Language & Words
This word means a gift given at Christmas.
What is a present?
Christmas always falls in this month.
What is December?
This object is traditionally placed at the top of a Christmas tree.
What is a star (or angel)?
Some families hide this ornament on the Christmas tree for kids to find.
What is an orange?
This word describes something related to Christmas, like decorations or music.
What is festive?
This holiday occurs exactly one week after Christmas.
What is New Year's Day?
Christmas cards became popular during this century.
What is the 19th century?
In Southern Italy, families will eat seven courses of this animal.
What is fish?
This word means a group of songs sung during the Christmas season.
What are carols?
The Western Christian church celebrates Christmas using this calendar system.
What is the Gregorian calendar?
This art style often features snowy villages, warm lights, and cozy indoor scenes.
What is folk art (or Victorian illustration)?
This song was first sung by a '90s pop music diva and is played constantly during the Christmas season.
What is "All I want for Christmas is You"?
This word is the name of a plant and a feeling someone may have during the holiday season.
What is “holly”?
This January holiday traditionally marks the end of the Christmas season.
What is Epiphany?
***This invention made outdoor Christmas light displays possible.***
What is electricity?
In Catalonia, a small figurine named this appears in nativity scenes.
Who is El Caganer?
This term describes the 12 days between Christmas Day and January 6.
What is Christmastide?
In the song cycle “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” the first day is traditionally this date.
What is December 25?
This color was once considered unlucky for Christmas decorations before modern times.
What is purple?
***In Norway, people traditionally hide these on Christmas Eve due to old folklore.***
What are brooms?