Movies
Disney abandoned a long-standing policy of not hiring ex-convicts when they chose Tim Allen as the star of this 1994 Christmas movie.
The Santa Clause
Bing Crosby better keep dreaming. With highs in the 80s on Christmas day, this meteorological Christmas wish had no chance of coming true.
White Christmas
Elf on a Shelf? Snoop on a Stoop? Perhaps the next great Christmas gift is this Dr. Seuss villain waiting for a bus.
Grinch on a Bench
Miracle on County Road 774 doesn’t have the same ring to it as the 1947 Christmas classic Miracle on ___ Street.
34th
The USPS was criticized in 1962 for mixing church & state when they issued their first Christmas this, showing a wreath, a ribbon & 2 candles.
Stamp
A CIA specialist worked with Jim Carrey on torture endurance techniques to endure the hours of daily makeup required to transform into an iconic character for this 2000 movie.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
This artist’s 2019 song “Christmas Tree Farm” is based on her experiences growing up in Pine Ridge Farm, a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania. The music video features footage of her childhood home and her family.
Taylor Swift
Wanta? You’ll end up on the naughty list if you drink one of these fruit-flavored soft drinks belonging to Der Weihnachtsmann, The Christmas Man.
Santa’s Fantas
A fowl gift is a foul gift! This many birds were gifted in The 12 Days of Christmas.
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In a Christmas carol, he's the title musician with whom "the ox & lamb kept time."
The Little Drummer Boy
The memorable performances of Ed Asner as Santa and Bob Newhart as Papa Elf helped make this 2003 film a holiday classic.
Elf
This Beatle has a “Wonderful Christmastime” each December as royalties from his 1979 Christmas hit makes him over $400,000 a year.
Paul McCartney
Frankincense from Balthasaar? Myrrh from Caspar? Melchior’s gift of gold would make him most deserving of winning the biblical version of college football’s top player award.
Wise Men Heisman
This 1990 Christmas classic written by John Hughes held the record for highest grossing Christmas movie for 28 years until 2018’s The Grinch overtook it by $76 million.
Home Alone
A part of this special that was nearly cut has become one of the most beloved sequences "And the angel said unto them, 'Fear not: for, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.'"
A Charlie Brown Christmas
A Christmas party at Nakatomi Plaza. Bruce Willis saying “now I have a machine gun, ho ho ho.” This 1988 film sounds like a Christmas movie to me.
Die Hard
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Here Comes Santa Claus. Frosty the Snowman. Christmas wouldn’t be the same without these songs that were written and performed by this musician known as the Singing Cowboy.
Gene Autry
What if Santa…was played by Christopher Walken. The breaks in his speech…could be called…these.
Claus’s Pauses
Tyco Toys was laughing all the way to the bank when the one million units produced of this must have gift of the 1996 Christmas season sold out.
Tickle Me Elmo
Trans Siberian Orchestra’s rocking version of Carol of the Bells commemorates a Bosnian cellist who played public performances, often under the threat of snipers, during the siege of this Bosnian capital city in 1992.
Sarajevo
Clark’s (Chevy Chase) perfect family Christmas goes awry when Cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) and his family show up unplanned in this 1989 movie, the third in a series about the Griswold family.
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Known for eye-covering hairstyles and Survivor superfan status, this Australian singer has tried to create modern Christmas classics with songs like Candy Cane Lane, Santa’s Coming for Us, and Snowman which has over 1.4 billion streams on Spotify.
Sia
The sounds made by the bells on Santa’s hat as he tiptoes across the floor or a name for his favorite Christmas carols.
Kringle’s Jingles
This was the first holiday song to reach over 2 billion streams online and consistently dominates streaming platforms each December.
All I Want for Christmas Is You
The tradition of having a decorated Christmas tree in the White House began with this president & grandson of another in 1889.
Benjamin Harrison