Holiday History
This Roman festival, celebrated in late December, influenced many Christmas traditions.
Answer: What is Saturnalia?
This 1990 movie features a boy accidentally left home alone during Christmas.
Answer: What is Home Alone?
This song begins with the lyrics, “Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way."
Answer: What is Jingle Bells?
In the Philippines, this holiday season officially begins in September.
Answer: What is Christmas?
This Christmas special features a reindeer with a glowing red nose.
Answer: What is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
This 4th-century saint, known for his generosity, inspired the legend of Santa Claus.
Answer: Who is Saint Nicholas?
This animated Disney film is about a skeleton who discovers Christmas Town.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Mariah Carey’s 1994 holiday hit that starts with the line “I don’t want a lot for Christmas.”
Answer: What is All I Want for Christmas Is You?
This German tradition involves hiding a green vegetable in the Christmas tree.
Answer: What is the Christmas pickle?
This classic Peanuts Christmas special features Charlie Brown picking out a small, scraggly tree.
Answer: What is A Charlie Brown Christmas?
The practice of decorating Christmas trees originated in this European country.
Answer: What is Germany?
This 2003 Will Ferrell movie features a human raised by elves.
Answer: What is Elf?
This song, recorded by Bing Crosby, is the best-selling Christmas song of all time.
Answer: What is White Christmas?
In Japan, this fast-food chain has become synonymous with Christmas dinner.
Answer: What is KFC?
In this 1983 Christmas comedy, Ralphie dreams of receiving a Red Ryder BB gun.
Answer: What is A Christmas Story?
This famous poem, also known as “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” was first published in 1823.
Answer: What is A Visit from St. Nicholas?
In this 1946 classic, George Bailey learns the value of life from an angel named Clarence.
Answer: What is It’s a Wonderful Life?
This Hanukkah song by Adam Sandler lists famous Jewish celebrities.
Answer: What is The Hanukkah Song?
This Jewish holiday involves lighting a menorah for eight nights.
Answer: What is Hanukkah?
This animated TV special features the song “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.”
Answer: What is How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
This ruler of England banned Christmas celebrations in the 17th century.
Answer: Who is Oliver Cromwell?
This 2000 Jim Carrey movie is based on a Dr. Seuss book about stealing Christmas.
Answer: What is How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
This 1984 song by Band Aid asks, “Do they know it’s Christmas?”
Answer: What is Do They Know It’s Christmas?
In this country, children celebrate Epiphany by leaving shoes out for gifts from the Three Kings.
Answer: What is Spain?
This iconic holiday ad features a convoy of trucks lit up with Christmas lights.
Answer: What is the Coca-Cola Christmas ad?