Holiday Treats
Once his heart grew 3 sizes on Christmas, the Grinch was bestowed with the honor of carving this Whoville delicacy.
What is Roast Beast?
Buddy
Elf
Santa has appeared at the end of this famous parade every year since it began in 1924.
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Like most Christmas traditions, decorating with these dates back to ancient solstice celebrations; 16th century Protestant reformer, Martin Luther, is credited as the first to add lights.
What are Christmas trees?
A standard deck of these contains 52 items representing the number of weeks in a year.
What are playing cards?
Historically, sherry was added to this traditional creamy holiday beverage staple, but today most Americans add rum.
What is Egg Nog?
Clark Griswold
What is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation?
What is NORAD?
This holiday doll's origin dates back to the late 1600s making it about 200 years older than its namesake ballet.
What is a Nutcracker?
This is the standard salary for passing GO in Monopoly.
What is $200?
The largest one of these ever constructed was erected in Texas and required a building permit and 4,000 edible bricks.
What is a gingerbread house.
Yukon Cornelius
What is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer?
This major beverage company helped to solidify the modern vision of Santa in the red suit through a famous ad campaign in 1931.
What is Coca Cola?
A staple of any Hanukkah decor, it has space to hold nine candles.
What is a menorah?
This ancient Chinese game dating back to circa 2000 BCE is between two players with the objective of capturing territory using black and white stones.
What is Go?
A traditional fried potato pancakes that is eaten on Hanukkah to remember the miracle of the oil in the Hanukkah story.
What is a latke
Oogie Boogie
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
In the iconic poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, these two actions performed by Santa caused him to rise up the chimney after delivering his presents.
What are, 'Laying a finger aside of his nose and giving a nod?'
This modern-day Christmas tradition created by a woman and her two daughters in 2005 started simply as a doll with a story and quickly blossomed into a sales empire that includes clothing, props, accessories, and a book series.
What is Elf on the Shelf?
This is a coveted Scrabble space found only in the outermost edges of the board.
What is Triple Word Score?
This hot spiced cidery beverage is an ancient Yule tradition from the British Isles that still continues today, and, in its verb form, means to visit your friends and neighbors door to door and wish them luck.
What is Wassail?
George Bailey
What is It's a wonderful life?
The original Saint Nicholas was not from the North Pole but rather this country, uniquely situated in two different continents.
What is Turkey?
This traditional holiday plant is native to Mexico and was used by the ancient Aztecs to make red dye and control fevers.
What is Poinsettia?
This is the smallest of the five ships in the Game of Battleship, thus making it the hardest to sink.
What is the Destroyer?