The Other Santa
What day is Santa Lucia day?
December 13th
What sports are included in the winter biathlon?
Cross-country skiing and rifle shooting
Now, bring us some ____
Now, bring us some _____
Now, bring us some _____
And bring it out here.
Figgy Pudding
Which actor played the Grinch in the live-action remake?
Jim Carrey
What snack is left out for Santa on Christmas eve?
Milk and cookies
What is the key ingredient in Santa Lucia's rolls?
Saffron
Which country has by far the most winter Olympic Gold medals?
Norway (148, US is 2nd at 114)
Christ, by highest heaven ____;
Christ, the everlasting ____;
late in time behold him come,
offspring of a virgin’s womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
hail th’ incarnate Deity,
pleased as man with man to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel.
Hark! the herald angels sing,
“Glory to the new born King!”
adored
Lord
In It's a Wonderful Life, what does George Bailey wish for on Christmas Eve which sets up the rest of the movie?
He wishes he had never been born.
On Christmas Island, during which season does Christmas occur?
Summer!
Where did St. Lucy (the namesake for Santa Lucia) live?
Which Scandinavian country hosts the Vasaloppet?
Sweden
You're a rotter, Mr. Grinch
You're the king of sinful ____
Your heart's a dead _____
Splotched with moldy purple ____, Mr. Grinch
Your soul is an appalling dump heap
Overflowing with the most disgraceful assortment
Of deplorable rubbish imaginable
Mangled up in tangled-up knots
sots
tomato
spots
Who composed the music to The Nutcracker?
Tchaikovski
Which company famously makes an annual advertising campaign featuring Santa Claus and polar bears?
Coca-Cola
Besides "Santa Lucia", state any Swedish lyric from the first verse of Santa Lucia.
Natten går tunga fjät runt gård och stuva.
Kring jord som sol förlät, skuggorna ruva.
Då i vårt mörka hus, stiger med tända ljus,
Sankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia.
According to the saga of King Sverre of Norway, Haakon IV of Norway as a baby in 1206 was transported by soldiers on skis through the hills between Gudbrandsdalen and Østerdalen valleys. This saga inspired what modern-day event?
Birkebeinerrennet ski marathon (The Birkebeiner race)
In the bleak mid-winter
Frosty wind made ____,
Earth stood hard as ____,
Water like a ____;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow,
Snow on snow,
In the bleak mid-winter
Long ago.
moan
iron
stone
Putting soap in his mouth
What band sings the song "Last Christmas"?
Wham
Santa Lucia (St. Lucy) is the patron saint of what?
Eyesight, the blind, and ophthalmologists
Which Winter Olympics (when or where) did the Jamaican bobsled team famously compete in?
1988, Calgary
Where does the comma go in the phrase "God rest ye merry gentlemen"?
God rest ye merry, gentlemen
means "God keep you merry, gentlemen"
What four ghosts appear to Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?
Christmas past, Christmas present, Christmas yet to come, and Jacob Marley's ghost (appears first)
What is the day after Christmas called?
(Besides December 26th!)
Boxing day