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100

This Italian word means Christmas

What is Natale?

100

This Pixar movie features an Italian seaside town and a sea monster boy

What is Luca?

100

This Italian word means "song"

What is canzone?

100

Christmas appears in the Harry Potter series as one of the few times students can stay at this school

What is Hogwarts?

100

This city is home to Vatican Christmas celebrations

What is Rome?

200

This holiday on January 6 marks the end of the Christmas season in Italy

What is Epiphany?

200

This classic Christmas ballet is commonly performed in Italian theaters

What is The Nutcracker?
200

This Italian Christmas song's title translates to "You Come Down From the Stars"

What is Tu scendi dalle stelle?

200

This Marvel character was born on the Fourth of July, making him a symbol of American patriotism

Who is Captain America?

200

This Catholic ceremony occurs on Christmas Eve

What is Midnight Mass?

300

This legendary Italian figure delivers gifts instead of Santa Claus

Who is La Befana?

300

The 1983 holiday classic A Christmas Story takes place in this U.S. state 

What is Indiana?

300

This composer wrote The Four Seasons, often played during winter holidays

Who is Antonio Vivaldi?

300

This animated holiday movie features a jack-o-lantern obsessed with Christmas

What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?

300

This Italian dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas contains candied fruit and raisins

What is panettone?

400

DAILY DOUBLE

What is seven? (Feast of the Seven Fishes)

400

This Oscar-winning Italian director made Life is Beautiful, which includes a Christmas scene in a WWII camp

Who is Roberto Benigni

400

This American singer is known as "The voice" and recorded many Christmas classics

Who is Frank Sinatra?

400

In Home Alone, this city is where Kevin's family travels for Christmas

What is Paris?

400

This New Year's tradition in Italy involves eating lentils for good luck

What are lenticchie?

500

This Catholic event on December 8 celebrates the Immaculate Conception and begins the Italian Christmas season?

What is the Immacolata Concezione?

500

DAILY DOUBLE

What is 1954?

500

This Italian opera composer write La Boheme, which includes Christmas Eve scenes in Paris

Who is Giacomo Puccini?

500

This actor voices Ebenezer Scrooge in Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)

Who is Jim Carrey?

500

This Italian region is famous for producing panettone

What is Lombardy?