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This fast-food chain is a popular Christmas meal choice in Japan.

What is Kentucky Fried Chicken?

100

This fruit was once a common Christmas stocking stuffer.

What is an orange?

100

In Elf (2003), this is the first rule of The Code of Elves.

What is “Treat every day like Christmas”?

100

This song by Bing Crosby is the bestselling Christmas song of all time.

What is “White Christmas”?

100

This snowman famously has a corncob pipe.

Who is Frosty the Snowman?

100

This Charles Dickens character’s first name is Ebenezer.

Who is Scrooge?

200

This European country began the tradition of decorating Christmas trees.

What is Germany?

200

This character joined Santa’s reindeer team in 1939.

Who is Rudolph?

200

In It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), this happens every time a bell rings.

What is an angel getting its wings?

200

This holiday song was the first ever played in space in 1965.

What is “Jingle Bells”?

200

This character yells “You’ll shoot your eye out!” in A Christmas Story.

Who is Ralphie?

200

This illustrated book by Chris Van Allsburg follows a magical train to the North Pole.

What is The Polar Express?

300

This country is credited as the origin of eggnog.

What is England?

300

This quirky holiday is celebrated on the third Friday of December.

What is National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day?

300

In A Christmas Story, this unusual gift comes from Aunt Clara.

What are bunny pajamas?

300

This singer recorded the original version of “Santa Baby.”

Who is Eartha Kitt?

300

These two burglars repeatedly fall for traps set by Kevin in Home Alone.

Who are the Wet Bandits?

300

This Brothers Grimm tale helped popularize gingerbread houses.

What is “Hansel and Gretel”?

400

In this country, children often leave shoes out to receive small Christmas gifts.

What is the Netherlands?

400

This phrase became widely used as a shortened form of Christmas in the Middle Ages.

What is “Xmas”?

400

This actor voices the title character in The Grinch (2018).

Who is Benedict Cumberbatch?

400

This holiday song was written during the Cuban Missile Crisis to promote peace.

What is “Do You Hear What I Hear?”

400

This stop-motion character leads a group of misfit toys.

Who is Hermey?

400

This short story by O. Henry features a couple who secretly sacrifice to buy each other gifts.

What is The Gift of the Magi?

500

This South American country celebrates Christmas with summer barbecues due to its season.

What is Australia?

500

In many European countries, this decorated item is placed inside a Christmas pudding for good luck.

What is a coin?

500

This film is the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time.

What is The Grinch?

500

This song includes the lyric “Later we’ll have some pumpkin pie.”

What is “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”?

500

This character says, “Every time a bell rings…” in a classic Christmas film.

Who is Clarence?

500

This poem begins with “’Twas the night before Christmas.”

What is “A Visit from St. Nicholas”?