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The December 2020 Quiz - Christmas Movie Quotes

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Do you have a favorite holiday movie? With the pandemic still in full swing we’re watching/streaming more movies than ever. For the December 2020 Quiz, we’re testing your knowledge of famous quotes from Christmas/Holiday movies. You don’t have to know who said it, but do you know which movie each quote below is from? I had a lot of fun looking through quotes and though it was difficult to choose just one from each film, I managed to narrow my list down to 25 films and only selected one quote from each. How many of these movies have you seen? How many will you watch after taking our quiz? Match the movie from our list to the correct quote below. All movie titles will be used.

Answers to the quiz can be found at the end of this issue, https://www.thisawfulawesomelife.com/home/2020/12/21/next-month-in-this-awful-awesome-life-january-2021

Polar Express  Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas

It’s a Wonderful Life      Christmas with the Kranks

Go                                      The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

A Christmas Carol           A Charlie Brown Christmas

Last Holiday                     Frosty the Snowman                   

Gremlins                           Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Scrooged                          Miracle on 34th Street

Love Actually                   This Christmas

Jack Frost                         The Santa Clause                         

Elf                                       A Christmas Story

Die Hard                           A Bad Moms Christmas

Home Alone                     Christmas Vacation

Jingle All The Way 

1.    “It’s Christmas Eve. It’s the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be.” ___________________________________

2.    “This is extremely important. Will you please tell Santa that instead of presents this year, I just want my family back.” ___________________________________

3.    “They can’t evict you on Christmas! Then you’d be ho-ho-homeless!” ___________________________________

4.    “You're skipping Christmas! Isn't that against the law?” ___________________________________

5.    “What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas... perhaps… means a little bit more!” ___________________________________

6.    “I suppose it all started with the snow. You see, it was a very special kind of snow. A snow that made the happy happier, and the giddy even giddier.” ___________________________________

7.    “So, technically, you slept with Santa?” ___________________________________

8.    “Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.” ___________________________________

9.    “Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see.” ___________________________________

10.   “The secret of life is butter." ___________________________________

11.    “I’ll just be hanging around the mistletoe, hoping to be kissed.” ___________________________________

12.    “Seeing isn't believing. Believing is seeing.” ___________________________________ 

13.   “I spend months picking out the perfect present for everyone. You know the only thing I get in return? Coupons, free back rubs.”   ___________________________________

14.   “Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind.” ___________________________________

15.   “We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup.” ___________________________________

16.   “You say you hate Washington’s Birthday or Thanksgiving, and nobody cares, but you say you hate Christmas, and people treat you like you’re a leper.” ___________________________________

17.   “Merry Christmas you filthy animal.” ___________________________________

18.   “You’ll shoot your eye out kid!” ___________________________________

19.   “I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It’s not bad at all really. Maybe it just needs a little love.” ___________________________________

20.  “I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.” ___________________________________

21.   “Nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas.” ___________________________________

22.  “Now I have a machine gun. Ho-ho-ho.” ___________________________________ 

23.  “Put that cookie down. NOW!” ___________________________________

24.  “My balls are freezing. I never thought I’d say that with a smile on my face.” ___________________________________

25.   “Little baby Jesus was born to the Virgin Mary…J Blige.”  ___________________________________

Sources for this quiz:

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/christmas-ideas/g30244442/christmas-movie-quotes/?slide=24

https://betterlifethoughts.com/christmas-movie-quotes/

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