Potpourri
’Tis the Season
December Songs
December History
December Movies
100
What country has the longest coastline?
Canada
Indonesia has the second-longest coastline.
100
Children who have been bad during the year might find a lump of this in their stockings.
What is coal?
The tradition is thought to have begun in Italy, where children got coal in their stockings if they were bad and fruit and candy if they were good.
100
This pudding was mentioned in the song "We wish you a merry Christmas".
What is a figgy pudding?
Figgy Pudding ingredients include dried fruits (raisins, currants, figs), spices, suet (or butter), and eggs Often doused in brandy and set on fire before serving during the holidays.
The Lyrics: The song famously demands, "And we won't go until we've got some, so bring some out here!
100
This man is behind the famous mouse and theme park and was born December 5, 1901.
Who is Walt Disney?
Disney was fired from his first job as an animator for the Kansas City Star because he "lacked imagination".
100
The movie where a boy tries to find the true meaning of Christmas with the help of his friends Linus, Lucy & Schroeder.
What is a " A Charlie Brown Christmas"?
It is a 1965 animated TV special based on the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz.
200
What fast-food restaurant serves the Whopper?
Burger King
The fast-food chain is called “the home of the Whopper.”
200
This spot in New York City finds revelers celebrating outside waiting to see the ball drop on New Year’s Eve.
What is Times Square?
The first Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration took place in 1904 to inaugurate Times Square. The New York Times produced the event.
200
This item is what Frosty the Snowman's nose is made of.
What is a button?
200
This historical event happened on December 7th, 1941.
The Attack on Pearl Harbor.
This was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, the United States, just before 8:00 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, Dec. 7th, 1941.
200
This movie features Jack Skellington.
What is "The Nightmare Before Christmas"?
300
What animal is mentioned in the Bible the most?
Sheep
Sheep and shepherds appear frequently in biblical stories and parables.
300
This is the predominant color for decorations during Hanukkah.
What is blue?
Accent colors include silver and/or white. In 1864, Ludwig August Frankl authored the poem “Judah’s Colours,” and since then, blue and white have been the colors of the Jewish faith.
300
Their true love gave them French hens on this day of Christmas.
What is the third day of Christmas?
300
On December 23, 1888, this artist cut off his ear.
Who is Vincent Van Gogh?
The incident occurred in the evening in Arles, France, while most of the city was celebrating Christmas. Van Gogh used a razor to cut off his left ear, either the lobe or the entire ear. He wrapped the ear in a cloth, left his house, and went to a brothel in the red-light district. He gave the bloody ear to a woman and disappeared into the night. He returned home the next morning and was found unconscious in a pool of blood.
300
In the Grinch That Stole Christmas, this body part of the Grinch is "two sizes too small"?
The Grinch's heart.
400
What do you call a boat with two parallel hulls?
A catamaran
Their two-hull design can provide added stability and allow them to travel efficiently across the water
400
This cake has a reputation for lasting a long time and is made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices that are soaked in spirits.
What is fruitcake?
Johnny Carson once joked, “There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other
400
In Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, this is the number of reindeer that pull Santa's sled.
What is 9 reindeer?
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is a 1949 song written by Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer published by the Montgomery Ward Company. Gene Autry's recording hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts the week of Christmas 1949.
400
The Christmas tree, a traditional symbol of the Holiday, originated from this country.
What is Germany?
400
In A Christmas Story, what does Ralphie's mom say when he asks for a BB gun?
What is "You'll shoot your eye out"
500
What bird is pictured on the Canadian one-dollar coin?
A loon
The coin is nicknamed the “loonie” because its reverse originally featured a common loon.
500
At these holiday parties, everyone brings one gift and goes home with one gift. Unfortunately, these gift exchanges typically include items that few would want to take home.
What is a white elephant party?
Sometimes these gift exchanges are called a Yankee Swap or a Dirty Santa.
500
Frosty the Snowman's eyes are made of this black object.
What is coal?
"Frosty the Snowman" is a song written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson, and first recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950 and later recorded by Jimmy Durante in that year.
500
The Boston Tea Party occurred December 7th of this year.
What is the year 1773?
500
This man is known for his song "White Christmas" but also started in Holiday Inn.
Who is Bing Crosby?
