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The first line of the song, Jingle Bells

Dashing through the snow

100

Where the McCallister family is traveling to when they leave Kevin behind in Home Alone

Paris

100

The Christmas decoration that was originally made from strands of silver

Tinsel

100

The saint who was responsible for the origin of hanging stockings 

St Nicholas 

100

Japan’s Christmas food tradition 

KFC

200

The gift that is given on the 5th day of Christmas in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas”

5 golden rings

200

The highest grossing Christmas film of all time 

2018 The Grinch

200

The country that started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree

Germany 

200

The original birthdate of Jesus according to the Bible

January 6

200

The decade when "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens was first published

1800s (1843)

300

The Christmas song that begins with the lyrics, "City sidewalks, busy sidewalks"

Silver Bells 
300

The name of Buddy's love interest in Elf

Jovie
300

The key item(s) that the first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was missing

Decorations

300

The event that started the NORAD Santa tracker

a young child accidentally called a NORAD command center looking for jolly old Saint Nick

300

The first company to use Santa Claus in advertising

Coca-Cola

400
A famously recognized Christmas song that was originally composed for Thanksgiving 

Jingle Bells

400

The name of the angel in “It’s a Wonderful Life”

Clarence

400

The year that candy canes date back to

1670

400

The original self on the Shelf’s name 

Fisbee

400

The U.S. state that was the first to recognize Christmas as an official holiday

Alabama 

500

Christmas song was originally written in 1818 in Austria

Silent Night

500

The first rule of the “Code of Elves” from the movie Elf

Treat everyday like Christmas 

500

The tradition of leaving cookies and milk for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve took root during what period in American History?

The Great Depression, when parents encouraged children to keep their charitable spirit alive in the face of financial hardship

500

The person responsible for Santa’s North Pole address 

famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast, in the 1800s


500

The first Christmas song ever played in space

Jingle Bells (played by astronauts aboard the Gemini 6 mission in 1965)