Holiday History
In what year was Father's Day first celebrated?
1910
1634
1818
1762
The very first Father's Day celebration took place in Spokane, Washington in 1910. A woman named Sonora Smart Dodd came up with the idea while listening to a Mother's Day sermon. Having lost her mother at an early age, Sonora was raised primarily by her father and thought he deserved a day of appreciation. Because her father was born in June, she chose June 19, 1910 to hold the first Father's Day celebration. In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made it official, proclaiming the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.
How many times does Santa check his list?
Once
Twice
Three Times
Four Times
Twice
What was Scrooge's first name?
Cratchit
Jacob
Ebenezer
Marley
Ebenezer
What Chinese holiday is associated with the consumption of green dumplings?
Mid Autumn Festival
Qinming Festival
Chinese New Year
Dragon Boat Festival
The Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, is observed on April 5 to honor the death of Chiang Kai-shek on that day in 1975. In the mainland, the holiday is associated with the consumption of qingtuan, green dumplings made of glutinous rice and barley grass.
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Halloween was brought to America by immigrants from what continent?
Asia
Australia
Europe
Africa
Halloween was brought to North America by immigrants from Europe, who celebrated the harvest around a bonfire, shared ghost stories, sang, danced, and told fortunes.
What does Alvin want for Christmas in the Chipmunk song?
A new sweater
Plane that Loops-the-loop
A hula hoop
Two front teeth
A hula hoop
In A Charlie Brown Christmas which character plays the innkeeper in the Christmas play?
Linus
Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Pigpen
Pigpen plays the dusty innkeeper in the Christmas play.
In the Netherlands, what is the name of Santa Claus's helper who judges which children were bad during the year?
Black Peter
Green Eric
Eli the Elf
Mrs. Claus
In the Netherlands, children are told that Black Peter will enter the house through the chimney and leave a bundle of sticks or salt in their shoes instead of candy if they have been bad. Extremely bad children, they are told, will be put into Black Peter's gunny bag and carried off.
What is the name of the little girl in the Nutcracker?
Clara
Rose
Betty
Cindy Lou
Clara is presented with a Nutcracker doll for Christmas and dreams that he comes to life.
What ancient Roman holiday was held to exorcise vampire-like ghosts of the dead?
Lemuria
Terminalia
Thesmephoria
Nepthys
The ancient Romans believed that Lemures, or Larvae, vampire-like ghosts of the dead, returned to haunt their living relatives and cause them harm. In order to exorcise these malevolent spirits and banish them from the home, ritual observances called Lemuria were held annually on May 9, 11, and 13. These rituals required the father of every home to rise at midnight, purify his hands, toss black beans for the spirits to gather, and entreat his dead ancestors to return to the spirit world.
Good tidings to you and all of your......What?
Kin
Children
Family
Friends
Kin
What is the most commercially successful holiday?
Thanksgiving
Christmas
Halloween
Valentine's Day
Christmas is the most commercially successful holiday, followed by Halloween.
Celebration of the Jewish New Year is known as what?
Purim
Rash Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Ramadan
Rosh Hashanah celebrates the Jewish New Year and the creation of the world. It is one of the holiest days of the Jewish year. The Bible refers to this holiday as Yom Ha-Zikkaron (the day of remembrance) or Yom Teruah (the day of the sounding of the shofar). The holiday was instituted in Leviticus 23:24-25.
In Frosty the Snowman (1969), who brought Frosty back to life?
Magic Hat
Professor Hinkle
Santa Claus
Karen
In the Frosty the Snowman TV special released in 1969, Santa Claus brings Frosty back to life with a touch of Christmas snow.
Memorial Day originally honored soldiers who died in which war?
World War I
World War II
U.S. Civil War
Vietnam War
Memorial Day was a response to the unprecedented carnage of the Civil War, in which some 620,000 soldiers on both sides died.
The Grinch is as cuddly as a......?
porcupine
cactus
knife
needle
cactus
What do you call the fear of Halloween?
Lupercaliphobia
Halloweenophobia
Lemuriphobia
Samhainophobia
The fear of Halloween is known as Samhainopobia. The origin of the term traces back to the Celtic word Samhuin, meaning All Hallows Eve to Christians, though Samhuin predates the introduction of Christianity to the region it originated in, Northern Ireland, by at least 4000 years.
What British holiday is named after a man who tried to blow up a government building?
Guy Fawkes Day
Sadie Hawkins Day
Bobby Leven Day
St. David's Day
In 1605, Guy Fawkes conspired in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up King James the First and members of both Houses of Parliament. He was caught red-handed in the cellar below the House on November 4, 1605, tortured and executed. Guy Fawkes Day is still celebrated in Britain every year on November 5 with bonfires, fireworks and the burning of the "guy", usually a grotesque effigy.
Which holiday takes place on March 26?
Hula in the Coola Day
Make-up Your Own Holiday Day
Festival of Sleep Day
Bubble Bath Day
Make-up Your Own Holiday Day
During what ancient festival did masters temporarily serve their slaves?
Lupercalia
Saturnalia
Floralia
Agonia
Saturnalia, or the festival of Saturn, was celebrated in ancient Rome at the end of the vintage and harvesting to honor Saturn, the god of agriculture. As part of the festivities, masters served their slaves--an acknowledgment of the equality of rank and lack of class distinctions which existed during the golden age (supposedly ruled over by Saturn). Other observances included the exchanging of gifts, offering of sacrifices, and unrestrained merrymaking.
What is the best selling Christmas single of all time?
White Christmas
Blue Christmas
Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer
Silent Night
White Christmas
Saint Patrick's Day commemorates the _____ of Saint Patrick.
Death
Coronation
Birth
Marriage
On March 17, 461 A.D., Saint Patrick, Christian missionary, bishop and apostle of Ireland, died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, where he had built his first church.
What Chinese holiday celebrates the life of a famous Chinese scholar?
Showa Day
Seven-Five-Three Day
Double Ninth Day
Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional holiday that commemorates the life and death of the famous Chinese scholar Qu Yuan. The festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunisolar calendar.
What holiday became popular after it was featured on an episode of Seinfeld?
Take Your Plants For A Walk Day
Have a Bad Day Day
Festivus
Be Bald and Be Free Day
Festivus entered popular culture after it was made the focus of the 1997 Seinfeld episode called "The Strike". The holiday's celebration includes a Festivus dinner, practices such as the "Airing of Grievances", and the labeling of easily explainable events as "Festivus miracles".