Rankin & Bass Holiday Movies and TV Shows
Give Examples
Traditional and Non-Traditional Holiday Movies
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
100

What famous singer / dancer, frequently paired with Ginger Rodgers in movies, answered children’s letters in “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”

Fred Astaire as SD Kluger

100

Give an example of "work"

Examples: Emailing your teacher, Zoom Morning Meeting
100

Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern star in this movie where a boy is left to defend his home against burglars at Christmas 

Home Alone

100

Who is the narrator of the story ?    

Boris Karloff

200

In “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”,  Hermey (the Misfit Elf) would rather be what other profession than a Elf ?  

Dentist  

200

Give an example of "play"

Examples: Bake, draw, video games, watching tv 

200

Chevy Chase stars in this 1989 Christmas movie often remembered for the overuse of holiday lights on his home 

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation


300

In “Frosty the Snowman”, when Frosty is re-animated, he frequently exclaims what ?  

Happy Birthday!

300

Give an example of a "responsibility" 

Example: Feeding the dog, folding laundry, taking out the trash 

300

According to “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946), what happens when a bell rings?  

An angel gets their wings

400

Name Heat Miser’s brother in “A Year Without Santa Clause”

Snow Miser

400

Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn star in this 1947 movie with the well-known scene showing Santa Claus in court.    

Miracle on 34th St 

500

Albert (the mouse) accidentally breaks what large object in the 1974 TV special “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” (hint .. it gets fixed just in time for Santa’s Arrival)             

Clocktower

500

This 2003 movie (also staring Bob Newhart) begins with a child who hitches a ride back to Santa’s workshop and eventually finds his way to New York as an adult.    

Elf