Movies
The movie Miracle on 34th Street is based on which real-life department store?
Macy’s
Which popular Christmas beverage is also called “milk punch?”
Eggnog
In the classic song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” how many gifts are given in total?
BONUS QUESTION 200 POINTS In the lyrics of the Twelve Days of Christmas, how many of the days involve your "true love" giving you some type of bird?
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Six (Seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle-doves, a partridge in a pear tree)
Which fruit used to be a popular stocking stuffer?
Orange
Another name for reindeer
Caribou
In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?
BONUS QUESTIONS 100 POINTS: What did the burglars call themselves?
Paris, France
The wet bandits
In this country, it is customary to eat at KFC on Christmas day.
Japan
What type of Christmas does Elvis have
Blue Christmas
Where can you find the famous Christmas tree in New York during the holiday season?
Rockefeller Center
According to the folklore of Austria and other countries, what horned figure punishes naughty children at Christmastime?
Krampus
In It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), what happens every time a bell rings?
An angel gets its wings
What fairy tale helped popularize gingerbread houses?
Hansel and Gretel
The first holiday single to achieve Diamond status (10 million units)
Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
Which company started to feature the modern-looking Santa in its ads in the 1930s?
Coca-Cola
What beer brand has run the same holiday commercial, in which a palm tree is wrapped with Christmas lights, every year since 1990?
Corona
What magical country does the White Witch put a spell on so that it is always winter but never Christmas?
Narnia
Finish this line from The Grinch “And he, he himself...the Grinch...carved the_____"
Roast Beast
In “The Chipmunk Song,” what do the chipmunks want for Christmas besides a plane that loops the loop?
A hula hoop
In one oddball tradition, an ornament shaped like what food item is hidden on the Christmas tree?
Pickle
What U.S. state was the first to make Christmas an official holiday?
Alabama
What word does the conductor punch in the train ticket in The Polar Express?
Believe
In the movie “Elf,” what does Buddy claim are the four food groups?
Candy canes, candy, syrup, and candy corns.
What was the first song broadcast from space?
Jingle Bells
What are the names of all the reindeers in order?
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen.
In the Harry Potter books, the title character’s wand is made from the wood of what plant associated with Christmas?
Holly