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Play along: Try my Christmas movie quiz
Published: 12/24/2011 5:25 PM
Last Modified: 12/23/2011 5:39 PM

In reference to question No. 1, who is that little girl who's talking to Santa?

How well do you know some of our favorite holiday movies? Test yourself with the following 25 questions, and no peeking at the answers listed at the end.

1. In the original 1947 film "Miracle on 34th Street," what 8-year-old girl, who would grow up to become an Academy Award nominee, played the role of Susan?

2. True or false: Edmund Gwenn — so memorable as Kris Kringle in the original "Miracle on 34th Street" — actually served as Santa in the 1946 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

3. In one of the most memorable scenes from "Elf," Will Ferrell's character interrupts his father's meeting with an author, because he believes the author is what?

4. Which of the following actors has not portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge on film: Robert Mitchum, Albert Finney, Reginald Owen, Jim Carrey.

5. True or false: "White Christmas" was the No. 1 film at the box office in 1954.

6. True or false: At the time of the movie's release, the song "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby was the biggest-selling single in the history of record sales.

7. Bill Murray played the equivalent of Scrooge in the comedy "Scrooged." What was his character's modern-day profession?

8. When shown as a boy in "Scrooged," Murray's character hopes his father has brought home a choo-choo train as a Christmas present. What perishable gift does the butcher give his son?

9. In "It's a Wonderful Life," George Bailey is a resident of what town?

10. What is the name of the town that George lives in when his guardian angel shows George what life would have been like if he were never born?

11. The evil Mr. Potter discovers that he has been given the bank deposit for George's bank, setting in motion George's fear of financial ruin. What is the amount of the misplaced cash deposit?

12. In "A Muppet Christmas Carol," Michael Caine portrays a hammy Scrooge. Who plays Bob Cratchit?

13. In the animated "Mickey's Christmas Carol," Mickey Mouse plays Bob Cratchit. What Disney character plays Scrooge?

14. When Hollywood first produced a film version of "A Christmas Carol" in 1938, the man who for several years had portrayed Scrooge in a nationwide annual radio program could not play him in the film, as he was confined to a wheelchair. Who was this actor, best known from another holiday classic?

15. What ubiquitous holiday tune did Judy Garland introduce in "Meet Me in St. Louis" in 1944?

16. True or false: "It's a Wonderful Life" was a box-office hit when it was released in 1946.

17. Using the stop-motion animation technology of "Polar Express," Tom Hanks is able to morph into what four characters?

a. A little boy, a hobo, a train conductor and Santa Claus.

b. A little boy, a hobo, a train conductor and a little girl.

c. A little boy, a hobo, a train conductor and an elf.

18. The clause in "The Santa Clause" states that anyone (Tim Allen in the 1994 Disney film) putting on Santa's outfit has accepted the job as Santa until when?

19. "Miracle on 34th Street" aired on TV in 1985 with a whole new look, thanks to Ted Turner's cable networks. What was this controversial update?

20. Bob Clark directed the now beloved film "A Christmas Story," but it wasn't his first picture set during the holiday. What horror film directed by Clark in 1974, and remade in 2006, found sorority sisters murdered at the most wonderful time of the year?

21. True or false: "A Christmas Story" was a money-losing flop when it was released in 1983.

22. When the turkey is ruined by neighborhood dogs in the conclusion of "A Christmas Story," the family eats dinner at the only restaurant open on Christmas Day. What kind of restaurant is it?

23. It wasn't the first psycho-Santa flick, but parents fed up with bad Santas unleashed protests in 1984 in response to what slasher film?

24. In the late 1980s, films with Christmas subplots became box-office hits, such as "Lethal Weapon" and "Die Hard." The biggest blockbuster of this subgenre was what 1990 film starring a blond little boy that inspired two sequels?

25. In "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," no animals were actually harmed in the making of the film. But what animal loses its life in the film, and how?

SPOILER ALERT!
THE ANSWERS ARE BELOW! DON'T PEEK TOO EARLY!
HAVE FUN, AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Answers to the Christmas movie quiz.

1. Natalie Wood.

2. True. Gwenn's appearance was filmed and used in scenes in the 1947 movie.

3. An elf. Actor Peter Dinklage plays the little person.

4. Robert Mitchum.

5. True.

6. True.

7. Murray played a network TV executive.

8. Four pounds of milk-fed veal.

9. Bedford Falls.

10. Pottersville.

11. $8,000.

12. Kermit the Frog.

13. Scrooge McDuck.

14. Lionel Barrymore, who plays Mr. Potter in "It's a Wonderful Life."

15. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."

16. False. The film was a money-losing flop.

17. A.

18. Until accident or illness prevents him from performing Santa's tasks.

19. Turner paid to have a colorized version.

20. "Black Christmas"

21. True.

22. A Chinese restaurant.

23. "Silent Night, Deadly Night."

24. "Home Alone."

25. A cat, electrocuted when it bites into a string of Christmas lights.

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