Movies/TV/Commercials
The writers of the popular sitcom "Seinfield" created which winter holiday?
Festivius
What are the names of all eight Reindeer in "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer?"
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen
In which country do people mostly commonly eat donuts called sufganiyot during Hanukkah?
Israel
Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
Germany
Which popular Christmas beverage is also called “milk punch?”
Eggnog
Which article of clothing makes Frosty the Snowman come to life?
Hat (Old silk hat, to be specific)
Elvis isn’t going to have a white Christmas he’s going to have a….
Blue Christmas
The word “Kwanzaa” comes from which language?
Swahili
Which American President banned Christmas trees in the White House?
Theodore Roosevelt
Visions of which food danced in children’s heads as they slept in the poem “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas?”
Sugar plums
This holiday film became a Christmas classic three decades after its initial release, when studio rights expired and television stations started airing the flick on repeat.
It’s a Wonderful Life
Which Christmas song contains the lyric “Everyone dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way?
“Rocking Around The Christmas Tree”
What is Santa Claus called in France?
Père Noël
During Christmas of 1965, astronauts broadcast which holiday song from space?
Jingle Bells
What name is given to small sausages wrapped in bacon, a staple at a British Christmas dinner?
Pigs in blankets
How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol?
Four
What is the best-selling Christmas song ever?
“White Christmas” by Bing Crosby
In which modern-day country was St. Nicholas born in?
Turkey (originally Patara, a city in the ancient district of Lycia, in Asia Minor)
What is the significance of a Yule Log or Bûche de Noël?
Cake symbolized the log you should burn on Christmas Eve. If the log goes out before the morning, it is believed you will face bad luck in the new year.
What would you be drinking if you had ‘Glühwein’?
Mulled wine
What year did Santa Claus first appear in a Coca Cola ad?
1931
Who originally sang “Santa Baby?”
Eartha Kitt
The Iranian festival of Yalda occurs on the longest and darkest night of the year. In Western cultures, this day is commonly known as what?
Winter Solistice
Which of Santa’s reindeer is named after another animal?
Vixen
Which type of sweet bread loaf, which originated in Milan, is traditionally eaten at Christmas in Italy and many other European countries
Panettone ( a type of sweet bread)