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Will Ferrell meets his real father in this 2003 movie, who isn't one of Santa's Little Helpers.
What is Elf
Created in 1959 and manufactured by Mattel Toys, American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of this doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration
What is Barbie
This traditional tree decoration was invented in 1882 by Thomas Edison's assistant, Edward Johnson. They were massed produced in 1890.
What are Christmas Tree Lights
While we are just beginning winter when Christmas arrives, residents of Australia mark the holiday with the start of this season.
What is Summer
Inaugurated in 1907, this tradition in New York City has become one of the most watched activities on TV New Year's Eve.
What is the Ball Drop
Bill Murray plays a loathsome TV executive who gets repeatedly roughed up while learning the meaning of Christmas.
What is Scrooged
In 1964, Hasbro released a line of military-themed dolls deemed an “action soldier,” consciously eschewing the word doll despite the fact that the original was 12 inches (30 cm) tall.
What is GI Joe
Invented in Nuremberg around 1610, this shiny decoration was originally used for adorning sculptures rather than Christmas trees.
What is Tinsel
Make sure you have plenty of wings available when lake effect snow rates of up to 3 inches per hour strike this New York municipality.
What is Buffalo
It's time to hit the gym, quit smoking or get organized, in this annual New Year's Tradition.
What is a New Year's Resolution.
Uh-Oh. Clark didn't get that bonus he was expecting, and also has to deal with his Cousin's RV in the front yard. "And why is the carpet all wet? Toodddd!"
What is Christmas Vacation
Originally invented by a Kentucky artist Martha Nelson Thomas, but the design was stolen and transformed into a multibillion-dollar franchise reaching its zenith of sales in 1983. Some shoppers needed more than a "patch" after stampedes to purchase this hot Christmas toy.
What is Cabbage Patch Dolls
This traditional adornment comes from the Old English word for "band," and was first used by Lutherans in Germany in the 16th century to mark the first day of Advent.
What is a Wreath
On January 21, 1985, North Carolina’s record low temperature of minus-34 degrees occurred at this site.
What is Mount Mitchell
When the hour strikes midnight, grab your guy or gal and give them one of these.
What is a Kiss
This Christmas themed slasher movie became one of the most controversial movies of the 1980s due to it's advertising campaign, particularly its posters and TV spots, that made significant emphasis on the killer being dressed as Santa Claus .
What is Silent Night, Deadly Night
This Japanese toy line repackaged and released in America in 1984, featured trucks, planes and robots. The product is more than meets the eye.
What are Transformers
The tradition of decorating a Christmas tree dates back to 16th century Germany. Germans decorated evergreen trees with this fruit, representing the tree of forbidden fruit in the Bible.
What are Apples
There were no special effects needed to produce 2 inches of snow in this city’s downtown in January 1932.
What is Los Angeles
This bubbly drink has become the New Year's Eve drink of choice by most Americans.
What is Champagne
Edmund Guenn won an Oscar for playing Kris Kringle in this 1947 film that also featured a very young and suspicious Natalie Wood
What is Miracle on 34th Street
In 1984 two comic book artist created these mean green fighting hard-cased ninjas. The toys released in 1987 broke toy sales records and was the most merchandised brand by 1994.
What are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Though adopted by Christians in the 16th Century, Christmas tree actually predates Christianity by centuries. This ancient culture decorated trees with small pieces of metal during Saturnalia, their winter festival in honor of Saturnus, the god of agriculture.
What are the Romans
Known as the Nation’s Ice Box, this “worldly” city in Minnesota was the hometown of Tammy Faye Bakker.
What is International Falls
Originally a poem written by Robert Burns in 1788, this song is traditionally sung at the conclusion of New Year gatherings in Scotland and around the world, especially in English-speaking countries.
What is Auld Lang Syne