Mexican Christmas Traditions
Mexican holiday season starts on this day.
What is December 12th?
This character that is left behind fends of a pair of robbers by building slapstick traps in his house.
Who is Kevin McAlister?
This catchy 1994 Christmas tune is the best-selling Christmas single ever recorded by a female artist, as well as being one of the highest-selling singles in music history.
What is "All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey?
It takes more than eight million lights to decorate this “magic kingdom” for Christmas.
What is Disneyland?
This traditional Mexican Christmas drink often served with tamales.
What is atole (of champurrado)?
Mexican families do this on Christmas day.
What is reheat the food from the night before (or la recalentada)?
A grumpy green gremlin lays siege to this town.
What is Whoville?
The lyrics to this timeless Christmas song never once mention the word “Christmas.”
What is “Jingle Bells”?
One in three men wait until this day to do their Christmas shopping.
What is Christmas Eve?
In the Philippines, the star of Christmas dinner is often a whole roasted pig called this.
What is Lechon?
This Christmas plant, popular for its bright leaves, is native to Mexico and Central America.
What is Flor de Nochebuena (Poinsettia)?
This 2004 animated Christmas feature was an adaptation of an illustrated storybook by Chris Van Allsburg, the same author who created “Jumanji.”
What is “The Polar Express”?
It may sound like a composition from the Middle Ages, but this classic Christmas hymn appeared in 1843 and made its debut in 1847.
What is “O Holy Night”?
This beverage giant was the first company to use Santa Claus in an advertising campaign.
What is Coca-Cola?
The adults (our parents) love to drink this alcoholic Christmas beverage.
What is eggnog?
Children leave these out on January 5th for Los Tres Reyes Magos to fill with gifts.
What is their shoes?
Rather than dining on turkey, the Whos in Whoville in Dr. Seuss’s Christmas classic “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” enjoy this descriptively named main dish.
What is roast beast?
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” features a Christmas song composed especially for the show, with lyrics written on the back on an envelope in ten minutes by the show’s producer.
What is “Christmas Time is Here”?
In Germany, this frightening anti-Santa Claus with goat’s hooves and horns punishes children who misbehave instead of bringing them gifts.
Who is Krampus?
The Aztecs drank this infamous winter drink over 3,000 years ago, though they served it cold and bitter.
What is Hot chocolate (or cocoa)?
We started our Christmas Games on this Christmas.
What is 2021?
These are the four major food groups for elves in the Christmas film “Elf”.
What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
In The Twelve Days of Christmas, lords a-leaping appear in this quantity.
What is ten?
This instrumental Christmastime theme from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite was also used in early versions of the video game Tetris.
What is Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy?
The reindeers' favorite food.
What is lichen (or moss)?