History
This shortest day of the year happens on either Dec 21st or Dec 22nd
What is the Winter Solstice?
Not all naughty children were given coal for Christmas, some children were punished by this birch wielding, horned figure
Who is Krampus?
In Home Alone the McAllisters are going on vacation to this City?
What is Paris?
This company was the first company to use a red suited Santa Claus in its advertising
What is Coca Cola?
The three wise men were said to travel on this animal
What are camels?
This name first entered American popular culture when Dutch families gathered to honor “Sinter Klaas” in honor of this Turkish Monk
Who is Saint Nicholas?
Germanic tribes honored this god during the solstice, said to make nocturnal flights to observe his people judging who should prosper
Who is Oden/Odin?
This film began as a three-page poem written by Tim Burton in the early 1980s
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
The day after Christmas is the day of this minty treat
What is Candy Cane Day?
This reindeer shares a name with another holiday figure
Who is Cupid?
The Norse burned large logs to celebrate this Holiday, which started on Dec 21st and could last as long as 12 days
What is the Yule?
The iconic image of a jolly fat man in a red suit carrying a sack of toys comes from this American cartoonist
Who is Thomas Nast?
This movie is the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time
What is The Grinch?
The first recorded instance of eggnog consumption in America comes from this colony
What is Jamestown?
This Arctic predator can smell food from over half a mile away and through three feet of snow
What is a polar bear?
Christmas was not a holiday in early America, Celebration of Christmas was outlawed in this Early American Colony from 1659 to 1681
What is the Massachusetts Bay colony?
Much of what we associate with Santa’s elves actually comes from the culture and traditions of this indigenous Scandinavian people (pointed hats and shoes, being craftsmen, being magic the list goes on)
Who are the Sami?
This actor played six different roles on The Polar Express
Who is Tom Hanks?
In this country eating KFC on Christmas a tradition
What is Japan?
Reindeer can also go by this name
The birth of Jesus was not celebrated by early Christians until this Pope chose Dec 25th, possibly in an effort to absorb the pagan Saturnalia festival
Who is Pope Julius I?
In Europe’s Middle Ages celebrating Christmas looked similar to modern day Mardi Gras celebrations, led by a child or student crowned as this fictional lord
Who is the Lord of Misrule?
The 1964 movie Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Rudolph is accompanied by this round-eared elf
Who is Hermey?
This mushroom also goes by the Christmas mushroom
What is the Enoki Muschroom?
These birds have the largest clutches of any bird, with 14 or 15 being the usual egg-count
What is a Partridge?