Do You Hear What I Hear?
This accessory, famously worn by Abraham Lincoln, contained the magic to bring Frosty the Snowman to life.
What is a top hat?
This real-life department store served as the setting for the Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street.
What is Macy's?
It consists of inexpensive foil now, but this glittery decoration started as strips of real silver.
What is tinsel?
There were no creatures stirring on the night before Christmas, not even one of these.
What is a mouse?
In A Christmas Story, Ralphie was told, "You'll shoot your eye out!" when he requested this gift for Christmas.
What is a Red Ryder BB Gun?
In Eartha Kitt's 1953 song Santa Baby, the singer asks Santa for a convertible in this color.
What is light blue?
"Bah, Humbug!" is phrase coined in this author's novel A Christmas Carol.
Who is Charles Dickens?
Before they were a fun holiday craft, Gingerbread houses were the home of a witch in this famous Grimm fairytale.
What is Hansel and Gretel?
This reclusive villain resides in a cave on a snowy mountaintop with his trusty sidekick, Max.
Who is the Grinch?
This giggling, furry red monster was the hit of the holidays as the best-selling Christmas toy of 1996.
Who is Tickle Me Elmo?
Because this song about a popular percussion instrument was originally written for Thanksgiving, it never uses the word "Christmas," a single time.
What is Jingle Bells?
In this 1946 film featuring George Bailey and Clarence, every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.
What is It's a Wonderful Life?
More than 1.5 billion of these travel through the U.S. Postal Service every year.
What are Christmas cards?
These hooved reindeer, named after Thunder and Lightning, help pull Santa's sleigh.
Who are Donner and Blitzen?
This spud-tastic toy by Hasbro has been a kid favorite for many years. Originally, though, consumers had to provide their own body for the accessories.
Who is Mr. Potato Head?
This 1984 Christmas song about Christmases past, originally written and recorded by the English pop duo Wham!, has over 300 renditions on Spotify.
What is Last Christmas?
Clark Griswold used 25,000 lights to light up his house in this 1989 Christmas classic.
What is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation?
According to many surveys, one in three men wait until this day to do their Christmas shopping.
What is Christmas Eve?
This holiday figure's facial hair dates back to the Roman Empire when men wore long beards to symbolize their religion.
Who is Santa Claus?
This festive accessory originated in Germany in the 1870s as a practical cloth to catch dripping wax from real trees decorated with lit candles.
What is a tree skirt?
This catchy 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?
There is an ongoing debate online about whether this action flick starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman is actually a Christmas film.
What is Die Hard?
This most important Christmas decoration originated in Germany. Early artificial renditions were made from dyed goose feathers.
What are Christmas trees?
This horned, goat-like beast from Alpine folklore in central Europe is the opposite of Saint Nick. He visits naughty children and is sometimes portrayed as swatting them with birch sticks to punish them for misbehaving.
Who is Krampus?
This toy, designed by a professor of architecture in Budapest to teach his students about spatial awareness became the most popular toy of 1980, found under many Christmas trees that year.
What is a Rubik's Cube?
This Christmas song, originally released in 1952, was condemned by the Catholic Church for allegedly portraying an adulterous affair, resulting in some radio stations refusing to play it.
What is I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus?
In Disney's adaptation of this 1905 short story by O. Henry, Minnie trades her watch to buy Mickey a harmonica case, and Mickey trades his harmonica for a chain for Minnie's watch.
What is The Gift of the Magi?
In 1870, this U.S. president signed a bill into law making Christmas a federal holiday.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
These barnyard beasts kept time for a humble percussionist in the Christmas carol, The Little Drummer Boy.
What are ox and lamb?
These toys from Hasbro with the tagline "Wobble but they don't fall down," was one of the most popular toys in 1971.
What are Weebles?