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100

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the ____.

way
100

This song was made incredibly famous by the Trans Siberian Orchestra.  Hint: Ding! Fries are done.

Carol of the Bells

100

This composer wrote the Nutcracker ballet.

Tchaikovsky

100

True or False:

Do You Hear What I Hear was originally an anti-war song written during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

True

100

The title of this movie gives away its theme song, where a young boy loses everything but comes to the manger to play a drum.

Little Drummer Boy

200

Deck the halls with boughs of _____.

holly

200

This Christmas song was the first to be broadcast from space...try having a one-horse-open-sleigh land safely back to earth!

Jingle Bells

200

Monks are believed to compose this song, which doubles as an Advent song.  No one knows who composed it for sure.  The second half of the opening states: "and ransom captive Israel."

O Come O Come Emmanuel

200

The lower hall kids love to sing this song, and the Tooth Fairy does, too.

All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth

200

This movie's theme involves a reindeer with a red nose to help guide Santa's sleigh on a foggy Christmas Eve.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

300

Let every heart prepare Him _____.

room

300

Nat King Cole recorded a this hit about “chestnuts roasting over an open fire”.

The Christmas Song

300

Bing Crosby and David Bowie performed a duet with this famous Christmas song.  Hint: it involves percussion.

Little Drummer Boy.

300

In WWI, soldiers on both sides arranged a cease-fire after one stepped in the middle of the fighting to sing this song...then all was quiet on the western front during that Christmas.

Silent Night

300

During the final scene of Elf, the crowd sings this song to help power Santa's sleigh with Christmas spirit.

Santa Clause is Comin' to Town

400

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart...but the very next day, ____ gave it away.

you

400

Jimmy Boyd was 12 years old when he recorded this hit, later to be popularized by the Jackson 5.  

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause

400

This brother and sister group wrote The Christmas Portrait.

The Carpenters

400

This type of doctor that treats animals originally sung "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer."

Veterinarian

400

You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch! is the main song of this famous Dr. Seuss cartoon, later turned into a mediocre 90s live-action film starring Jim Carrey.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

500

You're a mean one, ____________.

Mr. Grinch

500

In 1942, Bing Crosby and the Ken Darby Singers along with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra sang this Irving Berlin song in the movie “Holiday Inn”.

White Christmas

500

This composer and his jazz orchestra composed the music for A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Vince Guaraldi

500

Thurl Ravenscroft, who sang You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch, used his deep-voice talents to market this cereal, claiming "They're GRRRREAT!"

Frosted Flakes

500

This movie's title also doubles as it's main song, which includes strange attire like corncob pipe and a broomstick.

Frosty the Snowman