SONGS
Silent night was originally composed in this language
German
In the 1994’s “The Santa Clause”, Tim Allen takes over as Santa Claus after this accident kills the original Santa Claus
Falling off the roof
Eggnog started out as hot milk curdled with ale or wine during this period, and eventually morphed into the raw egg, sugar and milk combination that we see today
Middle Ages
This classic Christmas story by Clement Clarke Moore was originally titled “A visit from St. Nicholas
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Santa's reindeer are technically all female.
True
This popular Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving
Jingle Bells
In this cinematic holiday heart-warmer, George Bailey receives a visit from an angel who helps him realize the importance of his own existence
It's a Wonderful Life
Gingerbread houses originated in Germany in this century, but rose in popularity thanks to the Brothers' Grimm tale of Hansel and Gretel.
16th
“Rocking around the Christmas Tree” was originally recorded by Brenda Lee at _____ years of age.
13
Accounting for time zone differences, Santa has 41 hours to reach all of the children across the world.
False - 31
In the song “Mr. Grinch”, his brain is full of this
Black spiders
“I triple dog dare ya.” is a quote from this classic Christmas movie
A Christmas Story
A recently widowed father of three girls was having trouble making ends meet. Knowing he wouldn't accept charity, this man hid gold coins in the girls' recently laundered stockings, drying by the fire, giving us the tradition of hanging stocking.
St. Nicholas
In the timeless Dicken’s classic, “A Christmas Carol”, Ebeneezer Scrooge is visited by how many ghosts in total, and what are they called
4: Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
According to Time, Americans eat more turkey than ham during the holiday season
False, they eat virtually the same amount of each protein on Christmas.
Finish the lyrics: “When I open up my eyes and see a _______ hero standing there”
Hippo
Sarah Jessica Parker’s character spills this egg dish all over herself, in the 2005 Romantic Comedy, “The Family Stone”
Strata
Every year, a towering evergreen tree makes its way from Nova Scotia to this New England city as a token of thanks for assistance following the devastating Halifax Harbour explosion.
Boston
What famous author critiqued Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol”, saying “There is no heart. No feeling – is nothing but glittering frostwork”.
Mark Twain
Though records point towards a spring birth, the Pope Julius I declared the birth of christ (or christmas day) be celebrated on december 25th, in an effort to absorb the traditions of the Pagan Saturnalia festival.
True
Finish the Lyrics: They’ve got cars big as bars
They’ve got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you, it's __________
No place for the old
This many light bulbs in total are on the Griswold family home, in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation"
25,000
It's tradition to eat KFC for Christmas in Japan. It all started when the first KFC opened in Japan in the 70s, and marketed the party bucket with this slogan.
Kentucky is Christmas
You may be surprised that the term "X-mas" dates all the way back to the 1500s, from this country. The letter X comes from the first letter in the word "Christ".
Greece
Sending physical Christmas cards is no longer a popular tradition
False - over 1.3 billion are sent every year