Holiday Music
Finish the following lyric from the song “You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch."
"Your brain is full of spiders, you've got garlic in your soul, Mr. Grinch. I wouldn't touch you with a ________ foot pole!"
What is a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole?
What is the amount of candles on a menorah?
What is 8 candles?
Visions of which sweet foodstuff danced in children’s heads as they slept, according to Clement Clarke Moore’s poem “‘Twas the Night before Christmas”?
What are sugar-plums?
In the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas, how many sizes does the Grinch's heart grow once he gets feelings?
What are 3 sizes?
What is the popular children's book that inspired a new holiday tradition and explains how Santa Claus "knows" who is naughty and nice (written in 2005)?
What is The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition?
In the song “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” why did they beg her not to leave?
What is "she had been drinking too much eggnog?"
What is the purpose for which Kwanzaa was created?
What is "to reconnect Black Americans with their lost African culture and heritage?
Today more than 1.75 million candy canes are made each year for the Christmas season.
What object does a candy cane represent?
What is a shepherd's cane?
In the movie "A Christmas Story", Which department store has the item in its window that Ralphie wants?
What is Higbee's?
In the novel The Polar Express, what is "The First Gift of Christmas?"
What is a bell from a reindeer's harness?
Which Christmas song does not appear in 'Home Alone'?
a. "Carol of the Bells"
b. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
c. "Little Drummer Boy"
d. "O Holy Night"
What is "Little Drummer Boy?"
What country was the first to create the tradition of putting up a Christmas Tree?
What is Germany?
What character is used to advertise Coca-Cola during the holidays (current day)?
What is a polar bear?
In A Christmas Carol, What are the names of the three ghosts that visit Scrooge?
What are the Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?
Who is the oppressive ruler, who transformed the prince into a nutcracker, in the 1892 ballet 'The Nutcracker?'
Who is The Mouse King?
acceptable answers: The Rat King
What well-known Christmas carol became the first song ever broadcast from space in 1965?
What is Jingle Bells?
What is Italy?
What is Latkes?
What is a potato pancake?
In the movie Elf, According to Buddy the Elf what four main food groups do elves try to stick to?
What is candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
Finish the below line from the famous poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas'. Also known by its first line 'Twas the night before Christmas'.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
Now, _______! now, ______! now ______ and _____!
On, _____! on, _____! on ______ and ______!
What is, Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on Donner and Blitzen!
Bonus Question: What are the variations in the spelling of Donner & Blitzen? (100 points for each spelling)
“The Nutcracker.” In 1892, this Christmas ballet premiered at a theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Who is the composer?
Who is Tchaikovsky?
December 26th, the day after Christmas is celebrated as ___________?
What is Boxing day, where gifts are given to employees by their bosses?
What is figgy pudding?
What is a steamed cake full of figs and brandy or boiled wine?
In Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack tasks a trio to kidnap the Sandy Claws. What are the names of this trio?
Who is Lock, Stock, and Barrel?
In the early 1800s, the first gingerbread houses were reportedly inspired by what famous tale?
What is Hansel and Gretel?