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This 1990 film features a young boy named Kevin who is accidentally left behind when his family flies to Paris for Christmas.
What is Home Alone?
This red and white striped candy is often hung on Christmas trees or stirred into hot chocolate.
What is a candy cane?
This plant is traditionally hung in doorways, encouraging people to kiss underneath it.
What is mistletoe?
This classic winter sport involved gliding over ice on thin blades attached to boots.
What is skating?
This song begins with the lyrics, “You better watch out, you better not cry.”
What is "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"?
In Elf, Buddy the Elf travels from the North Pole to this U.S. city to find his real father.
What is New York City?
This rich, creamy drink is traditionally served cold and often spiked with rum or bourbon during the holidays.
What is eggnog?
This tradition involves leaving out cookies and milk for a visitor from the North Pole.
What is leaving treats for Santa Claus?
This famous New York City landmark is home to a colossal Christmas tree and a popular ice-skating rink during the winter months.
What is Rockefeller Center?
This song famously features the line, “All I want for Christmas is you.”
What is "All I Want for Christmas Is You"?
In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, this cheerful town is home to the Whos, who love Christmas more than anything.
What is Whoville?
This classic holiday side dish combines tart red berries with sugar and sometimes orange zest, and is often served alongside turkey.
What is cranberry sauce?
This Jewish holiday involves lighting a menorah for eight nights.
What is Hanukkah?
This term Mele Kalikimaka means “Merry Christmas” in this language.
What is Hawaiian?
This song, written by Irving Berlin, is one of the best-selling singles of all time.
What is "White Christmas"?
This 1946 classic holiday film features a man named George Bailey who learns what life would be like if he had never been born.
What is It’s a Wonderful Life?
This fruitcake-like dessert, often set on fire before serving, is a traditional British Christmas treat.
What is Christmas pudding?
This African-American holiday celebrates seven principles over seven days.
What is Kwanzaa?
This first Winter Olympic Games were held in 1924 in this French town in the Rhōne-Alpes region.
What is Chamonix?
This song was the first to be broadcast from space in 1965.
What is "Jingle Bells"?
In Love Actually, this British Prime Minister, played by Hugh Grant, dances through 10 Downing Street to the song “Jump (For My Love)” by The Pointer Sisters.
Who is David?
This Italian sweet bread, filled with dried fruits and sometimes chocolate, is a holiday favorite that originated in Milan.
What is panettone?
In this European tradition, children place their shoes by the fireplace or door on December 5th, hoping to find them filled with treats the next morning.
What is St. Nicholas Day?
This small town in Finnish Lapland is widely regarded as the official home of Santa Claus.
What is Rovaniemi?
This song includes the line “From now on, our troubles will be miles away.”
What is "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"?