Christmas Songs
The kind of bird that has gone away in the Christmas song "Winter Wonderland"
Blue Bird
Who played Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1964 animated movie "Christmas Carol"
Hint: Mr. XXXXX's Christmas Carol
Mr. Magoo
What is the oldest Christmas tradition?
Hanging Stockings
What Christmas decoration was originally made with strands of silver?
Tinsel
What is the traditional drink at a New Year's Eve party?
Champagne of course!
This is the most popular Christmas song according to Billboard.com
"All I Want for Christmas is You" Mariah Carey
In the 2003 movie "Elf" what name is given to the human child Santa accidentally carries to the North Pole?
Buddy
The Evergreen fir tree has been a Christmas tradition since the 16th century. What does it symbolize?
A sign of everlasting life with God
One of Santa's reindeer shares a name with a famous symbol of Valentine'd Day.
Cupid
"Toasting" began in what country? England, France or America?
England. During the reign of Elizabeth I, toast would be dipped in ones wine and then eaten after drinking the wine.
There are this many "La's" in "Deck the Halls"
96
"White Christmas" is one of the most popular Christmas movies and songs ever. Bing Crosby introduced this Irving Berlin classic in what movie?
Holiday Inn
The only time where a war was temporarily stopped for Christmas.
WW1; A ceasefire was unofficially called by the German and Allied armies on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, December 1914
According to legend, what Holiday goodies were shaped to resemble a shepherd's staff as a way to remind children of the shepherds who visited baby Jesus?
Candy Canes
On New Year's Day, what is the parade held in Pasadena, CA?
Tournament of Rose's Parade
Alvin and the Chipmunks want what for Christmas in their popular 1958 Christmas song.
"Want a plane that loops the loop, me I want a hula hoop"
In "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" as the Griswold's are putting up their Christmas tree, what classic movie can be seen in the background?
"It's a Wonderful Life"
The author of the 1863 poem Twas the Night Before Christmas.
Clement Clarke Moore
What famous American inventor created electric Christmas lights?
Thomas Edison in 1880
What is the first country to celebrate New Years each year?
New Zealand
The opening to the Christmas classic "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" is...
"You know Dasher & Dancer & Prancer & Vixen. Comet & Cupid & Donner and Blitzen, but do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?"
Famous television producers in the 60's & 70's that worked with Stop-Motion Animation for so many popular children's Christmas classics.
Arthur Rankin & Jules Bass of Rankin/Bass Productions
The first year NORAD became the official Santa Tracker
1955 - at the height of the Cold War a general at NORAD in Colorado received a call on a top-secret hot line. Bracing himself for bad news he was shocked to hear instead a young boy's voice asking if "he was the real Santa Claus?" The number had mistakenly been published in the newspaper as a Sears Santa Hotline.
Which country does St. Nicholas originally belong to?
Turkey
The first ball to drop in Times Square was in 1907. Where did the idea of the Ball come from?
Maritime Navigation has a long tradition of using a ball to signify time change.