Movie Mix-Ups
This character is left behind by his entire family when they depart for their holiday trip to Paris.
Who is Kevin McCallister?
Grandma will not be attending the holidays due to being incapacitated by this negligent creature.
What is a reindeer?
This song, popularly sung at New Year’s Eve celebrations, was originally sung during the Scottish festival of Hogmanay.
What is “Auld Lang Syne”?
The Carolina Crusher, the worst snowstorm recorded in North Carolina, let loose the greatest amount of snowfall (24 inches) in this city.
What is Raleigh-Durham (will accept any portion of this answer)
In the comic strip Peanuts, Linus awaits the visit of this mythical creature, who shares many similarities with Santa Claus.
What is the Great Pumpkin?
Buddy the Elf erroneously purchases this gift for his father.
What is lingerie?
This dastardly creature is described as having “garlic in his soul”.
Who is The Grinch?
On June 28th, 1870, New Year’s Day was part of the first batch of established U.S. national holidays alongside these three other holidays. (Must name all three)
What is Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day?
This warm-weather city is the number one international travel destination for U.S. residents over the holidays.
What is Cancun, Mexico?
In 1912, the USPS founded “Operation Santa” to allow employees to read and respond to letters written and addressed to Santa at the North Pole. This program was opened to the public for charitable gift donations in this decade.
What is the 1940’s?
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, the characters Lock, Shock, and Barrel mistakenly kidnap this holiday icon instead of “Sandy Claws”
Who is the Easter Bunny?
This movie monster is rendered harmless by the removal of his teeth.
Who is the abominable snowman (bumble)?
Circa 2000 B.C.E., the Babylonians began this New Year’s tradition.
What are New Year’s Resolutions
In 2022, this many flights were cancelled on Christmas Day (will accept answers within 200 flights)
What is 3,181?
James Edgar invented and performed as the first department-store Santa Claus in this town in Massachusetts.
What is Brockton, MA?
In It’s a Wonderful Life, Uncle Billy misplaces this amount of money, throwing the Bailey Building & Loan into financial ruin.
What is $8,000?
In The Nutcracker, the eponymous character and his soldiers engage in battle with these creatures and their king.
What are rats?
The month of January is named for this two-faced Roman god of gateways, beginnings, and duality.
Who is Janus?
The Great White Hurricane of 1888, arguably the worst snowstorm in American history, led to the construction of this iconic piece of Boston infrastructure, which was the first of its kind.
What is the underground subway system (or “The T”)
In Italian folklore, this character has many of the behaviors of Santa Claus, including going down chimneys to give either gifts or coal.
Who is La Befana?
In The Last Holiday, Georgia Byrd is misdiagnosed with this fictitious illness.
What is Lampington’s disease?
In Charles Dicken’s novella, A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is first antagonized by this ghost.
What is the ghost of Jacob Marley?
January gym memberships accounted for this percentage of new gym memberships in the year (to nearest whole number, will accept within 5%).
What is 12%?
On average, San Diego sees 21 days of precipitation over the year. This number of inches accounts for annual snowfall (to the nearest whole number, will accept answers within 1 inch).
What is 0 inches
In 2020, due to the pandemic, Macy’s did not allow shoppers to visit Santa, ending its streak of this many years (will accept answers within 5 years)
What is 159 years?