Holiday Things
It's tall and green and holds lights and things.
Christmas Tree
This movie is about an animal who has something different about him. The other animals bully him, but in the end Santa shows the animals that having something different about you is sometimes very good!
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The main Christmas meal is often lamb or pork, roasted in an oven or over an open spit. It's often served with a spinach and cheese pie and various salads and vegetables. Other Christmas and new year foods include 'Baklava' (a sweet pastry made of filo pastry filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup or honey),
GREECE
His other name is Kris Kringle
Santa Claus
Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. It is also known as the Festival of Lights
Hanukkah
People hung these by the fire to dry. Now it's a tradition to hang them and see if there is candy or something in it on Christmas morning!
Stockings
In this movie, syrup on spaghetti is a favorite meal.
Elf
Santa Claus is called Papai Noel & Bom Velhinho (Good Old Man).
BRAZIL
He's a three part dude with a real attitude. He has to stay where it's 30 or below, because he's made of snow.
Frosty the Snowman
From December 16th through December 24th, this holiday is celebrated by some Hispanic families in the United States. It's a nine-day celebration before Christmas, beginning with a procession with candles, songs and sometimes even people playing the parts of Mary and Joseph who lead the parade.
Las Posadas
This is a four-sided spinning top, played during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
Dreidel
What movie is this quote from: “What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!”
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Christmas in this country is normally celebrated on January 7th
RUSSIA
I may be a dude or dudette. I may be in homes or I may not. I'm small. I move around. You can't touch me.
Elf on a Shelf
While this holiday falls a little bit before the rest, its a five-day long Hindu holiday celebrating life and the victory of good over evil.
Diwali
The annual celebration of African-American culture which is held from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu.
Kwanzaa
In the story A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is visited by three scary things. What are they?
Also the ghost of his old employee.
The main Christmas meal in this country which is also eaten on Christmas Eve, consists of fish (often fish soup called 'Halászlé' which is made with carp or other freshwater fish), stuffed cabbage ( and a special kind of poppy bread/cake called 'Beigli
HUNGARY
This actor played the main character in the movie Elf.
Will Farrell
This New Year is celebrated for 15 days, beginning on the first day of the lunar new year.
Chinese New Year
Some families will search for this specific ornament on Christmas morning, whoever finds it gets to open the first present.
A pickle ornament
Movie Quote: "I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love."
A Charlie Brown Christmas
here, red wine and rum fruitcake is traditional and is eaten in most homes. The fruits in the cake are soaked in red wine and white rum for months before Christmas
JAMAICA
In the story Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer this scary monster ended up being nice, after his toothache was taken care of.
The Abominable Snowman
annual celebration of African-American culture that is held from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu, usually held on the 6th day.
KWANZA