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This six-letter word describes a snowflake’s characteristic that each one has a hexagonal shape.
What is symmetry?
This 4th-century bishop from Myra inspired the figure of Santa Claus.
Who is Saint Nicholas?
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” was released in this decade.
What is the 1990s?
In this country, children place their shoes by the fireplace for Père Noël to fill with gifts.
What is France?
This friend no longer has an appendix.
Who is Chandler?
Snow appears white because its ice crystals scatter this part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
What is visible light?
In 1843, this author published a novella that helped popularize many modern Christmas traditions.
Who is Charles Dickens?
his 1946 holiday classic was originally a box-office disappointment before becoming a TV staple in the 1970s.
What is It’s a Wonderful Life?
“Las Posadas,” a nine-night reenactment of Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter, is celebrated in this country.
What is Mexico?
This friend once held a plank for 14 minutes.
Who is Madison?
The lowest naturally occurring temperature on Earth was recorded in this continent in 1983.
What is Antarctica?
This early Christian council in 336 AD contains the first recorded celebration of Christmas on December 25.
What is the Council of Rome?
This claymation special from 1964 features the characters Yukon Cornelius and the Abominable Snow Monster.
What is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
On Christmas Eve in Ukraine, families serve twelve traditional dishes to symbolize these twelve figures.
Who are the Twelve Apostles?
This friend once detached their retina by blocking a penalty kick with their face. They now have a permanent blind spot in their right eye because of it.
Who is Corinna?
This meteorological term describes a rapid drop in atmospheric pressure leading to intense winter storms.
What is a bomb cyclone?
This Roman festival, held in late December, is often cited as an influence on early Christmas celebrations.
What is Saturnalia?
In Elf, Buddy works in the toy department of this New York City department store.
What is Gimbels?
In Japan, this fast-food chain has become associated with Christmas dinner since a 1974 marketing campaign.
What is KFC?
This friend owned a rat that would actively watch TV with them as a child.
(Bonus: The rat's favorite movie was Garfield)
Who is Christy?
These “needles” — slender ice crystals formed near the ground in extremely cold, calm weather — can create halos around moonlight.
What are diamond dust crystals?
Christmas was banned in 1659 in this U.S. colony for being “excessive” and “pagan.”
What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
In Home Alone, this fictional gangster movie Kevin watches scares away the burglars.
What is “Angels with Filthy Souls”?
In Icelandic folklore, this terrifying Christmas cat prowls for people who didn’t receive new clothes by Christmas Eve.
What is the Yule Cat?
This friend's father paid her to not participate in a school play so he didn’t have to go watch it.
Who is Emma?