CHRISTMAS CAROLS
WHAT KIND OF BIRD HAS GONE AWAY IN 'WINTER WONDERLAND'?
BLUEBIRD
WHAT LARGE ITEM FELL ON MOM AND LUCAS WHILE DAD (ALLEGEDLY) IGNORED CRIES FOR HELP?
CHRISTMAS TREE
WHAT CHRISTMAS SONG WAS INTRODUCED BY JUDY GARLAND IN THE 1944 MOVIE 'MEET ME IN ST LOUIS'?
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
WHAT EUROPEAN COUNTRY IS CREDITED WITH STARTING THE CHRISTMAS TREE TRADITION?
GERMANY
WHAT COLORFUL CARD GAME WAS FIRST INVENTED IN 1971 AND BECAME ONE OF THE TOP CHRISTMAS GIFTS OF 1972?
UNO
HOW MANY REINDEER PULL SANTA'S SLEIGH IN 'RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER'?
BONUS 200- NAME THEM
NINE
DASHER, DANCER, PRANCER, VIXEN, COMET, CUPID, DONNER, BLITZEN, RUDOLPH
WHAT CHRISTMAS CAROL DID SOPHIA SING LINE FOR LINE IN AN OLD COUNTRY BUFFET?
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE GRINCH'S LOYAL DOG?
MAX
WHAT ICONIC CHRISTMAS FLOWER WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO THE US IN 1828?
BONUS 100 - NAME THE COUNTRY THIS FLOWER IS INDIGENOUS TO
POINTSETTIA
MEXICO
HOW MANY GIFTS ARE GIVEN IN TOTAL IN 'THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS'?
364
WHAT GAY LITTLE CHRISTMAS SONG BY AN ICONIC POP STAR IS ONE OF GRACE'S FAVORITES AND HAS MADE IT ONTO HER SPOTIFY WRAPPED SEVERAL TIMES?
'SANTA TELL ME' BY ARIANA GRANDE
WHAT CLASSIC APPETIZER MADE BY AUNTIE CARY MAKES A DIVISIVE APPEARANCE EVERY CHRISTMAS?
BONUS 100: NAME THE ONLY CHILD THAT DOESN'T LIKE THEM
CHICKEN GIZZARDS
IN THE MOVIE 'RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER,' WHAT DOES ELF HERMEY WISH TO BE INSTEAD?
A DENTIST
WHICH CHRISTMAS CAROL IS THE MOST RECORDED, WITH OVER 733 DIFFERENT VERSIONS RECORDED (AND COUNTING)?
BONUS 100 - NAME WHAT COUNTRY THIS CAROL ORIGINATED IN
SILENT NIGHT
AUSTRIA, 1818
ON AVERAGE, HOW MANY POUNDS OF WRAPPING PAPER DO AMERICANS USE PER YEAR?
A. 2.7 MILLION
B. 4.6 MILLION
C. 10.2 MILLION
D. 50 MILLION
B - 4.6 MILLION
WHAT CLASSIC REPETITIVE CAROL ORIGINATES FROM A 16TH CENTURY WELSH WINTER CAROL TRADITIONALLY SUNG ON NEW YEARS EVE?
DECK THE HALLS
WHAT CLASSIC OUTDOOR CHILDREN'S GAME WAS PAPA PLAYING WITH SOPHIA AT LINCOLN PARK ICE RINK THAT RESULTED IN AN (ALLEGED) CONCUSSION?
CRACK THE WHIP
WHAT TOY GIFT MELTS THE WINTER WARLOCK'S ICY HEART IN THE 1970 CHRISTMAS TV SPECIAL 'SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN'?
A TOY TRAIN
THE TALLEST TREE EVER LIT AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER IN NYC MEASURED JUST OVER 100 FEET (OVER 2 SCHOOL BUSES LONG) AND WAS SHIPPED IN FROM WHICH U.S. STATE?
A. CALIFORNIA
B. CONNECTICUT
C. MAINE
D. OREGON
B. CONNECTICUT
WHAT GIFTS DID THE THREE WISE MEN BRING TO THE BABY JESUS?
BONUS 100: NAME ONE OF THE THREE KINGS
GOLD, FRANKINCENSE, MYRRH
CASPAR, MELCHIOR, AND BALTHASAR
ACCORDING TO GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS, WHAT BING CROSBY CAROL IS STILL CREDITED AS THE TOP-SELLING SINGLE OF ALL TIME, WITH OVER 50 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE?
WHITE CHRISTMAS
WHAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR NEAL WAS BROUGHT HOME TO JOIN THE NELSON FAMILY CHRISTMAS?
2021
AT THE END OF 'A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS,' THE CHARACTERS GATHER AROUND THE TREE AND SING WHICH CHRISTMAS CAROL?
BONUS 200- WHAT YEAR DID THIS SPECIAL FIRST AIR ON CBS? 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970
HARK THE HERALD, ANGELS SING
1965
WHAT WAS THE FIRST U.S. STATE TO DECLARE CHRISTMAS AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY, 34 YEARS BEFORE CONGRESS DID IN 1870?
A. MASSACHUSETTS
B. OHIO
C. DELAWARE
D. ALABAMA
D - ALABAMA
THE CHRISTMAS TRADITION OF GIFT-GIVING DATES BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS TO THE MESOPOTAMIAN NEW YEAR'S FESTIVAL AND THE ANCIENT ROMAN HOLIDAY KNOWN AS WHAT?
SATURNALIA