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What Country Gave us this Christmas Tradition?
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100

This is the actor who plays George Bailey.

Who is Jimmy Stewart?

100

This is the title of the song that contains the fa la la la las.

What is Deck the Halls?

100

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!...is from this iconic poem.

What is Twas the Night Before Christmas?

100

This Country gave us the tradition of the Christmas Tree.

What is Germany?

The tradition dates back to medieval plays about Adam and Eve that often featured a "tree of paradise".  




100

This is the exact location where the Waterford Crystal Ball is dropped at midnight to ring in the New Year.

What is Time Square?

200

This is the Guardian Angel sent down from Heaven to help George.

Who is Clarence?

200

Double Jeopardy:

This is the most popular Christmas plant and it came from this country.

What is the Poinsettia from Mexico?

The poinsettia originated in the Taxco del Alarcon region of southern Mexico. 

The Aztecs cultivated poinsettias long before Christianity came to the Western Hemisphere. They called the plant cuetlaxochitl, which means "mortal flower". The Aztecs used the plant for many purposes, including making a purple dye, treating fevers, and stimulating circulation. 

Introduction to the United States: Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first U.S. minister to Mexico, brought poinsettias to the United States in the 1820s. Poinsett named the plant after himself.


200

'We'll drink a cup of kindness yet,' is from this Scottish song played at Midnight on the New Year.

What is Auld Lang Syne?

300

Double Jeopardy:

This is George's wife's name.

Double points--This is the actress who portrays George's wife.

Who is Mary?

Who is Donna Reed?

300

According to The Twelve Days of Christmas, this is what your true love gave to you on the 7th day.

What are seven swans-a-swimming?

300

This is the character in A Christmas Carol that exclaims, "God bless us, every one!"

Who is Tiny Tim?

300

The most popular New Year's resolution made (and most likely broken before the end of January;).

What is 'to lose weight/get fit'?

400

Double Jeopardy:

This is the stingy old miser that owns the largest bank in Bedford Falls.

This is the actor who portrays him.

Who is Potter?

Who is Lionel Barrymore?

500

These are the names of the policeman and the taxi cab driver that help Mary on her 'Honeymoon Night.' They are also the names of the famous best friends on Sesame Street.

Who are Bert & Ernie?

500

"It came without ribbons! It came without tags!"
"It came without packages, boxes or bags!"
And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore...
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store."
"Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

And what happened then, well in Whoville they say...

is from this famous Children's book.

What is How the Grinch Stole Christmas!?

500

Double Jeopardy:

This REGION gave us the 'Christmas Stocking.'

Name the region and the '3' countries it is comprised of.

What is Scandinavia--Sweden, Norway & Denmark and the Faroe Islands that are a self-governing nation within the Kingdom of Denmark?

Children believed the Norse God Odin would leave candy in the socks of good children.