Christmas Movies
This classic Christmas film, which gained popularity because of a 1974 lapse in copyright, recently saw itself as a musical production by the Erie Playhouse.
What is It's a Wonderful Life?
The Gospels of Matthew and Luke are the only two books of the Bible that describe this.
What is the Nativity (or the birth of Jesus)?
Located on West 3159 11th St. the “A Christmas Story House” is located in this nearby Great Lakes City.
Where is Cleveland?
This 1957 Bobby Helms rockabilly track is a swell time, and has been featured in countless films, including Lethal Weapon and Mean Girls, so much so that “everyone in the English-speaking world knows that song.”
What is "Jingle Bell Rock?"
This is the day of the year with the shortest period of daylight, it was also yesterday.
What is the Winter Solstice?
Succession star Kieran Culkin ought to go easy on the Pepsi, which he drank to his real-life brother’s chagrin in this 1990 blockbuster.
What is Home Alone?
Be careful, because this demonic figure of European folklore might hit you with a birch rod if you are deemed mischievous.
What is Krampus?
Santa Claus visits these. It’s also a one-word mnemonic device used for remembering the names of the five Great Lakes.
What is HOMES?
“Last Christmas” George Michael and Andrew Ridgely gave you their heart as this punctuative 80s duo!
Who is Wham!?
If you don’t mind crowds, this New York City location is the place to see the annual Ball Drop on New Years Eve.
Where is Times Square?
In Die Hard, John McLane visits his wife Holly in this west coast city?
Where is Los Angeles?
Many people argue that this company’s advertisements in the 1920s and 30s are the reason we depict Santa Claus wearing red and white.
What is Coca-Cola?
Looking out his window and seeing a thick fog over Lake Michigan in his Chicago office, Robert L. May had the idea for this Christmas classic to light the way.
What is Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer?
Andy Williams strangely implied that “scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long ago” were a regular part of the holiday in this 1963 hit.
What is "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year?"
This is the word for the multi-branched candelabra used during the celebration of Hanukkah.
What is a Menorah?
During the writing process of this 2003 movie, Richard Curtis claimed to have only listened to Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which is also sung during one of the British film’s final scenes.
What is Love Actually?
This real-life Christian bishop lived from 270 to 343 A.D., his secret gift-giving giving rise to the legend of Santa Claus. He was Canonized in 1446.
Who is Saint Nicholas?
This brewery, located nearby in western New York, is responsible for such holiday favorites as 2XMAS, Old Man Winter, Frosted Sugar Cookie, and of course, Pumking.
What is Southern Tier?
All was calm in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, which served as the inspiration for this Christmas classic, written in 1818.
What is "Silent Night?"
This holiday traditionally takes place the day after Christmas, and is celebrated by our Canadian neighbors to the north, as well as several other Commonwealth nations.
What is Boxing Day?
While it’s not often thought of as a Christmas movie, this destructive Joe Dante classic came out in 1984 and is one of the key films responsible for the MPAA instituting the PG-13 rating. It was also featured on my door.
What is Gremlins?
Though their last name is March, “Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,” is the opening statement in this 1868 Louisa May Alcott novel.
What is Little Women?
Marx Toys, the now-defunct maker of popular midcentury toys such as Rock’em Sock’em robots, had their largest plant in this Great Lakes city.
Where is Erie?
It certainly doesn’t sound like it, but Brenda Lee was only 13-years-old when she recorded this classic in 1958, which just reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2023.
What is "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree?"
These are the three Kwanzaa colors, suggested by Marcus Garvey as national colors for African people throughout the world; they represent the people, their struggle, and their future.
What are black, red, and green?