Yule Be Surprised
The day celebrated on December 26 in the U.K. and Commonwealth countries, originally for servants and tradespeople.
What is Boxing Day?
The Christmas carol telling the story of a red-nosed reindeer who guides Santa’s sleigh.
What is "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"?
The name of the reindeer added to many modern lists and first popularized in a 1939 booklet.
Who is Rudolph?
These are left out for Santa in many North American households on Christmas Eve.
What are cookies (or milk and cookies)?
The 1990 John Hughes film about an aspiring home security kid defending his house is titled this.
What is Home Alone?
The liturgical season of preparation beginning four Sundays before Christmas.
What is Advent?
This holiday single has become a perennial radio, TV and department store favorite despite being recorded by an artist primarily known for non‑holiday work and later hitting streaming era chart peaks decades after release.
What is "All I Want for Christmas Is You"? (Mariah Carey)
The Santa tracker run each year by a military organization that began after a 1955 telephone misprint.
What is NORAD Santa Tracker?
Egg-based frozen dessert often served at holiday parties in the U.S., sometimes spiked with rum or brandy.
What is eggnog?
The 2003 Will Ferrell comedy where an adult raised by Santa's helpers must convince others of the magic of Christmas.
The last day of the Twelve Days of Christmas, also the feast commemorating the arrival of the Magi.
What is Epiphany (January 6)?(Three Kings Day)
This popular modern song has the refrain.
I want to wish you a merry Christmas....
I want to wish you a merry Christmas....
I want to wish you a merry Christmas....
from the bottom of my heart.
What is "Feliz Navidad"?
The modern jolly Santa look (red suit, white trim) was consolidated by illustrations from this 20th-century soft drink.
What is Coca‑Cola?
This coconut based drink its sometimes referred to as "Puerto Rican" Eggnog.
What is Coquito?
This movie is sometimes referred to as the best adaptation of a Christmas Carol.
What is A Muppet Christmas Carol?
The U.S. federal holiday (Christmas Day) was established for December 25 in this year
What is 1870?
The "Twelve Days of Christmas" gifts escalate to a grand total of this many total gifts.
What is 364?
The number of reindeer in the original 1823 poem by Clement Clarke Moore (not including Rudolph)
What is eight?
The cookie-shaped butter confection from Germany, sometimes called "pfeffernüsse" or "speculoos" variants. (So sturdy you could build houses out of it)
What are gingerbread cookies?
The Number of Ghosts that visit Scrooge.
What is 4?
The winter solstice festival celebrated by many northern cultures and associated with evergreens and returning light.
What is Yule?
This 1994 novelty song by Elmo & Patsy humorously recounts reindeer traffic accidents and became a seasonal country novelty hit.
What is "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"?
The character who, in some Northern European stories, is Santa's stern helper who disciplines naughty children
Who is Krampus (or Belsnickel or Knecht Ruprecht depending on region)?
The Italian sweet bread studded with candied fruit that has become a Christmas breakfast staple
What is panettone?
The Rankin/Bass stop-motion holiday special featuring a boy named Yukon Cornelius and the Island of Misfit Toys.
What is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?