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This beverage giant was the first company to use Santa Claus in an advertising campaign.

What is Coca-cola

100

This dark fairy tale about a brother, a sister, and a witch they meet in the woods, was the inspiration for gingerbread houses

What is Hansel and Gretel

100

These are hung on fireplaces.

What are stockings

100

A movie with a boy that goes to the North Pole and brings back a bell.

What is the Polar Express

100

This classic movie shares the story of a friend that came to life one day.

What is Frosty the Snowman

200

During the holidays, this famous New York City landmark features a colossal Christmas tree and a popular ice-skating rink.

What is the Rockefeller Center

200

The author of the famous book "A Christmas Carol."

Who is Charles Dickens

200

Consumers buy an estimated two million of these sugary Christmas loaves each year, a surprising amount for a dessert many people love to hate.

What is Fruitcake

200

In Home Alone 2, what city does the family go to?

Where is Miami

200

Bruce Willis plays a cop and he's forced to chase bad guys in a skyscraper.

What is Die Hard

300

Name the candy in the shape of a shepherd's crook.

What is Candy Cane

300

These were dancing in children's heads in the Poem Twas the Night Before Christmas.

What are the Sugar Plum Fairies

300

When is the start of the 12 days of Christmas and when does it end?

When is Dec 25 and Jan 6

300

The real-life department store featured in "Miracle on 34th Street."  (Famous department store in NYC)

What is Macy's

300

This person is famous for saying "Ba humbug".

Who is Ebenezer Scrooge

400

A country where KFC is a popular Christmas meal

Where is Japan

400

Brought to life in operas, ballets and even loosely inspiring Disney’s Frozen, Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale is called...

What is The Snow Queen

400

This type of calendar contains pockets filled with treats, one for each day of December through Christmas Day.

What is Advent Calendar

400

In The Polar Express, what word does the conductor eventually punch in the main character's ticket?

What is Believe

400

The Christmas-themed ballet premiered in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1892?

What is the Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky

500

The year Christmas was declared a federal holiday in the US

When is 1870

500

Which author – most famous for a fantasy epic trilogy – also has a Christmas story titled  Letters from Father Christmas?

Who is J.R.R Tolkien

500

This Christmas decoration comes from french word "spark/sparkle"

What is estincele or Tinsel

500

This 2004 animated Christmas feature was an adaptation of an illustrated storybook by Chris Van Allsburg, the same author who created “Jumanji.”

What is Polar Express

500

The animated short film, "The Snowman," was shown on TV for the first time on Boxing Day of this year

When is 1982