Music
The word for "family" used in the song "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
What is Kin?
This cozy custom first began by bringing an entire tree into a home and burning it throughout the Twelve Days of Christmas.
What is a Yule Log?
In A Christmas Story, Ralphie first tells his mother he wants this gift instead of a Red Rider BB gun.
What are Tinker Toys.
Santa's real name.
What is Kris Kringle?
This Christmas novelty was made popular in the 1800's by the printing of the Grimm's fairy-tale, "Hansel and Gretel".
What are Gingerbread Houses?
The Grinch's brain is full of this.
What are Spiders?
These species of evergreens are most widely used as Christmas trees.
What are Firs?
George Bailey's guardian angel in It's a Wonderful Life.
Who is Clarence?
This soda company was the first to use Santa in an advertisement.
What is Coca-Cola?
This iconic dessert has a history that rivals its shelf life with recipes dating back to ancient Rome.
What is Fruit Cake?
In Ella Fitzgerald's "Winter Wonderland", this kind of bird has gone away.
What is a Bluebird?
The holiday celebrated the day after Christmas dedicated to giving donations and gifts to charity.
What is Boxing Day?
A popular substitute for live trees in the 1950's and 60's was used as a symbol for commercialization in A Charlie Brown Christmas.
What are Aluminum Christmas Trees?
The international defense organization that tracks Santa's flight each Christmas.
What is NORAD?
This sweet drink was used to treat colds and flus in the middle ages.
What is Eggnog?
The most published Christmas hymn.
What is "Joy to the World"?
An early stocking stuffer inspired by a story about St. Nicholas secretly placing gold in socks that were drying over a fireplace.
What are Oranges?
This T.V. network has produced more than 136 Christmas themed movies.
What is the Hallmark Channel?
These are Santa's "favorite" cookies.
What is Chocolate Chip?
A pig's head smothered with mustard was once the traditional Christmas dish for this Western European country.
What is England?
This actress first sang the Frank Sinatra hit song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Who is Judy Garland?
According to an Eastern European folktale, a charitable spider is said to have created this for a poor family could not afford to decorate their tree.
What is Tinsel?
This movie starring Bill Murray is a modern telling of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
What is Scrooged?
The popular poem that established Santa Claus's modern portrayal as a gift-giving "jolly old elf".
What is "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"?
Since the 1980's, this American fast food chain is enjoyed by Japan for Christmas dinner.
What is Kentucky Fried Chicken?