Holiday Movies
The best friend and accomplice of the Grinch.
Who is Max?
This Christmas food is considered to bring ’good luck’ if you eat it in one of the “12 days of Christmas.”
What are Mince Pies?
On December 13 Scandinavians celebrate this female saint; young girls wear white & wear lighted wreaths on their heads
Who is St. Lucia?
This family name has adorned a holiday tradition in the heart of Midtown Manhattan since 1933.
Who is Rockefeller?
This country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree.
What is Germany?
This movie celebrate both Halloween and Christmas
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Fun fact: It took 3 years to create the film, each second required 12 different movements.
This country enjoys spiced hot chocolate on Christmas
What is Peru?
Ancestral spirits abound. This country celebrates the arrival of winter with yummy food and ancestral worship.
What is China?
Dongzhi literally means "the arrival of winter" in Chinese.
In this region of the world, Christmas is seen as a couple's holiday rather than a family-oriented holiday.
What is East Asia?
In 1966, Maulana Karenga, a professor of Africana studies, gave the world this celebration.
What is Kwanzaa?
Kwanzaa is modeled after African harvest celebrations—the name of the holiday is Swahili for "first fruits." Red, black, and green, and the number seven are important symbols of the holiday, which begins on Dec. 26.
This actor played played six different roles in the movie “The Polar Express.”
Who is Tom Hanks?
Where do they eat the traditional winter food called Kiviak (aka, birds stuffed into a seal carcass)?
What is Greenland?
Here comes the sun...Where is Yalda Night – a celebration of victory over darkness – celebrated.
What is Iran?
In this country, you must eat a dozen grapes at the stroke of midnight on New Year for good luck.
What is Spain?
The Romans celebrated in honour of a god of this particular celestial body on December 25th.
What is the sun?
This the highest-grossing Christmas movie up to date.
What is Home Alone?
Bonus question: How many Home Alone movies are there?
During this winter festival, people celebrate by feasting on caribou and seal.
What is Sinck Tuck?
The winter festival, Sinck Tuck, is celebrated by Inuit in northern Canada. Connected to their rituals regarding Winter Solstice, the holiday involves dancing, exchanging gifts, and feasting on caribou, seal, and raw fish.
The Asian Lunar New Year also has this palindromic three-letter name.
What is Tet?
Tet is the name for the Lunar New Year in Vietnam, and much like other celebrations, is steeped in family time, hearty meals, and parades. In New York, an annual New Year parade in Chinatown draws revelers from around the country, as dancers, dragons, and bands enliven the neighborhood's historic streets. In South Korea, Lunar New Year is a time of mass travel, similar to Thanksgiving and Christmas in the United States.
Want to get rid of a demon? Then join in the Burning of the Devil in this country.
What is Guatemala?
In Guatemala, the devil must be burned on December 7. Related to the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, the three-foot-tall, horned and goateed demon is represented by a piñata. The "devil" is lit by firecrackers to honor Guatemala City's patron saint, and bonfires are often built outside residents' homes for the occasion.
The home of the Real St. Nicholas.
What is Turkey?
Originally Patara, a city in the ancient district of Lycia, in Asia Minor.
This Christmas horror/comedy movie, released in 1984, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, features the voice of Howie Mandel.
What is Gremlins?
This arboreal treat is often decorated with meringue shaped into mushrooms and other small treats to make it look as though it were found on the forest floor.
what is yule log / buche de noel?
A holiday in Puerto Rico commemorating the visit of the Magi, it isn't Three Magi Day but Three this Day.
What is Kings?
Three Kings Day celebrates when the three wise men visited baby Jesus on the Feast of the Epiphany. The holiday is widely followed in Latin America, where kids place their shoes outside to receive gifts.
Welcome, vegetarians and artists, to the strange "Night of the Radishes" festival, held here.
What is Mexico?
The main square of Oaxaca in Mexico becomes the centerpiece for the Night of the Radishes, in which artists compete to create the most interesting sculptures out of the produce. The official contest has been going on for more than a century, since 1897, and the festival now features concerts and light shows all over the city.
When this person ruled England, they abolished Christmas.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?