At a hearing before Judge Henry X. Harper, District Attorney Thomas Mara gets Kris to assert that he is Santa Claus and rests his case.

The novel was originally published in the UK as Hercule Poirot's Christmas.

Luther keeps the carolers away by freezing his sidewalk.

On Christmas Eve, desperate to find a gift for Jim, Della sells her hair for $20.

The cotter pin of the throttle sheers off, causing the train to speed up and run out of control as it crosses Glacier Gulch.

The use of wrapping paper is first documented in ancient China, where paper was invented in the 2nd century BC. In the Southern Song dynasty, monetary gifts were wrapped with paper, forming an envelope known as a chih pao. The wrapped gifts were distributed by the Chinese court to government officials.

After drinking gallons of Ovaltine Ralphie finally receives his long-awaited Orphan Annie Secret Society decoder pin in the mail. He decodes his first message only to find that it's just a crummy commercial telling him to "Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine."

There is no Frosty, Alaska. But there should be!

God rest ye merry gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our Savior
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray
Oh tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
Oh tidings of comfort and joy

He whistled, and shouted, and call'd them by name:
"Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer, and Vixen,
"On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Dunder and Blixem;
"To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
"Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"