Christmas around the world
This country celebrates Christmas with traditional dishes like rice pudding, Christmas ham, and saffron buns.
What is Sweden?
This movie features a young boy left behind while his family goes to Paris.
What is "Home Alone"?
The narrator's name in "The Shawshank Redemption".
What is Red (Ellis Boyd Redding)?
This singer is known as the “Queen of Christmas” because her song becomes a hit every December.
Who is Mariah Carey?
These plants with white berries are hung as decorations; people kiss underneath them.
What is mistletoe?
The name of the horned creature who accompanies Saint Nicholas and punishes misbehaving children in Austria/Germany.
What is Krampus?
In this Christmas film, the main character tries to stop Christmas from coming.
What is "The Grinch"?
The name of the serial killer who killed and ate (parts of) 17 young men from 1978-1991
What is (Who is) Jeffrey Dahmer?
This classic song starts with “xxxx xxxxxxx, I gave you my heart.”
What is "Last Christmas"?
This sweet, striped candy is often shaped like a hook.
What is candy cane?
In this country, people eat KFC for Christmas dinner because of a famous 1970s advertisement.
What is Japan?
In this film, Buddy discovers he’s actually human and travels to New York City.
What is "Elf"?
Translate "mordbrand" into English.
What is arson?
This famous Christmas song warns that “He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice.”
What is “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”?
The city which is famous for its big straw goat.
What is Gävle?
This country celebrates Las Posadas, reenacting Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter.
What is Mexico?
This stop-motion movie features Jack Skellington from Halloween Town discovering Christmas Town.
What is "A nightmare before Christmas"?
The author who wrote "Lamb to the slaughter".
Who is Roald Dahl?
The male singer behind the popular Christmas song "Happy Christmas (War is Over)".
Who is John Lennon?
In this tradition, children hang these items by the fireplace in hopes they will be filled with small gifts and treats.
What are Christmas stockings?
In this country, people smash plates and jump off chairs for good luck on New Year’s Eve.
What is Denmark?
This 1947 film (later remade in 1994) follows a department-store Santa who must go to court to prove that he is the real Kris Kringle.
What is "Miracle on 34th Street"?
The plural of fungus.
What is fungi?
This song features a boy playing his drum for baby Jesus and includes the repeated sound “pa-rum-pum-pum-pum.”
What is “The Little Drummer Boy”?
This object is hidden in some families’ homes, and whoever finds it gets a prize. (Mostly in the U.S.)
What is the Christmas pickle?