Christmas movies
Will Ferrell played the oversized North Pole adoptee who sets off to find his father in this 2003 Christmas classic.
What is “Elf”?
During the holidays, this famous New York City landmark features a colossal Christmas tree and a popular ice-skating rink.
What is Rockefeller Center?
There were no creatures stirring on the night before Christmas, not even one of these.
What is a mouse?
One of the key flavors in eggnog is this aromatic spice, often sprinkled on top as a garnish.
What is nutmeg?
This catch 1994 Christmas tune is the best-selling Christmas single ever recorded by a female artist, as well as being one of the highest-selling singles in music history.
What is “All I Want for Christmas is You”?
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?
The English also refer to Santa Claus by this proper-sounding name.
What is Father Christmas?
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” with every one of these.
What is “Christmas card I write”?
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?
Spotify has a playlist featuring 100 different versions of this holiday bop, which was originally written and recorded by 1980s Brit Pop duo Wham!
What is “Last Christmas”?
This “Home Alone” character fends off a pair of robbers by building slapstick traps in his house.
Who is Kevin McAlister?
In Germany, this frightening anti-Santa Claus with goat’s hooves and horns punishes children who misbehave instead of bringing them gifts.
Who (or what) is Krampus?
In The Twelve Days of Christmas, lords a-leaping appear in this quantity.
What is ten?
The smooth, candy-like hard frosting used to decorate sugar cookies goes by this regal name.
What is royal icing?
It may sound like a composition from the Middle Ages, but this classic Christmas hymn appeared in 1843 and made its debut in 1847.
What is “O Holy Night”?
In 1994’s “The Santa Clause,” Tim Allen’s character takes over as Santa after this accident kills the original Santa Clause.
What is falling off a roof?
This tradition, now associated with Christmas, began in Ancient Greece as a blessing of fertility in wedding ceremonies.
What is kissing under the mistletoe?
You can get your Christmas card postmarked not at the North Pole, but at the city called North Pole, located in this, the largest U.S. state.
What is Alaska?
This traditional Christmas beverage, made with brandy, fruit juices, and spices, is also the subject of an English folk song
What is wassail?
In “A Holly, Jolly Christmas,” singer Burl Ives suggests that you say hello to these two classifications of people.
What are folks you know and everyone you meet?
The role of Ebenezer Scrooch in 1992’s “A Muppet Christmas Carol” featured this two-time Academy Award-winning British actor.
Who is Michael Caine?
It is Hawaii’s way to say, “Merry Christmas to you.”
What is “Mele kalikimaka”?
The wise men brought these three gifts for the baby Jesus, not the most useful items to give a newborn.
What are gold, frankincense, and myrrh?
Popping tubes used in the U.K. to hold gifts and small treats go by this explosive name.
What are Christmas crackers?
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” features a Christmas song composed especially for the show, with lyrics written on the back on an envelope in ten minutes by the show’s producer.
What is “Christmas Time is Here”?