Holiday Songs
"A one-horse open sleigh" is a line from this popular winter holiday song.
What is Jingle Bells?
These practical tools used to crack nuts come to life in a popular Christmas ballet.
What is a nutcracker?
The Grinch attempts to steal Christmas from the happy people in this little town?
What is (or Where is) Whoville?
This famous action movie, starring Bruce Willis, is often thought of as a Christmas movie.
What is Die Hard?
This store is famous for it's Thanksgiving Day Parade and being showcased in several Christmas movies.
What is Macy's?
These are given on the 12th day of Christmas in The Twelve Days of Christmas song.
What are twelve drummers drumming?
Building this edible house is a fun holiday tradition for many families.
What is a Gingerbread House?
Tom Hanks plays six different characters in this holiday movie.
What is The Polar Express?
These three are the main colors used in Kwanzaa.
What are black, red, and green?
This largest mall in the United States, found in Minnesota, draws holiday shoppers from around the world.
What is The Mall of America?
In this holiday song, the singer doesn't want "No crocodiles or rhinoceroses", she only wants ___________ for Christmas.
What are hippopotamuses?
This modern Christmas tradition involves a Scout Elf sent from the North Pole into homes to help Santa keep track of who has been naughty or nice.
What is Elf on a Shelf?
This character's famous nose saved Christmas by lighting the way for Santa's sleigh.
Who is Rudolph (The Red-Nosed Reindeer)?
This holiday candy was shaped to resemble a shepherd's staff.
What is a candy cane?
Term for the day after Thanksgiving in the United States that traditionally marks the start of Christmas shopping season.
What is Black Friday?
The location in "Jingle Bell Rock" where everyone is dancing and prancing.
What is Jingle Bell Square?
Popular type of cake given as gifts during the holidays.
What is fruitcake?
In Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", this was Mr. Scrooge's first name.
Who is Ebenezer?
This beverage and sweet treat combination are traditionally left out for Santa on Christmas Eve.
What are milk and cookies?
Term for the holiday shopping day that occurs during the weekend after Thanksgiving.
What is Small Business Saturday?
The next words in this holiday song phrase: "You're a mean one, _____________."
What are Mr. Grinch?
Many kisses are stolen underneath this festive holiday plant.
What is Mistletoe?
Three of Santa's reindeer whose names begin with the letter "D".
Who are Dancer, Dasher and Donner?
Marketing term for e-commerce transactions on this weekday following Thanksgiving in the United States that has grown in popularity.
What is Cyber Monday?
This popular holiday song about snow is sung by Dean Martin.
What is Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow?
The number of candles in a menorah during Hanukkah.
What is nine?
Name two famous animated snowmen
Who are Frosty and Olaf?
Eggnog originates from this country.
What is England?
What is an Ugly Christmas Sweater?
The name of the donkey in Lou Monte's catchy holiday song about the Italian Christmas Donkey.
Who is Dominick?
A key custom during Kwanzaa is the daily lighting of the Kinara, in which these three colors of candles are burned.
What are Black, Red and Green?
According to "It's a Wonderful Life", this happens every time a bell rings.
What is an angel gets it's wings?
Kevin is the name of the main character in the highest grossing holiday movie of all time.
What is Home Alone?
This famous author gave us the line that Christmas "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more.
Who is Dr. Seuss?
Adam Sandler wrote and performed this holiday song on Saturday Night Live.
What is the Hanukkah Song?
This tradition dates back to the 1850s and typically includes 24 doors (or boxes) to open, one for every day in December leading up to Christmas Day.
What is an Advent Calendar?
This fairy tale inspired the first gingerbread houses.
What is "Hansel and Gretel"?
The writers of the popular sitcom "Seinfeld" created which fictional winter holiday?
What is Festivus?
Shopping for all of the gifts given in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" song would be a challenge, and this gift given on the seventh day would be no exception.
What are seven swans-a-swimming?
The quintessential Christmas crush song made popular by Mariah Carey.
What is "All I Want For Christmas Is You"?
On December 24, 1948, the U.S. Air Force announced that an "early warning radar net to the north" had detected "one unidentified sleigh, powered by eight reindeer, at 14,000 feet [4,300 meters], heading 180 degrees." The AP passed this "report" along to the general public. This agency's Santa Tracker is still very popular today.
What is NORAD?
The total number of gifts given in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" song.
What is 364?
This beverage company has been using commercials starring Santa Claus, since the 1930's.
What is Coca Cola?
This animatronic cassette-playing bear toy is what every kid wanted for Christmas in the mid-1980s.
Who is Teddy Ruxpin?