Christmas on Broadway
Christmas Traditions Elsewhere
A Different Look at Christmas Songs
Christmas Movies
Miscellaneous
100
Songs from this show based on a movie include "Red Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun" & "Ralphie To The Rescue"
A Christmas Story
100
In Sweden, a Christmas straw one is traditional; here's the 42-foot, 4-ton example in Gävle
a goat
100
He's "the most famous reindeer of all", but he's bullied horribly & only loved after bailing everyone out on Christmas Eve
Rudolph
100
There is an ongoing debate online about whether this action film is actually a Christmas film.
Die Hard
100
On Christmas Day, 1991, he announced his resignation as Soviet leader, and wished everyone the best
Gorbachev
200
This musical about a boy born to dance features a catchy protest number, "Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher"
Billy Elliot
200
In Iceland, kids put their boots by a window & either get candy if they're good or rotten these tubers if not
potatoes
200
This title daredevil lives to the max! Though the Sun can kill him, he sings, "Let's run & we'll have some fun now before I melt away"
Frosty the Snowman
200
Alastair Sim is among those who have played this Dickensian man but unlike Michael Caine, did so without Muppets
Scrooge
200
On Christmas 1492 this flagship of Christopher Columbus ran aground off Haiti
the Santa Maria
300
In 1989 "Meet Me in St. Louis" came to Broadway along with this Yuletide tune introduced by Judy Garland in the movie
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
300
Streets are closed to traffic as people roller skate to Christmas Eve mass in this capital of Venezuela
Caracas
300
"Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" is by this "Country Roads" singer
John Denver
300
Basically, this heartwarming Frank Capra classic is about a disgraced financier having an incredibly rough Christmas Eve
It's a Wonderful Life
300
This slang term is a modern creation that harkens back all the way to the mid-1500s and the Greek letter X, the first letter in (you guessed it) the Greek word for Christ: Χριστός.
X-mas
400
"Here's Love" was Meredith Willson's stage adaptation of this classic film with a street that crosses Broadway in its title
Miracle on 34th Street
400
Japan keeps the holidays "extra crispy" with what has become a traditional Christmas meal from this chain
KFC
400
You don't think of Christmas tunes as black market body part movers, but "All I Want For Christmas Is" this pair of choppers
my two front teeth
400
In this film Santa tells Buddy there are 30 Ray's Pizzas in NYC; "They all claim to be the original, but the real one's on 11th"
Elf
400
In Germany, this frightening anti-Santa Claus with goat’s hooves and horns punishes children who misbehave instead of bringing them gifts.
Krampus
500
Dream no more--"White Christmas", featuring the songs of this beloved composer, finally came to Broadway in 2008.
Irving Berlin
500
North of Quezon City, San Fernando is the "Christmas Capital of" this nation, holding a Giant Lantern Festival in December
the Philippines
500
A police report would later reveal this title relative "had hoof prints on her forehead & incriminating Claus marks on her back"
Grandma (got run over by a reindeer)
500
This 2004 animated Christmas feature was an adaptation of an illustrated storybook by Chris Van Allsburg, the same author who created “Jumanji.”
The Polar Express
500
It takes this many years for a pine tree to grow to an acceptable Christmas tree height.
15 years (roughly 6 or 7 feet tall)