Mary Christmas!
Naughty or Nice
Santa Sightings!
Figgy Pudding
Christmas Fish
100

What was the name of Rudolf's girlfriend?

Clarice

100

If you're naughty, Santa will put what item in your stocking?

a lump of coal

100

If Yooper children want to make sure that they get a good glimpse of Santa and his sleigh, what highest mountain just 8 miles south of Lake Superior can they go to?

Mount Arvon (in L'Anse Township, Baraga County, part of the Huron Mountain range)

100

Aunt Ruth made these Christmas cookies with ease.  But they are hard to make correctly -- everything has to be just right and the consistency must be just so and the temperature just exact to gun these babies out.

Spritzes

100

Italian Americans often celebrate the Feast of the 7 Fishes on Christmas Eve.  Name one of the 7 meals that they enjoy for that feast.

Marinated anchovies; wild sea bass soup; fish tartare; seafood pasta; baked fish; grilled fish; fish with roasted fennel and olives

200

In the 3-times Academy Award winning movie, A Miracle on 34th Street, what young starlet played Doris Walker, the little girl who had faith that Kris Kringle was "the one and only Santa?"

Natalie Wood

200

Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn star in this 2017 holiday film and are joined by Christine Baranski, Susan Sarandon, and Cheryl Hines as their moms.

A Bad Moms Christmas

200

Just today French children who want to celebrate Christmas Eve and Santa's travels got to enjoy a concert with 20 social distanced singers at this beautiful landmark which had not held a concert in the past 18 months.

Notre Dame Cathedral

200

This adult Christmas beverage is often treated as "medicine."  It has many variations, but the classic has bourbon, honey, lemon juice, and hot water.

Hot toddy

200

Name 2 kinds of fish that you can catch in the winter.

Crappie; snapper; cob; trout; northern pike; perch; channel catfish; walleye;

300

What was the name of the little Who girl that saw the Grinch that fateful Christmas Eve?  

Cindy Lou Who

300

How many sizes did the Grinch's heart grow when he heard the Whoville villagers singing around the town Christmas tree, after he stole their presents?

three times!

300

Indonesian children who want to see a beautiful volcano as well Santa's sleigh might climb to the top of this three tier 8th century Buddhist temple.

Borobudur Temple

300

A famous Sanchez Christmas story is how Grampa Joe wanted to give the frugal Uncle Pedro an extra special treat for their Christmas Eve empanada.  Pedro would always put half the amount of meat in his empanada than the recipe called for to save money.  So, Joe gave him twice that amount of meat as a gift.  What happened?

Uncle Pedro made an empanada with only half the gifted meat to save the other half for later.

300

Finnish people usually have a pork leg, casserole with root vegetables, or turkey for their Christmas dinner.  But they always like to incorporate fish too.  What is one type of fish they eat on Christmas Eve?

Lutefish (salt fish) or cured salmon

400

Which famous singer wrote the 1994 Christmas classic that is featured in the film, Love Actually?

Mariah Carey

400
The Finnish people used to have a folk custom about an animal that used to demand presents from people and travel with Santa and the reindeer to leave presents or coal, depending on good you were.  This animal was named Joulupukki.  What type of animal was he?

A Yule Goat

400

Nigerian Yoruban children who want to celebrate the holidays before Santa's arrival might visit this famous grove in a high forest of Southern Nigeria to enjoy shrines, sculptures, and artwork, as well as give some thanks to community deities.

Osun-Osogbo Sacred Groves

400

Aunt Ruth was famous for this often-mocked holiday treat that she would have in abundant supply to give as treasured and quickly-eaten gifts to the many visitors who stopped by during the holidays. She'd start making these gifts weeks and weeks before Christmas, checking them, pouring spirits on them, and making them perfect.  What were they?

Fruitcakes

400

By December 21st, St. Thomas Day, what do all Finnish fishermen want to get done.  

Try to get their boats into harbor to have time to celebrate the season.

500

What's the name of George Bailey's wife?

Mary!

500

Who is the evil-demon anti-Santa whose job is to beat up bad children to encourage better behavior?  Europeans celebrate his special night on December 5th by getting liquored up, heading to the town square, and fighting.

Krampus

500

South American children who want to see Santa travel to the penguins of the South Pole might gather at this southernmost point of Argentina.

Cape Horn in Tierra del Fuego

500

Name one special drink or food that you'd only have at Christmas time?

egg nog....

500

Name a Christmas movie in which ice fishing features?

Grumpy Old Men; Beautiful Girls