Nativity story
The names of Jesus' parents
Mary and Joseph
Santa's outfit became red and white when he featured in advertisements for this company
Coca Cola
In "The Chipmunk Song," Alvin says he wants this for Christmas (besides a plane).
A hula hoop
“You can mess with a lot of things. But you can’t mess with ___________ on Christmas.” — Kevin McCallister, "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"
Kids
This was the first Christmas carol ever played by astronauts in outer space
Jingle Bells
The town where Jesus was born
Bethlehem
The author of the famous book A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
The Peanuts gang sings this Christmas carol at the end of "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
Hark! The Harold Angels Sing
“You smell like ____________. You don’t smell like Santa.” — Buddy the Elf, “Elf”
beef and cheese
Santa Claus is known as Babbo Natale in this country
Italy
The number of wise men who visited Jesus: 3, 13, 30, or unknown
Unknown
This Christmas-themed ballet premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1892
The Nutcracker
In the "Hippo Hero" song, the child does NOT want these two animals for Christmas
Crocodiles and rhinoceroseses
“Every time _____________, an angel gets his wings.” — Zuzu Bailey “It’s a Wonderful Life”
a bell rings
In "Elf," Santa tells Buddy that he has been to New York thousands of times. Assuming that Santa visits New York one time per year, this makes no sense because:
New York is not even a thousand years old
The ruler who's census forced Mary and Joseph to leave Nazareth and travel to Judea
Caesar Augustus
The "Christmas Truce," in which soldiers from enemy armies disobeyed orders, laid down their arms, and celebrated Christmas together in the middle of the battlefield occurred during this war.
World War One
Fill in the blank: "You have all the tender sweetness of a __________ crocodile, Mr. Grinch."
seasick
“Isn’t there anyone who knows _________________?” — Charlie Brown, "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
what Christmas is all about
In Japan, it is a tradition to eat food from this American fast food restaurant at Christmas
KFC
The two out of four Gospels that record the birth of Jesus (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John)
Matthew and Luke
This Christmas-affiliated Saint once supposedly punched a man in the face at a church council
St. Nicholas
In the classic hymn Angels We Have Heard on High, the refrain is "Gloria in excelsis deo," which means this in Latin.
Glory to God on High
“The thing about trains ... it doesn’t matter where they’re going. What matters is deciding to ________.”— Conductor, "The Polar Express"
get on
This environmentalist U.S. president banned Christmas trees from the White House
Theodore Roosevelt