Christmas Fables
This magical household figure moves from room to room, typically being a menace to society, to help Santa make sure children are being good.
What is Elf on the Shelf?
This catch 1994 Christmas tune is the best-selling Christmas single ever recorded by a female artist, as well as being one of the highest-selling singles in music history.
What is All I Want for Christmas is You?
Will Ferrell played the oversized North Pole adoptee who sets off to find his father in this 2003 Christmas classic.
What is Elf?
Edible houses with candy decorations are made from this traditional baked substance.
What is gingerbread?
Children leave this tasty treat for Santa on Christmas Eve. BONUS: What vegetable should be left out for the reindeer?
What are cookies and milk? What are carrots?
Children who misbehave will find a lump of this greenhouse gas-emitting substance in their stockings on Christmas morning.
What is coal?
The lyrics to this timeless Christmas song describe a wintery ride in a one-horse open sleigh, but never once mention the word “Christmas.” It was also the first song played in space!
What is Jingle Bells?
This 2004 horrifyingly-animated Christmas film featured Tom Hanks in 6 roles and is based on an adaptation of an illustrated storybook by Chris Van Allsburg.
What is Polar Express?
Consumers buy an estimated two million of these sugary Christmas loaves each year, despite it being an objectively garbage dessert.
What is fruit cake (AKA trash loaf)?
This classic Christmas story took Charles Dickens only 6 weeks to write.
What is A Christmas Carol?
This anti-hero is as cuddly as a cactus, as charming as an eel, and has garlic in their soul.
Who is The Grinch?
This ex-Beatle wrote and recorded “Wonderful Christmastime” in 1980 for his second solo album.
Who is Paul McCartney?
This “Home Alone” character fends off a pair of robbers by building slapstick traps in his house.
Who is Kevin McAlister
These classic Christmas sweets, dating back to 1670, begin as striped loaves before a machine pulls and twists it into thin, hook-shaped treats.
What are candy canes?
This festive holiday beverage originated from Britain's medieval drink, Posset - a hot milky ale-like drink.
What is eggnog?
This classic Christmas tale assumes that, on non-Christmas days, all creatures (specifically mice) stir.
What is Twas the Night Before Christmas?
In “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,” Grandma had been drinking too much of this festive holiday beverage.
What is eggnog?
Jim Carrey’s grumpy green gremlin lays siege to this town in the 2000 film “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
What is Whoville?
In “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, the carolers threaten to stay put until they receive this proper English dish.
What is figgy pudding?
This is the (cumulative) number of birds that the singer of "Twelve Days of Christmas" received by the end of the holiday.
What is 184 birds no one asked for?
This magical item brought Frosty the Snowman to life.
What is Old Silk Hat?
This Bing Crosby Classic is not only the best-selling Christmas song, but the best-selling single of all time!
What is White Christmas?
This black and white Christmas Classic coined the phrase "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings".
What is It's a Wonderful Life?
These are the four major food groups for elves in the Christmas film “Elf”.
What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
This instrumental Christmastime theme from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite was also used in early versions of the video game Tetris.
What is Dance of the Sugar Plum Flairy?