Traditions & Legends
These two items traditionally appear at the tops of Christmas trees.
What are stars and angels?
This office of the U.S. Armed Services tracks Santa’s voyage around the world on Christmas Eve.
What is NORAD?
Children who misbehave may find a lump of this black rock in their stockings on Christmas morning.
What is coal?
This brings Frosty the Snowman to life.
What is a magical hat.
A young boy takes a trip to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in what classic 1985 children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg?
What is the Polar Express?
The first to find this last hidden ornament hung on the tree gets to open the first gift on Christmas morning.
What is the Christmas Pickle?
Santa brought this character back to life.
Who is a melted Frosty. or Who is Frosty the Snowman.
This Christmas plant, popular for its bright red leaves, is native to Mexico and Central America.
What is a poinsettia?
This mythical winter sprite is nipping at your nose in “The Christmas Song.”
Who is Jack Frost?
Eating Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas Day has been a tradition since the 1970s in what nation on the other side of the world from Kentucky?
What is Japan?
These candlelit paper lanterns are a Christmas tradition in Mexico and in the Southwestern U.S.
What are luminarias?
This company started to use Santa Claus in its advertising in 1931 and continues today.
Coca-Cola.
The wise men brought these three gifts for the baby Jesus, not the most useful items to give a newborn.
What are gold, frankincense, and myrrh?
The bulk of the film "Home Alone" was shot on sets built in side a high school in what city.
What is Chicago?
"Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke and "Crazy Rich Asians" star Henry Golding teamed up in what 2019 holiday rom-com named for a Wham! song?
Last Christmas
Popping tubes used in the U.K. to hold gifts and small treats go by this explosive name.
What are Christmas crackers?
The original Santa Claus was from this country.
Often deadly, this symbolizes fertility, life, peace, understanding and love and has won over smoochers worldwide.
What is mistletoe?
In Dec 1931 workers pooled their money to buy a famous 20-foot high balsam fir for this holiday favorite place.
What is the Rockefeller Center?
This landmark NYC event began as a way to celebrate Christmas and as a retail expansion in 1924 before shifting earlier in the annual calendar.
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
The legend of this is an Eastern European folktale which explains one possible origin of tinsel on Christmas trees.
What is the Christmas Spider?
In the classic stop-motion animation Christmas special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Hermie the Elf would rather be this as an occupation.
What is a dentist?
This Symbol of Christmas represents eternal love, rebirth and generosity.
What is the Christmas wreath?
In this country naughty children get rotting potatoes in their shoes.
What is Iceland?
You can get your Christmas card postmarked not at the North Pole, but at the city called North Pole, located in this, the largest U.S. state.
What is Alaska?