Traditions
What do children hang by the fire place for Santa to fill?
What are stockings?
Edible houses with candy decorations are made from this traditional baked substance.
What is gingerbread?
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”?
What is the tradition of singing door to door during the Christmas season?
What is caroling?
Christmas pies, served in many English-speaking countries, are also known by this more descriptive name, inspired by the blend of beef suet and fruit in the filling.
What are mincemeat pies?
In the 1983 holiday favorite “A Christmas Story,” Ralphie’s father wins a lamp shaped like this body part as a runner-up prize from a newspaper contest.
What is a woman’s leg?
What are Christmas trees also called?
What are Yule Trees?
What is the name of the plant often used to decorate homes during Christmas with its bright red and green leaves?
What are Poinsettias?
One of the key flavors in eggnog is this aromatic spice, often sprinkled on top as a garnish.
What is nutmeg?
The movie Miracle on 34th Street is based on a real-life department store. What is it?
What is Macy's?
At Christmastime, Santa rings a bell in front of grocery stores and collects money in red kettles for this charitable organization.
What is the Salvation Army?
What is the shiny glittering material made of thin strips of plastic or metal, used primarily as a festive decoration, especially for Christmas trees?
What is tinsel?
Consumers buy an estimated two million of these sugary Christmas desserts each year, a surprising amount for a dessert many people love to hate.
What is fruitcake?
Instead of receiving cash as a holiday bonus in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”, Clark Griswold receives this sweet yet disappointing surprise.
What is a subscription to the Jelly of the Month club?
This office of the U.S. Armed Services tracks Santa’s voyage around the world on Christmas Eve.
What is NORAD?
What country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
What is Germany?
This rich holiday dessert is traditionally made by soaking dried fruits in alcohol weeks in advance and is famously “fed” with brandy before Christmas.
What is Christmas pudding?
What is the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time?
What is the Grinch (animated version)
What was Frosty the Snowman’s pipe made from?
What is a corncob?