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The family member who gets run over by a reindeer.
Who is Grandma?
The spiced (and sometimes spiked) Christmas beverage also known as milk punch.
What is eggnog?
The gift Ralphie wants more than anything in A Christmas Story.
What is a Red Ryder BB Gun?
Placing this above a lentil may result in a Christmas kiss.
What is mistletoe?
Also a popular festive song, this is how you say “Merry Christmas” in Spanish.
What is Feliz Navidad?
The 1994 holiday hit that regularly tops the charts at Christmas.
What is “All I Want for Christmas is You?”
The traditional Christmas food you might roast over an open fire.
What are chestnuts?
What the burglars in Home Alone call themselves.
Who are the Wet Bandits?
Frosty the Snowman’s facial components according to the 1950 song, “Frosty the Snowman.”
What are a corncob pipe, a button nose, and two eyes made out of coal?
In Central and Eastern European folklore, this figure is the evil counterpart to St. Nicholas, punishing children for bad behavior.
What is Krampus?
All the functions of the little baby doll that the girl child gets stuck with in the 1958 Chuck Berry song “Run Rudolph Run.”
What is cry, sleep, drink, and wet?
Also known as bûche de Noël, this rolled holiday dessert symbolizes light during the darkest time of year.
What is a Yule log cake?
The names of the Griswold family’s neighbors in Christmas Vacation.
Who are Todd and Margot?
The flavor of jello Aunt Bethany wrapped in Christmas Vacation.
What is lime?
IThe American chain restaurant where many people in Japan enjoy Christmas dinner.
What is KFC?
The length of the pole you wouldn’t touch the Grinch with in “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.”
What is 39 and a half feet?
The Brothers Grimm fairytale “Hansel and Gretel” inspired this popular Christmas treat.
What is a gingerbread house?
The four main food groups according to Buddy in Elf.
What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
The most covered Christmas song with thousands of versions.
What is “Silent Night?”
Ukrainian folklore suggests that spiders are the origin for this Christmas decoration.
What is tinsel?
The total number of presents given in “The 12 Days of Christmas.”
What is 364?
The Greenlandic Christmas delicacy Mattak is made of this animal’s skin.
What is a whale?
In the live action How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch has this to-do list item scheduled for 5:00.
What is “Solve world hunger—tell no one?”
This pagan festival of Ancient Rome celebrating the god of agriculture, wealth, and time inspired traditions for Christmas.
What is Saturnalia?
In Catalonia, Spain, one festive tradition involves feeding this object food scraps, nuts, and candy throughout December, then beating it with sticks to produce presents on Christmas morning.
What is a defecating log?