| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | DR. SEUSS BAKING CHALLENGE $600: (Tamera Mowry presents the clue.) It's the holiday season, so we had to include this book, whose grumpy main character was Dr. Seuss's long-time license plate How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | 2 WORDS, 2 SYLLABLES EACH $800: Brits use this "familial" name for the guy who brings presents every December Father Christmas |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | SKILLFUL WORDS & PHRASES $400: The NAGC is the National Association for these children, which means they're smart, not that they got a lot of Christmas presents gifted |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | GINGERBREAD $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Wicklein Gingerbread Shop in Nuremberg, Germany.) With the establishment of a special guild in Germany in the 1600s, only guild members could make gingerbread except for these two religious holidays when anybody could Christmas & Easter |
| #8277, aired 2020-11-10 | MARIAH CAREY $400: (Mariah Carey presents the clue.) In 2019, I made a festive new video for this holiday song--the "Make My Wish Come True" edition "All I Want For Christmas Is You' |
| #8122, aired 2019-12-24 | A CHRISTMAS CAROL COLLAGE $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Omni Parker House in Boston MA.) Arriving on November 19, 1867 for a U.S. reading tour, this author practiced "A Christmas Carol" in front of the mirror here, now named for him (Charles) Dickens |
| #7970, aired 2019-04-12 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: This O. Henry story about a poor husband & wife trying to buy each other Christmas presents has a twist ending "Gift of the Magi" |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MALL $400: A lingerie chain known for its "Angels" that picks names at random to give Christmas presents Victoria's Secret Santa |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $200: (Film critic Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) Will Ferrell is a delight in this 2003 film whose cast also includes old pros like Ed Asner & Bob Newhart Elf |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $400: (Film critic Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) I found the laughs mild & sparse in this reworking of "A Christmas Carol" starring Bill Murray as a vernal TV executive Scrooged |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $600: (Film critic Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) Edmund Gwenn was the real deal as Kris Kringle, working as a department store Santa, in this delightful 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $800: (Film critic Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) In the perennial favorite "A Christmas Story", Peter Billingsley plays this boy who wants nothing more than a Red Ryder BB gun Ralphie |
| #7657, aired 2017-12-19 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $1000: (Film critic Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) Bing Crosby introduced the timeless song "White Christmas" in this 1942 film about a hotel in the country Holiday Inn |
| #7192, aired 2015-12-15 | FIRST LINES $200: A classic: "'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents', grumbled Jo, lying on the rug" Little Women |
| #6869, aired 2014-06-26 | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS $1600: For example, "I turn Christmas into a whole new art / Put paper on presents like Martha Stewart" wrap rap |
| #6732, aired 2013-12-17 | O CHRISTMAS TREE $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) In 1948, President Truman signaled the lighting of the White House Christmas tree via remote control from his home in this state, 900 miles away Missouri |
| #6732, aired 2013-12-17 | O CHRISTMAS TREE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents.) Often made with adhesive, cellulose & fire retardant, the artificial snow found on some trees is called this, also a term for what a bunch of birds do when coming together flock |
| #6721, aired 2013-12-02 | A CHRISTMAS STORY $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) The popularity of reindeer as a symbol of Christmas probably only dates back to this 19th-century poem that also gave Santa's reindeer their names--Dasher, Dancer, etc. "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("'Twas the Night Before Christmas" accepted) |
| #6553, aired 2013-02-27 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: "Little Women" begins with this character grumbling about a lack of Christmas presents Jo |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | CHRISTMASTIME IN NEW YORK $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from New York City.) Take someone special to Radio City Music Hall's Christmas spectacular to see a lineup of 36 of these performers the Rockettes |
| #6271, aired 2011-12-19 | CHRISTMASTIME IN NEW YORK $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from New York City.) Here's a Christmas cocktail that's sure to warm your heart: made with melon-flavored Midori liqueur, it's named for this Dr. Seuss character the Grinch |
| #5588, aired 2008-12-17 | YULETIDE FAVORITES $2000: "I'll be home for Christmas, you can plan on me, please have snow and" this "and presents on the tree" mistletoe |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | SNOWY SONGS $1000: In "I'll Be Home For Christmas", "please have" these 2 rhyming items "and presents on the tree" snow & mistletoe |
| #4338, aired 2003-06-11 | LITERARY QUOTES $400: In this novel, Jo grumbles, "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents" Little Women |
| #3986, aired 2001-12-24 | CHRISTMAS PRESENTS $200: This company also has a Game Boy camera (sold separately, of course) Nintendo |
| #3986, aired 2001-12-24 | CHRISTMAS PRESENTS $400: A synonym for "present", this type of "certificate" lets you run wild at the store that issues it gift certificate |
| #3986, aired 2001-12-24 | CHRISTMAS PRESENTS $600: This project that may include 1,000 pieces has a type of tool in its name jigsaw puzzle |
| #3986, aired 2001-12-24 | CHRISTMAS PRESENTS $800: In this now "digital" home viewing format, movies may include extra footage & interviews with the actors DVDs |
| #3986, aired 2001-12-24 | CHRISTMAS PRESENTS $1000: This, made by Schwinn or another company, may have a low crossbar to make it easy to get on & off bicycles |
| #3295, aired 1998-12-25 | WORLD OF CHRISTMAS $200: In the Low Countries, St. Nicholas arrives to deliver presents on a boat from this Iberian country Spain |
| #2990, aired 1997-09-05 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $500: This famous tale of Christmas presents isn't one in a million, but one in O Henry's book "The Four Million" "The Gift of the Magi" |
| #2717, aired 1996-05-28 | LITERATURE $200: It begins, "'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents', grumbled Jo..." Little Women |
| #2498, aired 1995-06-14 | QUOTATIONS $100: Louisa May Alcott began this novel, "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents" Little Women |
| #1097, aired 1989-05-16 | QUOTES $3,000 (Daily Double): According to "Little Women", "Christmas won't be Christmas without any" of these presents |
| #574, aired 1987-02-19 | FIRST LINES $400: "'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents' grumbled Jo, lying on the rug." Little Women |
