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Another way of wording "Do your ears notice the same vibrations mine do?" renders the name of this 1962 Christmas hymn which was written as a plea for peace amidst the Cuban Missile Crisis.
What is "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
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While ham is a common Christmas dish in America and turkey is in Great Britain, a common Christmas dish in Japan is this finger-lick in’ fast food restaurant.
What is Kentucky Fried Chicken, or KFC?
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Jesus was born in this small town.
Where is Bethlehem?
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In the American Revolutionary War, this American general crossed the Delaware River on December 25, 1776
Who is George Washington?
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In "A Christmas Carol," Ebenezer Scrooge repeatedly said this to express his disinterest and displeasure with Christmas.
What is "bah humbug?"
200
This classic Christmas hymn is written from the perspective of someone at Christ’s birth who wasn’t historically there.
What is “Little Drummer Boy?”
200
The practice of traveling door-to-door and singing Christmas songs is called this.
What is Christmas caroling?
200
This is the name of the angel who declared to Mary that she would bear the Son of God.
Who is Gabriel?
200
On December 25, 1957, "The Queen's Speech" was broadcast across British radio waves for the first time by this monarch.
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
200
The Grinch lives on this mountain.
What is Mount Crumpit?
300
In "O Holy Night," singers and listeners alike are called to "o hear" this after the lyrics "Fall on your knees."
What are the angel voices, or the angels?
300
The day after Christmas is known as this for historically being the day which the wealthy would box up their unwanted Christmas gifts, leftover food, and some money and give them to their servants or the poor.
What is Boxing Day?
300
Contrary to the well-known Christmas hymn "We Three Kings," the men who visited Jesus with gifts years after his birth were not kings. Rather, they belonged to this pagan class from which we get the word "magician" today.
What are magi?
300
Known as the "Christmas Truce," December 25, 1914 saw nearly the entire Western Front of World War 1 trade its gunfire for gifts and carols. Among the many armies that engaged in a truce, the most famous truce was between these two armies.
What are the German and United Kingdom (British) armies?
300
In "Elf," Will Ferrell's titular character names these four things as "the four main food groups."
What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
400
Along the frozen trenches of the Western Front during World War 1, British troops amidst mud and misery heard this haunting, holy melody coming from the German trenches.
What is “Silent Night?”
400
At the Council of Nicea in 325 AD, this Christian bishop - whom Santa Claus is based upon - stood up and slapped another bishop, Arius, for speaking heresy against Jesus Christ.
Who is Saint Nicholas?
400
This is the legal reason for Mary and Joseph leaving Nazareth and traveling to where Christ would eventually be born.
What is a census (sent out by Caesar Augustus)?
400
On December 25, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev stepped down from being the leader of this political conglomerate.
What is the USSR, or the Soviet Union?
400
Headlined by Macaulay Culkin, this 1990 Christmas classic was the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time - until "The Grinch" (2018) surpassed it - despite having nothing to do with Christmas in its title.
What is "Home Alone?"
500
A more recent Christmas hymn, this is the name of the song which asks the theokotos around ten Christological questions.
What is "Mary, Did you Know?"
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In the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," different gifts are given each day. By the end of the twelve days, the gifts which were introduced on these two days were given the most times.
What are days six and seven? 
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Upon hearing that she would be the mother of the Messiah, Mary sung a song of praise that is known by this name.
What is the Magnificat?
500
Known for being Rome's first Christian emperor and whom Constantinople is named after, this is who affirmed the Christian tradition in 336 AD that Jesus' birthday was on December 25.
Who is Constantine?
500
In the 1964 "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," Rudolph begins to develop a subtly romantic relationship with a childhood friend whose name is this.
Who is Clarice?