. agriculture
b. sailing
c. baking
d. hunting
b. sailing
Legend holds that while aboard a ship to Palestine, Nicholas calmed a violent sea with his prayers.
600
One of the following is NOT a Christmas meal tradition:
a. fried caterpillars in southern Africa
b. eel and squid in Italy
c. lutefisk in Australia
d. bread shaped like baby Jesus in Belgium
e. KFC in Japan
c. lutefisk in Australia
Lutefisk (cod soaked in lye, the same ingredient in Drano) is consumed in Norway, not Australia
600
In "Home Alone", this is the nickname Harry and Marv gave themselves as a team of burglars.
a. Smash and Grab
b. The Wet Bandits
c. The Night Ninjas
d. The Bad Apples
b. The Wet Bandits
600
Alvin, in the "Chipmunk Song", asks for this for Christmas.
"Me, I want a hula hoop!"
600
This is the time when Santa arrives in "Jolly Old St. Nicholas".
Twelve o'clock
600
Residents of Aurora, Illinois, ironically dubbed "The City of Lights", face a fine of this amount if they do not take down their Christmas lights by February 25th.
a. $25
b. $50
c. $75
d. $100
b. $50
Residents are given a 7 day warning, followed by a $50 fine each week until lights are taken down.
600
In 1986, Norwegian scientist Odd Halvorsen of the University of Oslo hypothesized that Rudolph's red nose might be the result of:
a. imbibing alcohol
b. phosphorescent algae
c. a large concentration of static electricity
d. a parasitic infection in his respiratory system
d. a parasitic infection in his respiratory system
This hypothesis was published in a 1986 issue of the journal Parasitology Today.