Christmas Traditions
The country that made making gingerbread houses a Christmas tradition.
What is Germany?
It also is because of Germany's Hansel and Gretel fairytale where the edible house is decorated with candy.
The two items Buddy says the fake Santa smells like in Elf.
What is beef and cheese?
The country where letters to Santa actually get mailed and responded to (postal code is HOH OHO).
What is Canada?
The largely disliked Christmas dessert from England that has a long shelf-life.
What is fruitcake?
The most popular (most recorded) Christmas Carol of all time.
What is "Silent Night"?
The restaurant that Japan buys from for their Christmas dinners accounting for 1/3 of this restaurant's annual sales.
What is KFC?
What Clark Griswold wants to buy with his Christmas bonus in National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.
What is a pool?
The company that was the first to use Santa Claus in their advertising.
What is Coca-cola?
Their ad is also largely the reason red and green are Christmas' traditional colors.
The country Eggnog comes from.
What is England?
A form of Eggnog that we know today was invented in England in the Middle Ages.
The first Christmas song broadcast from space (in 1965).
What is Jingle Bells?
“Jingle Bells” was played on December 16, 1965, during NASA’s Gemini 6A space flight. Astronauts played it on harmonica and backed by miniature sleigh bells. Those instruments are now on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Sweden leaves this hot drink for Santa instead of cookies on Christmas Eve.
What is coffee?
The toy that the girl at the doctor's office wants for Christmas in Elf.
What is a Susie-talks-a lot?
The crotchety, disheveled Santa substitute who brings gifts to Pennsylvania-Dutch communities.
Who is Belsnickel?
The USA's most popular dessert at Christmastime.
What are sugar cookies?
This was the highest-selling toy for Christmas in 1980.
What is a Rubik's cube?
Venezuelans use this mode of transportation to get to Christmas Morning mass.
What is rollerblading?
The way that Kevin McCallister recognizes Harry when he sees him again later on in the movie (Home Alone 1).
What is his shiny gold tooth?
The only Santa performance to win an Oscar (movie this actor was in).
What is the original Miracle on 34th street performed by Edmund Gwenn?
The most popular Christmas candy in ID in 2022.
What are M&M's?
What is an estimated $936.3 billion?
This amount is up 5.3% from 2021.
What is the Netherlands?
The highest grossing Christmas movie of all-time.
What is the 2018 animated Grinch?
Previously, Home Alone held the title.
The profession of the real-life Saint Nicholas that modern day Santa Claus is based off of.
Who is a Christian Bishop who was known for gift-giving from Turkey?
The two traditional Christmas desserts invented in Canada.
What are butter tarts and Nanaimo bars?
The USA state that was the first to declare Christmas an official holiday.
What is Alabama?
They made it an official holiday in 1836.