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2. In Season 9, Episode 9 of "The Office" Dwight asks, "What about an authentic Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas? Drink some gluhwein, enjoy some hasenpfeffer, ... enjoy Christmas with St. Nicholas' rural old German companion ______.
4. What Tim Burton-directed 1992 sequel is currently listed as one of the 50 best Christmas movies according to the Rotten Tomatoes website? There is no Joker here.
5. In "A Christmas Story" Ralphie tries to convince numerous adults that a Red Ryder ______ would be the perfect gift for him.
8. The 1986 American made-for-television Christmas musical film ______ starring Drew Barrymore and Keanu Reeves was based on the 1903 operetta of the same title by Victor Herbert.
10. What singer/actor starred alongside Danny Kaye in 1954's "White Christmas"?
13. Known originally for starring as various black-and-white movie monsters, ______ won a Grammy Award for narrating the 1966 TV special "Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"
14. The names of the Three Magi are ______, Melchior, and Casper.
15. In 1984, the charity supergroup ______ recorded the song "Do They Know Its Christmas?" to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopa.
18. The fictional town of ______ is the primary setting for the movie "It's a Wonderful Life."

1. In "The Muppet Christmas Carol" Kermit portrays the classic character named ______.
3. What fictional character has actually released three Christmas-based movies: "___ in The Nutcracker", "___ in A Christmas Carol", and "___: A Perfect Christmas."
6. In "Christmas Vacation", Clark Griswold wears a hat from what NFL team while his family is searching for their Christmas tree?
7. ______ is primarily known as a "shopping holiday" and is celebrated the day after Christmas in Canada, Great Britain, and other countries .
9. Frosty the Snowman's nose was made from a ______.
11. What is the name of the last reindeer that St. Nick calls by name in the classic poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas?"
12. Part of the IMDb synopsis of the Christmastime-based MCU series "Hawkeye" on Disney+ is it "centers on the adventures of Young Avenger, Kate Bishop, who took on the role after the original Avenger, Clint ______."
13. The town of _______ in modern-day Palestine (and not the one in Lehigh County, PA) is of great importance to the history of Christmas.
14. Not long after his family goes missing in the film "Home Alone", Kevin goes into his brother _____'s room and finds a not-so-pretty picture of his brother's girlfriend.
16. In "Elf", Buddy says that the department store Santa "smells like ______" and therefore can't be the real Santa Claus.
17. Actor _____ portrays John McClane in "Die Hard" … YES, it is a Christmas movie.