Christmas Movies
This state, the hoosier state, was the setting for "A Christmas Story".
Indiana
If you are visiting Edinburgh in this country, you may partake in First-footing, a tradition where the first person across the threshold of your home after the clock strikes midnight will set the tone for the year.
Scotland
In Ukraine, a tradition for Christmas Eve supper is to have this many courses, one for each apostle.
12
You may think of a fighting scene in a Batman comic when hearing this band was the first to record "Last Christmas"
Wham!
What company introduced the first-ever Christmas-TV commercial?
Coca-Cola
This toy haunts Buddy the Elf but he must do quality control checks on it after falling behind on his etch-e-sketch quota.
Jack-in-the-box
This, the holiest day of the Jewish year, focuses on atonement with a fast, a confession, and prayer
Yom Kippur
In Norway, a Christmas eve tradition involves hiding these household items so witches and evil spirits do not steal them for flight.
Brooms
Many years before guitar hero, Brenda Lee, who was only 13 when she recorded this classic song, had many families doing this on Christmas morning.
Rockin around the Christmas Tree
In 2024, approximately 1 in 4 US households still put up a real one of these around the Christmas holiday, another 46% opt for the artificial version.
Christmas Tree
This actor played scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol
Michael Caine
In what country is it customary to eat 12 grapes at midnight of New Years Eve to bring 12 months of good luck?
Spain
These flowering plants, often red of white, are used for decoration and are the national emblem for Madagascar.
Poinsettias
A commercial for this candy plays "we wish you a merry Christmas" with a wipe of the brow and sigh of relief after the final note
Hershey Kiss
What bi-national organization tracks the location of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve
NORAD
Lucy thinks the peanuts gang should get this color of aluminum tree for Christmas.
Pink
Literally meaning "head of the year", this three day holiday celebrates the Jewish new year. In English it is sometimes referred to as the Feast of Trumpets.
Rosh Hashanah
A smoking Bishop is another name for this seasonal drink made famous in the novel "A Christmas Carol"
mulled wine
This Chuck Berry hit was based on the classic children's song "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer.
Run Run Rudolph
John Callcott Horsley designed the first commercially available these which was sent in 1842. Don't forget your stamp!
Christmas card
In The Santa Claus, Tim Allen's character name is this to his non-north pole friends.
Scott Calvin
In Denmark, on New Year's Eve, people throw these shattering items against the front doors of loved ones to banish bad spirits and leave behind ill-will from the previous year.
Plates/dishes
Named after the god of the our solar system's many ringed planet, this ancient holiday, quite possibly the origin of Christmas, was celebrated by Romans where they would dress up in colorful clothes, socialize, feast, sing, and give each other gifts.
This kind of bird has gone away in the Ella Fitzgerald's "Winter Wonderland"
Bluebird
The 12 days of Christmas end on this date.
Jan. 6 or the feast of the epiphany.