Animated Movies
There's a reason this Rankin/Bass stop-motion special is a Christmas classic: It imparts a heartwarming lesson about embracing your imperfections.
What is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)?
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace
What is Silent Night?
He was crowned the first Norman king of England, at Westminster Abbey, London on December 25th, 1066.
Who is William the Conqueror?
In 1993, sophisticated computer models allowed this organization (abbreviated NWS) to issue a severe storm warning two days in advance of the Storm of the Century, saving hundreds of lives.
What is the National Weather Service?
This 2003 comedy follows a crass and intoxicated mall Santa, who is also a mall burglar.
Who is Billy Bob Thorton?
Halloween meets Christmas in this stop-motion animated musical from the gothic mind of Tim Burton.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)?
She didn't see me creep
down the stairs to have a peep;
She thought that I was tucked
up in my bedroom fast asleep.
What is I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus?
It was Christmas night when this general took the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night in order to attack Hessian forces in New Jersey, the next day.
Who is George Washington?
Not technically a blizzard, this severe nor'easter still paralyzed the United States East Coast with up to 4 feet of wind-driven snow. Temperatures rose quickly in the wake of the storm, causing floods that added to the death toll.
What was The Blizzard of 1996?
In this 2007 flop, he played a Santa Claus who bailed his brother, Fred Claus(Vince Vaughn), out of jail.
Who is Paul Giamatti?
The movie follows a young boy who, doubting Santa's existence, goes on a magical train ride to find out more about the North Pole.
What is the The Polar Express(2004)?
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight
What is The Christmas Song?
December 25th, 1868, this President declared that the United States had granted an unconditional pardon to all ex-Confederates.
Who is President Andrew Johnson?
This was the nickname given to not one, not two, but three blizzards—all within a span of 20 snowy days that hit the Northeastern United States in February 2010.
What is Snowmageddon?
The Santa Clause, a normal guy named Scott Calvin becomes Santa after accidentally killing the original Santa.
Who is Tim Allen?
This half hour special, adapted from a beloved children's book, includes narration by horror legend Boris Karloff.
What is The Grinch(1966)?
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight
All the way home I'll be warm
What is Let It Snow?
On Christmas Day 1991, he resigned as President of the Soviet Union. The Union itself dissolved the next day.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
New York and Boston broke ground on the country’s first underground subway systems partly in response to the massive gridlock wrought by this 1888 blizzard.
What was The Great White Hurricane?
He plays an energetic and modern version of Santa Claus in the 2018 Netflix film, The Christmas Chronicles.
Who is Kurt Russell?
Vince Guaraldi scored this special where the main character finds himself depressed despite the onset of the cheerful holiday season.
What is A Charlie Brown Christmas(1965)?
At the scene of the attack
There were hoof prints on her forehead
What is Grandma Got Ran Over By a Reindeer?
Johann Georg Palitzsch was a German astronomer who became famous for sighting this phenomenon Christmas Day, 1758, as predicted by its namesake 53 years earlier.
What is Halley's Comet?
A 1922 blizzard dumped a record-breaking 28 inches of snow on Washington, DC. On the evening of January 28th, due the weight of the wet snow and its shoddy design, this theater’s flat roof suddenly collapsed, claiming 98 lives.
What was the Knickerbocker Theater?
He made us believe he was really Santa in the original Miracle on 34th Street and won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award, making him the only actor in history to get an Oscar for playing Kris Kringle.
Who is Edmund Gwenn?