Winter
The temperature when water freezes
0oC/32oF
What red sauce made from tart berries is a staple side dish at Christmas dinner?
Cranberry Sauce
Mr. Norwall, Walter Hobbs, Jovie, Miles Finch
Elf
In Mexico, this tradition involves breaking a decorated clay pot filled with candy during Christmas celebrations.
A piñata
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring...
Soon it will be Christmas Day. (Silver Bells)
Can you name all 3 of Santa’s reindeer who's names start with a "D"?
Dancer, Donner, Dasher
Fill in the blank: ________ is a sport in which players stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area.
Curling
What herb is most traditionally associated with Christmas turkey stuffing?
Sage
Kevin, Marv, Harry, Buzz
Home Alone
In what country did the custom of putting up a Christmas tree originate?
Germany
Oh, the fire is slowly dying...
And, my dear, we’re still goodbye-ing. (Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!)
In the song The 12 days of Christmas, what was given on the 5th day?
5 golden rings
The number of sides of a snowflake
6 (all snowflakes have 6 sides or points because of the way the molecules join together)
What nut is famously roasted and sold by street vendors during the Christmas season?
Chestnuts
Hermey, Charlie in the box,
Yukon Cornelius
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Who created the first electric light Christmas display?
Thomas Edison
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree...
Won’t be the same, dear, if you’re not here with me. (Blue Christmas)
What is the name of the ballet performed during the holiday season which features the Sugar Plum Fairy?
The Nutcracker
This Olympic sport combines both cross-country skiing and shooting
Biathlon
The food item did Ebenezer Scrooge gift to Bob Cratchit at the end of A Christmas Carol
Turkey (prize turkey)
Fred Gailey, Mr. Macy, Alfred, Susan
Miracle on 34th Street
What plant based Christmas tradition did servants in Victorian England popularize?
Kissing under the mistletoe
There’ll be parties for hosting, marshmallows for toasting...
And caroling out in the snow. (It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year)
Whose eyes are all aglow in “The Christmas Song?”
tiny tots
This term describes the point in Earth’s orbit when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted farthest from the Sun, resulting in the shortest day and longest night of the year.
What is the winter solstice?
What was the traditional meat eaten during Christmas dinner before turkey became popular?
Goose
George Bailey, Mr Potter, Clarence
It's a wonderful life
What country is the Poinsettia, with its red and green foliage, native to
Mexico
On the eighth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me... (3-ish words)
Eight maids a-milking
A popular holiday plant that is also poisonous to animals.
Mistletoe, holly, poinsettia