Food
Vegetable often used as a snowman’s nose
carrot
Highest grossing holiday film: Elf, Grinch or Home Alone
Grinch
($260 million)
The Grinch tries to take away Christmas from the residents of what town?
Whoville
What did the other reindeer not let Rudolph do because of his shiny red nose?
Join in any reindeer games
Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree? Canada, Germany, Norway
Germany
Type of fruit tree gifted in the song “12 Days of Christmas”
pear tree
# homes per second Santa visits to deliver
gifts on Eve: 900, 1200 or 1500
990
What magical piece of clothing brings Frosty to life?
hat
What well-known Christmas carol became the first song ever broadcast from space in 1965?
Jingle Bells
An acre of Christmas trees provides the daily oxygen requirements for how many people?
a. 8 b. 18 c. 80 d. 180
b 18
Most popular type of cookie left out for Santa
chocolate chip
# billion of Christmas cards Americans send
per year: 1, 1.5 or 2
1.5 billion
What is the name of the main character in Elf?
Buddy
What is the most recorded Christmas song of all time?
Silent Night
Picking a perfect Christmas tree takes skill. Which beloved cartoon character was ostracized for what his friends considered a poor choice?
a. Mickey Mouse
b. Homer Simpson
c. Charlie Brown
d. all of the above
C Charlie Brown
Candy that danced in kid’s heads in “Twas Night Before Christmas”
sugar plums
How long does it take for a tree to reach average, ideal “Christmas tree” height? 5, 10 or 15 years?
15 years
In Home Alone, where the did family go on their Christmas vacation?
Paris, France
What three words best describe the Grinch?
Stink, stank, stunk
80% of artificial Christmas trees are manufactured in China, North American real Christmas trees are grown in every state EXCEPT:
a. New Mexico & Nevada
b. Hawaii
c. New Mexico & New Jersey
d. none of the above
D--none of the above, Christmas trees are grown in all 50 states
One of two ingredients used as sweetener in gingerbread
honey or molasses
Three of Santa’s reindeer’s names begin with the letter “D.” What are those names?
Dancer, Dasher, and Donner
Ralphie in A Christmas Story only wants one thing for Christmas. What is it?
A Red Ryder BB Gun
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me a....
Eleven Pipers Piping
Electric tree lights were first mass produced in 1890. Who came up with the idea?
a. Thomas Edison
b. Mary Stillwell (Edison’s wife)
c. Edward Johnson (Edison’s assistant)
d. William Leslie (Edison’s son)
C--Edward Johnson (Edison’s assistant)