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200

This light celebration takes place in downtown Chicago every year. This year it took place on the weekend of November 19th.

What is the Magnificent Mile Light Festival

200

Name the movie where Santa tells Ralphie, “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.”

A Christmas Story

200

This country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree.

Who is Germany

200

This pop star sings the popular “All I Want for Christmas is You.”

Who is Mariah Carey

200

This country is where the tradition of making gingerbread houses started

What is Germany

400

This four-legged Christmas Character was inventedcreated in Chicago.

Who is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

400

In Home Alone, the McCallisters left Kevin behind to go to this city.

Where is Paris

400

This country invented Eggnog.

Who is Britain/England

400

The video in this rocker’s 1992 video for “Please Come Home for Christmas” features supermodel Cindy Crawford.

Who is Jon Bon Jovi  

400

This holiday plant translates to “dung-on-a-twig” in Anglo-Saxon

What is Mistletoe

600

Lace up your skates and hit the outdoor ice rink at this park with panoramic views of “The Bean.”

 What is Millennium Park.

600

In The Polar Express, this Hollywood actor played six different roles.

Who is Tom Hanks

600

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This fast-food chain is a traditional Christmas meal in Japan.

What is KFC 🍗

600

This iconic Elvis Presley song was digitally remastered into a duet version with the King in 2008.

What is Blue Christmas with Martina McBride and Elvis Presley

600

Americans consume roughly this many billions of cookies every holiday season

What is 2 billion

800

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This annual German-style outdoor market featuring live entertainment, unique vendors, and Glühwein is in Chicago’s Daley Plaza from mid-November through Christmas Eve.

 What is the Christkindlmarket.

800

This 1974 stop motion animated movie introduce the characters of Heat Miser and Snow Miser.

The Year Without a Santa Clause.

800

In Venezuela, many people participate in this outdoor activity en route to Church from December 16th-December 24th.

What is roller-skating

800

Chuck Berry based this hit song on the classic children’s “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

What is Run, Rudolph, Run

800

This country is where the tradition of hanging ornaments on the tree originated

What is Germany

1000

This is the name of the restaurant on the 7th floor of Macy’s on State Street that boasts a 45-foot tree featuring over 2,000 ornaments and 6,600 lights.

What is the Walnut Room.

1000

This 80s tale of holiday terror taught us not to feed a Mogwai after midnight.

What is Gremlins

1000

This is Santa’s official postal code in Canada

What is H0H 0H0 (😂)

1000

This pop Christmas hit was released in 1984 but did not rank in the charts until 2017.

What is “Last Christmas” by Wham

1000

This is the name of Christmas Eve in many Hispanic Cultures

What is Noche Buena