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600
Name two foods traditionally eaten on Hanukkah.
What are latkes and donuts?
600
These are often used to wager when playing dreidel.
What are chocolate chains (or gelt)?
600
This holiday was celebrated by the Costanza family on Seinfeld.
What is "Festival?"
600
In February 2021 the Chinese Lunar New Year will be represented by this animal.
What is the ox?
600
This author is called "The Father of Christmas."
Who is Charles Dickens?
700
This punch is synonymous with the Christmas season.
What is egg nog?
700
Name the Grinch's dog.
Who is Max?
700
The first artificial Christmas tree was made in Germany towards the end of the 19th century. What was the tree made out of?
What are feathers?
700
This Indian Festival of Lights is generally celebrated in November.
What is Dewali?
700
This creature wasn't stirring in A Visit from St. Nick.
What is a mouse?
800
The traditional Kwanzaa feast held on New Year's Eve.
What is Karamu?
800
Name all 9 of Santa's reindeer.
Who are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph?
800
This brought Frosty the Snowman to life.
What is an old silk hat?
800
Name the holiday celebrated in the UK the day after Christmas.
What is Boxing Day?
800
Name the famous illustrator responsible for the modern visual interpretation of Santa Claus
Who is Thomas Nast?
900
Bob McCormack began making these pulled and twisted candies by hand in GA in the 1920s.
What are candy canes?
900
In the early 1800s, the first gingerbread houses were reportedly inspired by this famous fairy tale.
What is Hansel and Gretl?
900
What beverage company has been using Santa Claus in its advertising since 1931?
What is Coca-Cola?
900
The Vietnamese word for Lunar New Year.
What is Tet?
900
O. Henry's classic holiday story of love and sacrifice.
What is The Gift of the Magi?
1000
This is the traditional food served during Festivus.
What is meatloaf?
1000
This composer wrote the iconic soundtrack for Charlie Brown's Christmas.
Who is Vince Guaraldi.
1000
How many gifts are distributed in the song "The 12 Days of Christmas?"
What is 364?
1000
This important Japanese holiday is celebrated on New Year's Eve.
What is Ōmisoka?
1000
Dylan Thomas's tale of a young child romanticizing the simpler days of holidays past.
What is A Child's Christmas in Wales?