Music Majors
Finish the line of this famous lyric…
“O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree…”
How lovely are your branches!
Tannenbaum is German for…
Christmas Tree!
Which country made the first ’candy cane?’
Germany
The largest public Christmas tree on display each year is in which country? Hint: Western Hemisphere!
Brazil! (Rio de Janiero)
What is the ‘snowiest’ country in the world…??
(the answer may surprise you!)
JAPAN!
Brenda Lee, the singer of “Rockin‘ Around the Christmas Tree,” was how old when she recorded the song?
13
“Wassailing” (verb) means to…
Drink/Toast/Cheers
Where was gingerbread (the cookie) invented/created?
Germany or Sweden
What small object is hidden inside traditional British/English Christmas Pudding that is said to bring good luck to the person who finds it?
A silver coin!
Foodie Geography!
In the northern US, they call it “stuffing” in the south, most call it…
DRESSING!
What is the most popular Christian Christmas HYMN?
Joy to the World
If you are feeling “mulligrubs,“ around Christmastime…you feel…
Which culture turned the Aztec’s cocoa powder into the popular winter beverage, hot chocolate??
Spanish
The first publicly displayed Christmas tree (in a town square) called, “The Riga Tree,” was in which COUNTRY?
Named after the capital city of LATVIA
The word ”quaaltagh,” is from THIS COUNTRY to describe the first person to enter your home in the New Year…bringing them ‘good luck’
(Northern Ireland)
England/Ireland are also acceptable!
Finish this ELVIS Christmas lyric…
“I’ll have a _________ Christmas without you”
BLUE
If someone is ’doniferous,’ they are bringing…
PRESENTS
Which state invented the main dish; “TUR-DUCK-EN?” (Turkey stuffed with a duck, stuffed with chicken)
Louisiana
What was the first state to recognize Christmas as a national holiday (in 1836)
Alabama!
The tradition called “Julebukking,” is when friends from THIS COUNTRY dress up in disguise and go from house to house collecting Christmas treats…
What is… NORWAY!
music meets math!!
In the song, “12 Days of Christmas”…if you added all the gifts up, how many would you have in total at the end of the song?
364!
“Crumping,” is the sound that is made when you are doing what? (HINT: winter-related)
Walking through the snow.
Fruitcake supposedly remains edible for how long??
25 years!!
Which president refused to have a Christmas tree in the White House, as he was a huge environmentalist…
Teddy Roosevelt
What country(ies) leave out rice pudding for Santa’s elves?
Norway/Sweden/Denmark