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100

This is the true number of Santa’s reindeer in the Christmas poem T’was the Night Before Christmas.

8 - Rudolph isn't mentioned

100

This traditional Christmas beverage, made with brandy, fruit juices, and spices, is also the subject of an English folk song

Wassail

100

This 2004 animated Christmas feature was an adaptation of an illustrated storybook by Chris Van Allsburg, the same author who created “Jumanji.”

“The Polar Express”

100

This familiar sleighing song was the first Earth tune played in outer space.

Jingle Bells

100

This magical item brings Frosty to life each Christmas

an old silk hat

200

More than 1.5 billion of these travel through the U.S. Postal Service every year.

Christmas Cards

200

These classic Christmas sweets begin as striped loaves before a machine pulls and twists it into thin, hook-shaped treats.

Candy Canes

200

In the classic stop-motion animation Christmas special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Hermie the Elf would rather be this as an occupation.

A Dentist

200

With more than 50 million copies sold, this classic Christmas tune holds the Guinness World Record for the all-time best-selling single.

White Christmas

200

 This magical household figure moves from room to room, helping Santa by making sure children are being good.

Elf on the Shelf

300

It takes this many years for a pine tree to grow to an acceptable Christmas tree height.

15

300

These two items traditionally appear at the tops of Christmas trees.

Stars and Angels

300

In 1994’s “The Santa Clause,” Tim Allen’s character takes over as Santa after this accident kills the original Santa Clause.

Falling off a roof

300

This instrumental Christmastime theme from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite was also used in early versions of the video game Tetris.

 Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

300

The English also refer to Santa Claus by this proper-sounding name.

Father Christmas

400

You can get your Christmas card postmarked not at the North Pole, but at the city called North Pole, located in this, the largest U.S. state.

Alaska

400

This type of calendar contains pockets filled with treats, one for each day of December through Christmas Day.

Advent Calendar

400

 In this cinematic holiday heart warmer, George Bailey receives a visit from an angel who helps him realize the importance of his own existence.

It's a Wonderful Life

400

It is Hawaii’s way to say, “Merry Christmas to you.”

“Mele Kalikimaka”

400

This mythical winter sprite is nipping at your nose in “The Christmas Song.”

Jack Frost

500

It consists of inexpensive foil now, but this glittery decoration started as strips of real silver.

Tinsel

500

This tradition, now associated with Christmas, began in Ancient Greece as a blessing of fertility in wedding ceremonies.

Kissing Under the Mistletoe

500

These are the four major food groups for elves in the Christmas film “Elf”

Candy, Candy Canes, Candy Corns, and Syrup

500

In The Twelve Days of Christmas, lords a-leaping appear in this quantity.

10

500

The total number of ghosts that visit Ebenezer Scrooge in the Dickens novel, “A Christmas Carol” is this.

4

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