Holidays Around the World
Christmas Movies
"Of the Year"
Hanukkah
Apple TV
400

This country's Christmas traditions include regional foods like Jiggs Dinner and Tourtiere.

What is Canada?

400

In the movie Four Christmases, this actor plays Kate, who must spend Christmas trudging to a quartet of family get-togethers. 

(we don't know if the character Kate is a Gemini Vegetarian)

Who is Reese Witherspoon?

400

According to Pantone, this Chosen Name for Colour of the year is billowy and not sterile.

What is Cloud Dancer? 

(What is white is not acceptable)


400

This festive movie follows Davey Stone, a 33 yr old party animal voiced by Adam Sandler.

What is Eight Crazy Nights?

400

This series premiered on November 1, 2019, inspired by Brian Stelter's 2013 book Top of the Morning. 

What is The Morning Show?

800

This Scandinavian country, known for it's tradition of babies napping outside in the cold, has a Christmas tradition in which they hide brooms on Christmas Eve to keep witches and evil spirits from stealing them.

What is Norway?

800

The actor who played a wild, Christmas-themed drug dealer in 2015's The Night Before.

Who is Keanu Reeves?

800

2025 Oxford Word of the Year. (or perhaps Phrase of the year- would be more appropriate)

What is Rage Bait?

800

I have a Little "this small spinning top", is one of the most recognized English Hanukkah songs. 

What is a Dreidel? 

800

This sci-fi thriller's much anticipated Season 2 premiered in January 2025.

What is Severance?

1200

Most "das geschenke" (gifts) are given on "Heiligabend" (Christmas Eve) in this European Country. 

What is Germany?

1200

A horned beast of European folklore that hit theatres in 2015 in this self-titled Christmas Horror movie.

What/Who is Krampus?

1200

This song of the year, announced at the Grammy awards in early 2025, is by Kendrick Lamar.

What is "Not Like Us"?

1200

One could add this letter to the word Hanukkah, because both spellings are acceptable. 

What is the letter C?

(Chanukkah)

1200

This series features Jessica Williams as Gaby and Harrison Ford as Dr Paul Rhoades.

What is Shrinking?

1600

In this country, Santa Claus (Sheng Dan Lao Ren) appears in malls with helpers -often portrayed as sisters -not elves, who might play the saxophone.

What is China?

1600

In the 1997 made-for-TV movie Olive the Other Reindeer, Joe Pantoliano voices the penguin-friend Martini, while this actor voices the title character.

Who Is Drew Barrymore?

1600

According to indie bookshop voters- the 2025 Audiobook of the year is titled: Everything is "this" (a highly contagious bacterial infection, primarily affecting the lungs)

What is Tuberculosis?

1600

In 1996, this Nickelodeon TV show, aired a Hanukkah/Christmas crossover episode, where the babies mistake the synagogue’s janitor for a biblical figure.

What is Rugrats?

1600

The single word on the sign in Ted Lasso's locker room.

(seems appropriate for Santa Season too)

What is Believe?

2000

"Feasting on KFC" is a massive Christmas tradition in this Asian Island Nation. (Party barrels filled with chicken, sides and desserts are ordered for Dec 25th -often months in advance to ensure availability)

What is Japan?

2000

The actor who makes an unscripted cameo appearance in a video store in the 2006 Christmas movie, The Holiday.

Who is Dustin Hoffman?

2000

This Blue 2002 Disney character (the RealFX Disney Puppetronic version that is) is one of 2025's top toys of the year.

What is Stitch?

2000

According to this Calendar, there will be no Hanukkah in the year 3031.

(It differs from the Gregorian Calendar used today) 

What is the Hebrew Calendar?

2000

In the series Pluribus, HDP stands for this.

What is Human Derived Protein?

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