Christmas Movie Trivia for Kids
Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year! And watching Christmas movies is one of my favorite things to do with my kids.
If you’re ready for a fun night of Christmas movie trivia for kids, I have compiled a list of over 150 trivia questions from some of our favorite Christmas movies. If your favorite Christmas movie isn’t listed, check back because it’s still a work in progress.
I hope you have so much fun with these kids’ Christmas movie trivia questions!
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A Charlie Brown Christmas
What are the characters doing in the opening scene of the movie?
Answer: Ice skating
How much does Lucy charge for psychiatric help?
Answer: Five cents
Charlie Brown says he has pantophobia. What is that?
Answer: A fear of everything
Who kissed Lucy in the movie?
Answer: Snoopy
What does Linus say the snowflakes need?
Answer: Sugar
What does Linus say he will do with his blanket when he gets older?
Answer: Make it into a sports coat
What is Charlie Brown’s job for the Christmas play?
Answer: Director
Who goes with Charlie Brown to buy a Christmas tree?
Answer: Linus
What did the Peanuts gang think of the tree Charlie Brown picked?
Answer: They didn’t like it
What happens when Charlie Brown puts the large red ornament on the tree?
Answer: The limb bends to the ground
What part of the Bible does Linus share to tell the true meaning of Christmas?
Answer: The Gospel of Luke
The Polar Express
Does the movie take place at night or during the day?
Answer: At night
What’s the nickname given to the main character?
Answer: Hero Boy
What day of the year does the Polar Express movie take place?
Answer: Christmas Eve
Where is the Polar Express headed on Christmas Eve?
Answer: To the North Pole
What are the kids wearing on the train?
Answer: They’re wearing pajamas
What color are the train tickets?
Answer: Gold
What do the kids drink on the train?
Answer: Special hot chocolate
What character rides on top of the train?
Answer: The Hobo
What kind of animals are blocking the train tracks on the ice?
Answer: Caribou
Who is given the first gift of Christmas?
Answer: Hero Boy
What special gift does Hero Boy receive from Santa?
Answer: A silver bell
Why can’t Hero Boy hear the bell?
Answer: He doesn’t believe in Santa
What happened to the special gift Hero Boy recieves from Santa?
Answer: It falls out of a hole in his robe pocket
What word is punched into Hero Boy’s train ticket?
Answer: “BELIEVE”
How does Hero Boy get his bell back?
Answer: In a box from Santa on Christmas morning
Elf
What is the name of the main character?
Answer: Buddy the Elf
How does Buddy end up at the North Pole as a baby?
Answer: Buddy crawls into Santa’s sack at the orphanage
Who becomes Buddy’s parent when he comes to the North Pole?
Answer: Papa Elf
What are the four main food groups elves like to eat?
Answer: Candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup
How is Buddy different from all of the other elves?
Answer: He is a human
What toy does Buddy have to test in the workshop?
Answer: Jack in the Box
When Buddy leaves the North Pole, what does he float away on?
Answer: A patch of ice
What animal comes out of the water to talk to Buddy as he’s leaving?
Answer: Mr. Narwhal
What does Mr. Narwhal say to Buddy as he’s leaving?
Answer: “Bye, Buddy, I hope you find your dad”.
Where does Buddy’s real father live?
Answer: New York City
What is Buddy’s father’s name?
Answer: Michael
Where does Buddy’s dad work?
Answer: Greenway Press
Where does Buddy find a job?
Answer: Gimbel’s Toy Store
What’s the name of the pretty girl Buddy likes in Gimbel’s?
Answer: Jovie
Who does Buddy make lunch for?
Answer: Emily
Where does Buddy hear Jovie singing?
Answer: In the shower
Finish this quote, “The best way to spread Christmas cheer is _______ loud for all to hear.”
Answer: Singing
What’s the name of Buddy’s brother?
Answer: Michael
Where does Buddy get sent to work at Greenway Press?
Answer: The mail room
What is the name of the best-selling children’s author whom Buddy calls “An Angry Elf”?
Answer: Miles Finch
Where does Santa’s sleigh break down?
Answer: Central Park
What does Santa’s sleigh need to fly?
Answer: Christmas spirit
What song does Jovie get the crowd to sing to?
Answer: “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town”
The Santa Clause
Who is the main character in “The Santa Claus”?
Answer: Scott Calvin
What is Scott Calvin’s son’s name?
Answer: Charlie
What is Charlie’s stepdad’s name?
Answer: Neil
What is Charlie’s stepdad’s job?
Answer: He’s a psychiatrist
What happens to the current Santa Claus when he’s on Scott Calvin’s roof?
Answer: Santa falls off the roof into the snow and disappears
What did Scott do that made him take on the job of being Santa Claus?
Answer: He put on the Santa suit
What happens to Scott when he starts becoming Santa?
Answer: He begins to gain weight and grows a white beard. Looks like Santa.
Who is the head elf of the North Pole?
Answer: Bernard
What special gift does Bernard give Charlie?
Answer: A magical snowglobe where he can always see his dad
What material do the elves use to break Santa out of jail?
Answer: Silver tinsel
What special gifts does Scott give Laura and Neil?
Answer: A Mystery Date game, and a weenie whistle
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
What is the name of the Grinch’s dog?
Answer: Max
Where does the Grinch live?
Answer: Mount Crumpit
What color is the Grinch?
Answer: Green
Why does the Grinch not like Christmas?
Answer: His heart is two sizes too small.
Where do the Who’s live?
Answer: Whoville
Who does the Grinch dress up as before he steals all of Christmas?
Answer: Santa Claus
What does the Grinch dress Max up to be?
Answer: A reindeer to pull the sleigh
What does the Grinch say to Cindy when she sees him stealing her tree?
Answer: He tells her he’s taking it for repairs
How many sizes did the Grinch’s heart grow on Christmas Day?
Answer: It grew three sizes
How many versions of The Grinch have been made?
Answer: Three
Frosty The Snowman
What brought Frosty to life?
Answer: A magician’s hat
What is the name of the little girl who became Frosty’s friend?
Answer: Karen
What is Frosty’s nose made of?
Answer: A button
What were Frosty’s first words when he became alive?
Answer: “Happy Birthday”, a bonus point if said in the correct voice
What did the traffic cop swallow when he yelled stop?
Answer: He swallowed his whistle
What made Frosty melt?
Answer: He was locked in a warm greenhouse
How does Frosty come to life again?
Answer: Santa opens the door to the greenhouse, and the wind brings him back to life.
Where does Frosty go for the winter?
Answer: He goes to the North Pole with Santa
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
How did Rudolph’s dad try to hide Rudolph’s nose?
Answer: He covered it with black dirt
Who was the red-bearded man who became Rudolph’s friend?
Answer: Yukon Cornelius
Who collects the broken, misfit toys and takes them to the Island of Misfit Toys?
Answer: King Moonracer
Who takes the toys away from the children?
Answer: The Toy Taker
Why does the Toy Taker want to take the toys from the children?
Answer: He wants to save the toys from being outgrown and thrown away
What does the misfit Elf Hermey want to be?
Answer: He wants to be a dentist
Why was Charlie considered a misfit toy?
Answer: He was a “jack”-in-the-box whose name is Charlie
Who was always chasing after Rudolph and his friends?
Answer: The Abominable Snowman
Why did Santa Claus almost cancel Christmas?
Answer: There was a bad snowstorm, and he couldn’t deliver toys
Who helps guide Santa’s Sleigh during the snowstorm?
Answer: Rudolph
What happens to the toys from the Island of Misfit Toys?
Answer: Rudolph delivers them to boys and girls who will love and play with them
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Who created The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Answer: Tim Burton
How does Jack get into Christmas Town?
Answer: He accidentally opens a door in a tree that leads to Christmas Town
Who is Jack Skellington?
Answer: The Pumpkin King of Halloween Town
What is Jack Skellington’s dog’s name?
Answer: Zero, the ghost dog
What part of his body does Jack take out to play fetch with his dog?
Answer: He takes out his own rib
What type of character is Sally?
Answer: A rag doll, kind and intelligent
Who creates Sally?
Answer: Dr. Finkelstein, the mad scientist, is also Sally’s father
In this movie, what is the name of Jack’s enemy?
Answer: Oogie Boogie, the boogeyman, is made from a burlap sack
Why does Jack want to kidnap Santa?
Answer: So he can take over Christmas
Why does Santa return to Halloween Town
Answer: He comes back to make it snow
Home Alone
Where is Kevin’s family traveling to for Christmas?
Answer: Paris
What’s the nickname the two thieves (Harry and Marv) gave themselves?
Answer: The Wet Bandits
Why does Kevin not want to sleep with Fuller?
Answer: Fuller wets the bed
Why are the McCallisters in a rush in the morning?
Answer: They overslept because their alarms didn’t go off.
What does Kevin say when he realizes his family is gone?
Answer: “I made my family disappear.”
What does Kevin’s mom say on the plane when she realizes they forgot Kevin?
Answer: “KEVIN!”
What does Kevin put on his face when he screams while getting ready in the bathroom?
Answer: Cologne that burns his face
What kind of pet does Kevin’s brother, Buzz, have?
Answer: A big spider
What do the “Wet Bandits” do when they rob a house?
Answer: Leave the faucets running in the house
What scares Kevin in the basement?
Answer: The furnace with a face
What does Kevin put on the basement stairs to hurt the Wet Bandits?
Answer: Tar and nails
How does Kevin’s mom get home?
Answer: She gets a ride home with a Polka group
Who saves Kevin when the Wet Bandits catch him?
Answer: Old Man Marley- the scary old man
A Christmas Carol
What are the three spirits that visit Scrooge?
Answer: The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
What kind of business did Scrooge and his partner, Jacob Marley, run?
Answer: They were money-lenders
What was the name of Bob Cratchit’s youngest son?
Answer: Tiny Tim
Answer: “Bah, humbug!”
The first ghost to visit Scrooge is Jacob Marley. What does he warn him about?
Answer: The consequences of living a life of greed
What day of the year does this story begin on?
Answer: Christmas Eve
What kind of food does Scrooge send to Bob Cratchit’s house for Christmas Day?
Answer: A turkey
What does the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come show Scrooge to symbolize his death?
Answer: His own grave
What does Scrooge give to Bob Cratchit at the end of the story?
Answer: He gives him a raise
Who wrote the book A Christmas Carol?
Answer: Charles Dickens
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
What’s the main character’s name in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation?
Answer: Clark Griswold
What does Clark use to put up lights on his house?
Answer: A staple gun
What nickname does Clark’s wife call him?
Answer: Sparky
When the Griswolds go hunting for a Christmas tree, what does Clark forget to bring with them?
Answer: A saw
Who are the Griswolds’ neighbors?
Answer: Todd and Margo
What kind of vehicle do Cousin Eddie and his wife, Catherine, have?
Answer: An RV
What’s the name of Cousin Eddie’s dog?
Answer: Snots
Who closes the attic door when Clark is in the attic?
Answer: Ellen’s mom (Frances)
While in the attic, what does Clark watch?
Answer: Old family movies
What store does Clark end at when his sled stops?
Answer: Walmart
What two gifts does Aunt Bethany wrap for Christmas?
Answer: Jello mold and her cat
Who overcooks the Christmas turkey?
Answer: Catherine
What does Aunt Bethany say when she says grace at the dinner table?
Answer: The Pledge of Allegiance
Clark and Cousin Eddie drink eggnog out of what animal-shaped glasses?
Answer: Moose-shaped glasses
What kind of animal is in the Christmas tree?
Answer: A squirrel
What Christmas bonus is Clark given?
Answer: A one-year membership to the Jelly of the Month Club
Who figures out how to get the Christmas lights on the house to finally work?
Answer: Ellen
What happened to the cat under the recliner?
Answer: It was electrocuted when the cat chewed the wire on the lights
What does Cousin Eddie give Clark for a Christmas present?
Answer: He kidnaps his boss and brings him to Christmas tied up with a bow on his head
A Christmas Story
What does Ralphie want for Christmas?
Answer: A Red Ryder BB Gun
What is Ralphie’s younger brother’s name?
Answer: Randy
What does Ralphie’s friend, Flick, do when he gets triple-dog-dared?
Answer: His tongue gets stuck to a pole outside in the winter at school
How does Ralphie’s mom get Randy to eat his mashed potatoes?
Answer: She tells him to show her how piggies eat
Answer: “FRAGILE”
Finish this quote, “Fra-gee-lay. That must be _______!”
Answer: Italian
What does the “major award” end up being?
Answer: A table lamp in the shape of a woman’s leg
What does Aunt Clara give Ralphie for Christmas?
Answer: A pink bunny suit
What does everyone tell Ralphie will happen if he gets a BB gun?
Answer: “You’ll shoot your eye out.”
What does Ralphie tell his parents when he breaks his glasses while shooting his gun?
Answer: He says an icicle fell on them
How does Randy react when he sits on Santa’s lap in the department store?
What are the names of Ralphie’s two friends?
Answer: Flick and Schwartz
Does Ralphie get his Red Ryder BB Gun for Christmas?
Answer: Yes
I hope you have enjoyed this list of Christmas movie trivia for kids!
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