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5. “Twas the Night Before Christmas” was originally published under what name?
7. The name of the little girl who receives the nutcracker in the ballet by Tchaikovsky?
8. “The Father Christmas Letters” is written and illustrated by which famous novelist?
11. What is John Grisham’s only Christmas-themed book?
13. The Legend of the Poinsettia is based on a classic Christmas tale from which country?
14. In which magical land is it always Winter but never Christmas?

1. Which Christmas novella is the classic film ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ based on?
2. The first gingerbread houses were reportedly inspired by this famous fairy tale
3. Which Dr. Seuss character was guilty of stealing Christmas
4. A young boy takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in what classic 1985 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg
6. In Little Women, Jo sold this of hers in order pay for her mother to travel and see their father?
8. Mrs. Weasley gives this to each of her family members at Christmas
9. What classic Christmas story does Wicked author Gregory Maguire retell in his novel Hiddensee?
10. Dickens The author of A Christmas Carol
12. Which Shakespear work does a man dressed as a woman fall in love with a woman dressed as a man at Christmas?