Holiday Fun Facts
How many branches does the Hanukkah menorah have?
What is 9?
This real-life department store served as the setting for the Christmas film “Miracle on 34th Street”.
What is Macy's?
This ex-Beatle wrote and recorded “Wonderful Christmastime” in 1980 for his second solo album.
Who is Paul McCartney?
Popping tubes used in the U.K. to hold gifts and small treats go by this explosive name.
What are Christmas crackers
In which year were the first Winter Olympic Games held?
What is 1924?
How many people usually gather in New York City’s times square to watch the ball drop?
What is 1 million?
There is an ongoing debate online about whether this action flick starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman is actually a Christmas film.
What is "Die Hard"?
This catch 1994 Christmas tune is the best-selling Christmas single ever recorded by a female artist, as well as being one of the highest-selling singles in music history.
What is “All I Want for Christmas is You”?
The tradition of using a decorated tree as a symbol of Christmas began in this European country.
What is Germany?
Which animal pulls Santa’s sleigh in Scandinavian tradition instead of reindeer?
What is a goat?
Which country celebrates New Year's first?
What is New Zealand?
In the classic stop-motion animation Christmas special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Hermie the Elf would rather be this as an occupation.
What is a dentist?
In Disney's Frozen, Olaf performs this ironic song while surrounded by a swirling snowstorm.
What is "In Summer"?
In Spain, people eat 12 ______ at midnight on New Year's Eve
What are Grapes?
This beverage giant was the first company to use Santa Claus in an advertising campaign.
What is Coca-Cola?
In which direction do you light the Hanukkah candles?
What is left to right?
In Home Alone, the bumbling duo of Harry and Marv proudly use this moniker to “mark” every house they rob.
What are the wet bandits?
With more than 50 million copies sold, this classic Christmas tune holds the Guinness World Record for the all-time best-selling single.
What is White Christmas?
This tradition, now associated with Christmas, began in Ancient Greece as a blessing of fertility in wedding ceremonies.
What is kissing under the mistletoe?
These are the four major food groups for elves in the Christmas film “Elf”.
What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
It takes this many years for a pine tree to grow to an acceptable Christmas tree height.
What is 15?
This 2004 animated Christmas feature was an adaptation of an illustrated storybook by Chris Van Allsburg, the same author who created “Jumanji.”
What is "The Polar Express"?
Spotify has a playlist featuring 100 different versions of this holiday bop, which was originally written and recorded by 1980s Brit Pop duo Wham!
What is "Last Christmas"?
What is traditionally hidden in a Christmas pudding in the UK?
What is a coin?
Where is the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth?
What is Oymyakon, Russia?