Christmas Songs
SPELLING: This King looked out "On the Feast of Stephen"
Who is Good King Wenceslas? "Good King Wenceslas" is a Christmas carol that tells a story of a tenth-century king of Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic) who goes on a journey, braving harsh winter weather, to give alms to a poor peasant on the Feast of Stephen. During the journey, his page is about to give up the struggle against the cold weather, but is enabled to continue by following the king's footprints, step for step, through the deep snow.
The legend is based on a story about Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907–935), who was not in fact a king.
The name of the toy store featured in the 1992 movie Home Alone 2?
What is Duncan's Toy Chest.
Home Alone 2's Duncan's Toy Chest is based on a real store in New York - but was filmed somewhere else.
When the movie was shot, it was called FAO Schwarz toy store and was situated near The Plaza on Fifth Avenue and 59th street.
The toy retailer closed in 2015, but reopened in 2018 in a new location at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan.
What name did Santa Claus suggest for the Tooth Fairy in Santa Claus 2?
What is a The Molinator?
Edible House with candy decorations are made from the traditional baked substance.
what is gingerbread?
These are the names of the 3 Wisemen or Magi.
What are the Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar – they followed the Star of Bethlehem to find the birth place of Baby Jesus.
This is the name of the dancing Italian donkey.
What is Dominick? "Dominick the Donkey" is a Christmas song from 1960, written by Ray Allen, Sam Saltzberg and Wandra Merrell, tells the tale of Dominick, a dancing Italian donkey who helps Santa pull his sled over the steep hills of Italy because the reindeer are unable to scale them.
In this 1954 movie, singers Bob Wallace and Phil Davis join sister act Betty and Judy Haynes to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. What is the name of the innkeeper in Vermont?
What is General Waverly?
POETRY: Finish the poem by Clement C Moore:
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
What is:
And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath;
Clark Griswold drank this out of a Moose Mug, in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
What is eggnog? While no one knows who invented eggnog, most historians and foodies generally agree eggnog originated in medieval Britain. The upper classes were the only ones to have access to the milk, sherry, and eggs required to make the first version of eggnog, so it began as an exclusive beverage. Monks in the Middle Ages added figs and eggs to this beverage they called “posset,” essentially an aromatic eggnog, and the wealthy generally used it for toasts to health and wealth.
What are the two most common names for Santa Claus?
Who is Saint Nicholas and Kris Kringle?
This is how to say Merry Christmas in Hawaii.
What is Mele Kalikimaka? Written in 1949.
Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say
On a bright Hawaiian Christmas day
That's the island greeting that we send to you
From the land where palm trees sway
Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright
The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night
Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way
To say Merry Christmas to you
Who is Bernard?
According to the song, what did my true love get for me on the 8th day of Christmas?
What is "eight maids a-milkin"?
These classic Christmas sweets begin as striped loaves before a machine pulls and twists it into thin, hook-shaped treats.
What are candy canes? A common story of the origin of candy canes says that in 1670, in Cologne, Germany, the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral, wishing to remedy the noise caused by children in his church during the Living Crèche tradition of Christmas Eve, asked a local candy maker for some "sugar sticks" for them. In order to justify the practice of giving candy to children during Mass, he asked the candy maker to add a crook to the top of each stick, which would help children remember the shepherds who visited the infant Jesus.
What is the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time?
What is The Grinch? $538,920,602.
Followed by Home Alone $476,684,675
This song, sung by a local famous male pop star, is where you can kiss someone at Christmas-time.
What is Under the Mistletoe, by Justin Bieber? Under the Mistletoe is the first Christmas album and second studio album by Canadian singer Justin Bieber, released on November 1, 2011, he was 17.
In the movie Elf, what is the best way to spread Christmas Cheer?
What is: "The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear."
POETRY - Complete the phrase....Your Heart is full of unwashed socks, your soul is full of gunk, Mr Grinch. The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote....
What is: Stink! Stank! Stunk!
"Your heart is full of unwashed socks, Your soul is full of gunk, Mr. Grinch. The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote: "Stink! Stank! Stunk!"
In "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", the carolers threaten to stay put until they receive this proper English dish?
What is figgy pudding? A rich boiled pudding made with flour, suet, figs, and other dried fruit, traditionally eaten at Christmas.
Which New York City theater do the Rockettes perform at
What is Radio City Music Hall? They were originally called the Missouri Rockets, and they began performing in 1925 at the Missouri Theatre in St. Louis. After the impresario Roxy brought them to New York for his Roxy Theatre, they were called the Roxyettes. They were billed as such when Roxy brought them to Radio City Music Hall for its opening in December 1932. It was only later that the name of the company changed to the Radio City Rockettes.
In the song Winter Wonderland, what do we call the snowman?
What is Parson Brown?
Which Hollywood actor played six different roles in the Polar Express?
What is Tom Hanks
These are the names of Santa's reindeer?
Who are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blizten, and Rudolph?
These are the four major food groups for elves in the Christmas film "Elf".
What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
SPELLING: The 3 gifts presented by the 3 Wisemen to baby Jesus.
What are gold, frankincense and myrrh? The three gifts had a spiritual meaning: gold as a symbol of kingship on earth, frankincense (an incense) as a symbol of deity, and myrrh (an embalming oil) as a symbol of death. This dates back to Origen in Contra Celsum: "gold, as to a king; myrrh, as to one who was mortal; and incense, as to a God."