Christmas Movies
"You'll shoot your eye out"
What is A Christmas Story?
This is the most performed Christmas song?
What is Santa Claus is Comin' to Town?
What Christmas-themed ballet premiered in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1892?
What is The Nutcracker?
This tradition originated in the 19th century with German Protestants, who marked the days leading up to Christmas by lighting candles, placing straws in a Nativity crib, or ticking off chalk marks on walls or doors.
What is an Advent Calendar?
Often hated as a dense pound cake and frequently used as an insult.
What is a fruit cake?
"Yippy-ki-yay, ......."
What is Die Hard?
"Happy Christmas" I wrapped it up and sent it with a note saying," I love you; I meant it. Now I know what a fool I've been. But you kissed me now, and I know you'd fool me again.
What is Last Christmas by Wham?
In the song “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” what “incriminating” evidence was found on Grandma’s back?
What are Claus marks?
Can be traced back to Medieval European recipes that introduced ingredients like cinnamon, ginger, and almonds
What are Christmas Cookies?
This snack dates back to ancient Egypt and Rome, where it was used for ceremonial purposes and was commonly made with saffron to show wealth.
What is gingerbread?
"Then I traveled through the seven levels of the candy cane forest, past the sea of swirly and twirly gumdrops, and then I walked through the Lincoln Tunnel."
What is Elf?
He remixed and rapped Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reinder.
Who is DMX?
What Christmas carol does the Peanuts gang sing at the end of “A Charlie Brown Christmas?”
What is Hark! The Herald Angels Sing?
Twelve days long, starting with the winter solstice on December 21 and ending on January 1
What is Yule or Yuletide?
What is the main course that the whos eat for Christmas dinner in Whoville?
What is Roast Beast?
“Give me that! Don’t you know you’re not supposed to take things that don’t belong to you? What’s the matter with you? You some kind of wild animal?”
What is The Grinch or How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
There'll be parties for hosting
Marshmallows for toasting
And caroling out in the snow
There'll be scary ghost stories
And tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago
What is It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year?
According to the Buddy the Elf, what are the four main food groups?
What is candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
The tradition is based on the legend of St. Nicholas, who is said to have tossed bags of gold through the window of a poor man who couldn't afford dowries for his daughters.
What is hanging stockings.
This twirly treat origins date back to 1670 when the choirmaster at Cologne Cathedral in Germany gave sugar sticks to the children in his choir to keep them quiet during the Christmas Eve Mass. He bent the sticks into the shape of a shepherd's crook to honor the holiday and the shepherds in the Nativity story
What are candy canes?
"Guys! I'm eating junk and watching rubbish. You better come out and stop me!"
What is Home Alone?
This group rapped Christmas In Hollis in 1987.
Who is Run D.M.C.?
What are the names of Santa's nine reindeer?
Who are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and, of course, Rudolph?
This tradition comes from a children's story about Santa's elves who watch over children and report back to Santa.
What is Elf on the Shelf?
In 1826, cadets at the United States Military Academy rioted on Christmas Eve over regulations that prohibited alcohol on campus. The cadets smuggled large quantities of booze to make this special Christmas beverage. The riot involved firearms, swords, broken windows, and barricades. Eleven cadets were expelled.
What is Egg Nog?