HISTORY OF CHRISTMAS
December 25 was first officially designated as Christmas Day in this century
What is the 4 Century?
This 'Queen of Christmas' returns to the billboard top 10 with the Christmas hit "All I Want For Christmas Is You"
Who is Mariah Carey?
Children in this European country celebrate Sinterklaas on December 6th, often receiving chocolate letters
What is the Netherlands?
In this 2003 movie, Buddy, a human raised by elves, travels to New York City to find his real father
What is Elf?
This snowman was a jolly happy soul, with a corncob pipe and a button nose
Who is Frosty the Snowman?
This 19th-century English author helped revive Christmas celebrations with his novella about Ebenezer Scrooge
Who is Charles Dickens?
Sung by the popular band "Wham!", this Christmas song was released in 1984 "but the very next day, you gave it away"
What is Last Christmas?
In this South American country, fireworks light up the sky on Nochebuena (Christmas Eve)
What is Columbia?
In the 1966 animated TV special, this green character’s heart grows three sizes after he tries to ruin Christmas for the Whos of Whoville
Who is the Grinch?
This Canadian-born winter sport, played on ice, involves hitting a puck into a net
What is Ice-Hockey?
This country is credited with starting the tradition of decorating Christmas trees
What is Germany?
In this duet, a pair debates whether one should leave or stay due to the weather outside
What is Baby, It's Cold Outside?
This Christmas ornament is hidden within the Christmas tree, and is said to provide the finder with a reward or good luck for the new year
What is a Pickle?
In 'Home Alone', Kevin accidentally get left behind when his family goes on vacation to this city
What is Paris?
The term for the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, which usually occurs around December 21
What is winter solstice?
This traditional Christmas song is considered the first-ever carol broadcast from space in 1965
What is Jingle Bells?
This collaboration brought together Band Aid to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia
What is Do They Know It's Christmas?
In this Caribbean country, Christmas celebrations often include Junkanoo, a colorful street parade with music and dancing
What is the Bahamas?
This 1983 film depicts the humorous misadventures of Ralphie Parker as he schemes to get a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas
What is A Christmas Story?
In this country, people welcome winter by creating intricate ice sculptures for the Harbin Ice Festival
What is China?
This U.S. city set up the world’s tallest cut Christmas tree in 1950, a 221-foot Douglas fir towering over the Northgate Shopping Center
What is Seattle, Washington?
This song by Eartha Kitt asks Santa for a "convertible too, light blue"
What is Santa Baby?
This American fast-food chain became a Christmas tradition in Japan after a 1974 campaign called Kurisumasu ni wa Kentakkii, or "Kentucky for Christmas," inspired by a manager who noticed foreigners missing holiday turkey
What is KFC?
This 1946 classic, starring James Stewart, shows George Bailey discovering the impact he’s had on others through the help of an angel named Clarence
What is It's a Wonderful Life?
This icy precipitation forms when raindrops freeze before hitting the ground
What is sleet?