BECAUSE IT'S TRADITION
KNOWN TO AMERICANS SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY, THIS TRADITION HAD YOU PUCKERING UP... UNLESS YOU WANTED BAD LUCK.
KISSING UNDER THE MISTLETOE
IN THE MOVIE HOME ALONE, WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE TWO BURGLARS?
HARRY AND MARV
IN 'WINTER WONDERLAND,' WHO DO WE PRETEND THE SNOWMAN IS?
PARSON BROWN
WHAT BEVERAGE COMPANY STARTED TO USE SANTA CLAUSE IN ITS ADVERTISING IN 1931 AND HAS CONTINUED TO DO SO EVER SINCE?
COCA COLA
THESE AREN'T THE KIND YOU EAT IN ENGLAND, BUT YOU DO GET A CROWN.
CHRISTMAS CRACKERS
THIS TRADITION BEGAN DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION TO TEACH EVERYONE THAT EVEN IN TIMES OF GREAT ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GIVE TO OTHERS AND SHOW GRATITUDE FOR GIFTS GIVEN TO YOU.
LEAVING MILK AND COOKIES FOR SANTA
IN THE MOVIE 'FROSTY THE SNOWMAN,' THESE ARE FROSTY'S FIRST WORDS WHEN HE COMES TO LIFE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
IN WHICH CHRISTMAS SONG IS THE LINE, 'FROM NOW ON OUR TROUBLES WILL BE FAR AWAY.
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHIRSTMAS
WHICH ONE OF SANTA'S REINDEER SHARES A NAME WITH ANOTHER HOLIDAY MASCOT?
CUPID
NOT TO BE MORBID, BUT FINNISH FOLKS PICKED THE WRONG HOLIDAY TO VISIT THIS RESTING PLACE.
A CEMETERY
A POOR WIDOWER AND HIS THREE DAUGHTERS INSPIRED THIS FIRESIDE TRADITION BACK IN THE 4TH CENTURY.
HANGING STOCKINGS ON THE FIREPLACE
IN THE MOVIE, 'A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS,' LUCY ASKS FOR THIS VERY LARGE, AND PROFITABLE GIFT.
REAL ESTATE
THIS CHRISTMAS SONG HOLDS THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR THE BEST-SELLING SINGLE OF ALL TIME.
WHITE CHRISTMAS
BEFORE ARTIST THOMAS NAST DREW SANTA IN A RED SUIT HIS OUTFIT WAS THIS COLOR.
TAN
SAINT NICHOLAS OF MYRA WAS BORN AROUND 280 AD IN THE ROMAN TOWN OF PATARA, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THIS MODERN DAY COUNTRY.
TURKEY
IN 1902 THIS CHRISTMAS STAPLE WAS NOT INSTALLED AT THE WHITEHOUSE BECAUSE PRESIDENT TEDDY ROOSEVELT FORGOT TO ORDER IT ON TIME.
A CHRISTMAS TREE
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE GUARDIAN ANGEL WHO TAKES GEORGE BAILEY ON HIS JOURNEY IN ‘IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE.’
CLARENCE
IN, 'IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS,' THESE TWO BOYS ASK FOR A PAIR OF HOP-A-LONG BOOTS AND A PISTOL THAT SHOOTS.
BARRY AND BEN
IN THIS DECADE, NORAD (NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND) FIRST TRACKED SANTA ON CHRISTMAS EVE…
1950's (1955)
THE UKRAINIAN CHRISTMAS TRADITION OF DECORATING WITH SPIDERS AND SPIDER WEBS IS SAID TO BE THE POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF THESE STRIPS OF SHINY METAL FOIL USED AS CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATION
IN 1494, 19-YEAR-OLD MICHELANGELO WAS COMMISSIONED, BY THE RULER OF FLORENCE ITALY, TO PARTAKE IN THIS ARTFUL HOLIDAY SCULPTURE TRADITION.
BUILDING A SNOWMAN
IN A CHRISTMAS STORY, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE HILLBILLY NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THE PARKERS?
THE BUMPUSES
THIS CHRISTMAS SONG WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR THANKSGIVING.
JINGLE BELLS
THESE TWO US STATES BOTH HAVE A TOWN NAMED SANTA CLAUS. NAME ONE.
INDIANA AND GEORGIA
THIS MALEVOLENT HALF-GOAT, HALF-MAN, ANTI-SANTA TRACES BACK TO FOLKLORE FROM AUSTRIA'S ALPINE REGION.
KRAMPUS