General December
The seasonal change from Fall to Winter typically falls on one of two dates in December (name either of them)
What is December 21st or 22nd?
What is Christmas?
Who is Zoe Kravitz?
November 1956: CBS showed this movie, featuring a yellow-brick road, for the first time on TV
What is The Wizard of Oz?
This is observed on November 11th in honor of all those who served in the United States Armed Forces
What is Veterans Day?
December features two zodiac signs: Sagittarius -- the Archer or Hunter -- and this, the sign of the Goat
What is Capricorn?
December 7th recognizes a day in U.S. history that has lived in "infamy" since 1941
What is Pearl Harbor Day?
Born December 2nd, this former Mousketeer became more famous as a 90's pop superstar ("Oops, I Did It Again")
Who is Britney Spears?
November 5, 1935: this hugely popular game was presented to the world by the Parker Brothers - who collected much more than $200
What is Monopoly?
An estimated 770 million pounds of this fruit are consumed on Thanksgiving
What are cranberries?
[Happy National Cranberry Day - November 23]
December - from the Latin decem ("tenth") - retained its name when these two months were added to the Roman calendar, making it the 12th month
What are January and February?
This holiday commemorates the triumph of the Maccabees in reclaiming the Temple in Jerusalem from the Greek-Syrians
What is Hanukkah?
Born December 4, he's hip-hop royalty, but is probably best-known as the husband of Beyonce
Who is Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter?
November 4, 2008: the U.S. elected this Illinois senator as President of the United States
Who is Barack Obama?
Jimmy Kimmel created this November 17th 'holiday' designed for people to relieve stress from social media accounts by saying goodbye to casual acquaintances and others who "overshare"
What is National Unfriend Day?
What is turquoise?
One of the traditions of this holiday is the singing of Auld Lang Syne ("times long past")
What is New Years Eve/Day?
Born December 13th, she's engaged to the Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce
Who is Taylor Swift?
November 13, 1927 - this tunnel, running under the Hudson River between New York City and Jersey City, was opened to traffic - the first underwater tunnel built in the U.S.
What is The Holland Tunnel?
November is the month to celebrate this creamy and sometimes crunchy concoction that pairs well with jelly
What is peanut butter?
[Americans spend nearly $800 million per year peanut butter]
December hosts two official flowers: the narcissus, essentially a daffodil, and this one -- sporting red berries commonly used to deck the halls at Christmas time
What is the holly?
This late-December holiday is observed over seven days
What is Kwanzaa?
Born December 17th, he played Jim Lowenstein's father in the "American Pie" film series
Who is Eugene Levy?
November 1952: this vegetable started to be frozen by Clarence Birdseye, revolutionizing the produce industry
What are peas?
An estimated 20 million people collect these in the United States - without licking them
What are stamps?
[November is national Stamp Collecting Month]