Holiday Treats
This spiced cookie is often cut into festive shapes and decorated with icing.
What are gingerbread cookies?
Alvin, from Alvin and the Chipmunks, crooned about wanting this in The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't be Late).
What is a hula hoop?
In Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964), it is the job that Hermey the Elf aspired to.
What is a dentist?
These are traditional fried foods eaten during Hanukkah.
What are sufganiyot and latkes?
This federal agency played a role in a climactic courtroom scene in a beloved 1947 Christmas movie.
What is the United States Postal Service?
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According to Johnny Carson, this festive holiday dessert is the "worst gift," and there "is only one [of these] in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other."
This mythical winter sprite is referenced in "The Christmas Song."
Who is Jack Frost?
This Albany native directed Die Hard in 1988, which still sparks debate about whether it is a Christmas movie.
Who is John McTiernan?
This giggly monster was the hit of the holidays and was the best selling Christmas toy of 1996.
What is Tickle Me Elmo?
Kevin McAllister waded through the flooded basement of this family's home after it was hit by the Wet Bandits.
Who are the Murphy's?
This popular Christmas beverage is also known in France as "Lait de poule."
What is eggnog?
The lyrics to a popular holiday song with this object in its title say that this little thing is made out of clay, but in reality it is typically made out of wood, glass, or metal.
What is a dreidel?
This Christmas movie is based on the book, "In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash."
What is A Christmas Story?
This is the year of the so-called "Boxing Day Tsunami."
What is 2004?
This 1972 disaster flick starring Gene Hackman takes place on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
What is The Poseidon Adventure?
In a classic Christmas song, carolers threaten to stay put until they receive this proper English dish.
What is figgy pudding?
Spotify has a playlist featuring 100 different versions of this holiday bop, which was originally written and recorded by 1980s British pop duo Wham.
What is Last Christmas?
These are the names of George Bailey's four children in It's a Wonderful Life.
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Who are Janie, Zuzu, Pete, and Tommy?
This U.S. president banned Christmas trees at the White House.
Who is President Theodore Roosevelt?
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Chris Van Allsburg, author of the 1985 book, "The Polar Express," is also the author of this 1981 children's picture book not involving a holiday, which has been adapted into three major motion pictures.
Also known as a Yule Log, this traditional chocolate cake still steals the show in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, and other former French colonies.
What is Buche de Noel?
This well-known Christmas carol became the first song ever broadcast from space in 1965.
What is Jingle Bells?
He is the head elf in The Santa Clause.
Who is Bernard?
These are the first and last days of the seven-day celebration of Kwanzaa, a celebration of African American and pan-African culture and history that was established in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, a professor of African studies.
What are December 26 and January 1?
This actor famously got into a fistfight with “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” actor Chevy Chase in 1978 before the filming of a "Saturday Night Live" episode.
Who is Bill Murray?