Holiday Hits
The color of Elvis’s suede shoes, as well as the Christmas he will have without you.
What is blue?
You can get your Christmas card postmarked not at the North Pole, but at the city called North Pole, located in this U.S. state.
What is Alaska?
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”?
The English also refer to Santa Claus by this proper-sounding name.
What is Father Christmas?
Jim Carrey’s grumpy green gremlin lays siege to this town in the 2000 film “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
What is Whoville?
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” with every one of these.
What is “Christmas card I write”?
Rather than dining on turkey, the Whos in Whoville in Dr. Seuss’s Christmas classic “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” enjoy this descriptively named main dish.
What is roast beast?
In his original 1943 recording of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”, Bing Crosby crooned, “Christmas Eve will find me…” here.
What is where the love light gleams?
In Germany, this frightening anti-Santa Claus with goat’s hooves and horns punishes children who misbehave instead of bringing them gifts.
Who (or what) is Krampus?
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 mythical winter sprite is nipping at your nose in “The Christmas Song.”
Who is Jack Frost?
This traditional Christmas beverage, made with brandy, fruit juices, and spices, is also the subject of an English folk song.
What is wassail?
These barnyard beasts kept time for a humble percussionist in the Christmas carol, “The Little Drummer Boy”.
What are the ox and lamb?
It is Hawaii’s way to say, “Merry Christmas to you.”
What is “Mele kalikimaka”?
These three words are what best describe the Grinch, “and I quote.”
What are stink, stank, and stunk?
In The Twelve Days of Christmas, lords a-leaping appear in this quantity.
What is ten?
These are the four major food groups for elves in the Christmas film “Elf”.
What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
In “A Holly, Jolly Christmas,” singer Burl Ives suggests that you say hello to these two classifications of people.
What are folks you know and everyone you meet?
This holiday, observed in the U.K. on the day after Christmas, originated as a way for the rich to give their servants boxes of items to share with their families.
What is Boxing Day?
In this cinematic holiday heart warmer, George Bailey receives a visit from an angel who helps him realize the importance of his own existence.
What is “It’s a Wonderful Life?”
This familiar sleighing song was the first Earth tune played in outer space.
What is “Jingle Bells”?
It takes this many years for a pine tree to grow to an acceptable Christmas tree height.
What is 15?
This ex-Beatle wrote and recorded “Wonderful Christmastime” in 1980 for his second solo album.
Who is Paul McCartney?
A witch drops presents down chimneys in this European country’s Christmas traditions.
What is Italy?
This 2004 animated Christmas feature was an adaptation of an illustrated storybook by Chris Van Allsburg, the same author who created “Jumanji.”
What is “The Polar Express”?