CHRISTmas
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Characters
Traditions
100
These two gospels tell the Christmas story
What are Matthew and Luke?
100
Number of front teeth I want for Christmas
What is 2?
100
All Mariah Carey wants for Christmas
What is "you"?
100
What is "A Charlie Brown Christmas"?
100
Best described as "stink, stank, stunk"
Who is the Grinch?
100
Lit candles were once used to decorate this; now more safely decorated with strings of lights
What is a Christmas tree?
200
The wise men used this to find Jesus
What is a star?
200
Number of Santa's reindeer in "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
What is 8?
200
Frosty's nose
What is a button?
200
"Santa! I know him!"
What is Elf?
200
He wants a "fun, old-fashioned family Christmas" vacation
Who is Clark Griswold?
200
Our custom of giving gifts reminds us of these 3 gifts given to baby Jesus by the wise men
What are gold, frankincense, and myrrh?
300
Joseph was descended from this king of Israel
Who is King David?
300
Number of la's on the line after "Deck the halls with boughs of holly"
What is 8?
300
In the song Winter Wonderland, where you'll find the snowman Parson Brown
Where is "in the meadow"?
300
Train that goes to the North Pole
What is Polar Express?
300
He dies at the beginning of The Santa Clause
Who is Santa Claus?
300
Folklore says the shape of these sweets was inspired by the shepherd's crook
What are candy canes?
400
The reason Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem
What is a census?
400
Number of weeks in Advent
What is 4?
400
In "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", they can hardly wait for school to start again
Who are Mom and Dad?
400
Kris Kringle serves as Santa for this New York department store in Miracle on 34th Street
What is Macy's?
400
He recites the story of Jesus' birth in A Charlie Brown Christmas
Who is Linus?
400
Even though its name translates "dung stick", it inspires people to kiss
What is mistletoe?
500
This angel delivered news to Mary that she was with child
Who is Gabriel?
500
Number of drummers drumming gifted in "The 12 Days of Christmas"
What is 12?
500
Colors blinked by "strings of streetlights" (even stoplights)
What are red and green?
500
"You'll shoot your eye out!"
What is A Christmas Story?
500
In Home Alone, the nickname that Marv and Harry gave themselves
What is The Wet Bandits?
500
Used to count down the days until Christmas usually offering a daily treat
What is Advent calendar?
600
This king wanted to kill baby Jesus
Who is King Herod?
600
Length of pole that wouldn't be used to touch the Grinch
What is 39 1/2 ft?
600
These on roses are one of My Favorite Things
What are raindrops?
600
Town where "It's a Wonderful Life"
What is Bedford Falls?
600
George Bailey's guardian angel-in-training
Who is Clarence Oddbody?
600
Its prickly leaves represent the crown of thorns and its red berries drops of blood
What is holly?
700
This Old Testament prophet foretold the birth of Jesus
Who is Isaiah?
700
Number of ghosts that visited Ebenezer Scrooge
What is 4?
(Past, Present, Future & Jacob Marley)
700
Grandma had been drinking this the night she got run over by a reindeer
What is eggnog?
700
City where the McCallister family flew when they left Kevin Home Alone
Where is Paris?
700
Rudolph's elf friend that aspires to be a dentist
Who is Hermie?
700
Some historians say these were first inspired by the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel"
What are gingerbread houses?
800
Joseph, Mary and Jesus fled to this country after the wise men departed
What is Egypt?
800
Number of wise men that visited Jesus at the manger
What is 0?
They visited him at a house (Matthew 2:11)
800
Hawaii's way of saying Merry Christmas to you
What is Mele Kalikamaka?
800
Modern take on "A Christmas Carol" starring Bill Murray
What is Scrooged?
800
Shares his first name with an Old Testament stone monument
(1 Samuel 7:12)
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
800
Began as a tree burned throughout the Christmas season; now more commonly a log-shaped dessert
What is a Yule log?