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Will Ferrell played the oversized North Pole adoptee who sets off to find his father in this 2003 Christmas classic.
What is “Elf”
In the “Twelve Days of Christmas”, The singer’s true love gives them five of these shining pieces of jewelry on day five.
What are golden rings
In “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” Grandma had been drinking too much of this festive holiday beverage.
What is eggnog
This tradition, now associated with Christmas, began in Ancient Greece as a blessing of fertility in wedding ceremonies.*HINT - "Song I Saw Mommy..."
What is kissing under the mistletoe
This mythical winter sprite is nipping at your nose in “The Christmas Song.”
Who is Jack Frost
The role of Ebenezer Scrooch in 1992’s “A Muppet Christmas Carol” featured this two-time Academy Award-winning British actor.
Who is Michael Caine
These two items traditionally appear at the tops of Christmas trees.
What are stars and angels
Spotify has a playlist featuring 100 different versions of this holiday bop, which was originally written and recorded by 1980s Brit Pop duo Wham!
What is “Last Christmas”
This familiar sleighing song was the first Earth tune played in outer space.
What is “Jingle Bells”
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” with every one of these.
What is “Christmas card I write”
In the 1983 holiday favorite “A Christmas Story,” Ralphie’s father wins a lamp shaped like this body part as a runner-up prize from a newspaper contest.
What is a woman’s leg
Santa keeps these two lists to track which children get presents and which get coal.
What are the Naughty and Nice lists?
In “A Holly, Jolly Christmas,” singer Burl Ives suggests that you say hello to these two classifications of people.
What are folks you know and everyone you meet
In Germany, this frightening anti-Santa Claus with goat’s hooves and horns punishes children who misbehave instead of bringing them gifts.
Who (or what) is Krampus
In The Twelve Days of Christmas, lords a-leaping appear in this quantity.
What is ten
The actor who plays long-suffering Clark Griswold in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” is this original SNL cast member.
Who is Chevy Chase
This office of the U.S. Armed Services tracks Santa’s voyage around the world on Christmas Eve.
What is NORAD
This ex-Beatle wrote and recorded “Wonderful Christmastime” in 1980 for his second solo album.
Who is Paul McCartney
This real-life department store served as the setting for the Christmas film “Miracle on 34th Street”.
What is Macy’s
The wise men brought these three gifts for the baby Jesus, not the most useful items to give a newborn.
What are gold, frankincense, and myrrh
In 1994’s “The Santa Clause,” Tim Allen’s character takes over as Santa after this accident kills the original Santa Clause.
What is falling off a roof
Name all four ghosts that visit Ebenezer Scrooge in the Dickens novel, “A Christmas Carol” is this.
What is four Bob Marley, Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Future
It may sound like a composition from the Middle Ages, but this classic Christmas hymn appeared in 1843 and made its debut in 1847.
What is "Oh Holy Night"
It takes this many years for a pine tree to grow to an acceptable Christmas tree height.
What is 15 years
This dark fairy tale about a brother, a sister, and a witch they meet in the woods, was the inspiration for gingerbread houses.
What is Hansel and Gretel