Holidays
Famous People
Symbols
Silly Stuff
Movies
100
What Holiday is also known as the Festival of Lights?
Hannukah
100
Born December 1, 1945, this lady has been an actress for more than 50 years
Bette Midler
100
We get this Christmas tradition from Germany?
Christmas Trees
100
This holiday was invented by a 90s television show about 4 friends living in New York City?
Festivus (Seinfeld)
100
Movie featuring a red nose, as a guiding light on a foggy Christmas night?
Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer
200
Holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus?
Christmas
200
This imagineer was born December 5th, 1901
Walt Disney
200
We celebrate this every year December 31st?
New Year's Eve
200
On the day after Christmas, more gifts are exchanged to mark this day?
What is National Re-Gifting Day?
200
In this movie, a snowman comes to life because of a magic hat?
Frosty the Snowman
300
A seven day Roman holiday involving evergreen decorations and exchange of gifts?
Saturnalia
300
December 12, 1915, Ol' Blue Eyes came into the world
Frank Sinatra
300
Candy made to represent J for Jesus and the sacrifice he made for the Christian people?
Candy Canes
300
The whole month of December celebrates this milk based egg drink?
National Egg Nog Month
300
Movie adapted from a Dr. Suess book featuring a green man who hates Christmas?
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
400
This holiday is to honor the ancestors, affirm the bonds between them, and to celebrate African and African American culture?
Kwanzaa
400
Born to two vaudevillians, he began performing on stage at age four, and you can watch his film debut at the age of seven in the short Rufus Jones For President (1933).
Sammy Davis Jr
400
A candelabrum with multiple branches that is a significant symbol of Judaism and the Jewish people?
Menorah
400
What is the December birthstone?
Turquoise
400
In this Christmas classic, an old man going by the name of Kris Kringle fills in for an intoxicated Santa in Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day parade?
Miracle on 34th Street
500
What is the day when the sun is farthest south in the sky, marking the shortest day and longest night of the year?
Winter Solstice
500
Born December 10th, 1815, this mathematician developed the world's first computer software, a century before there was an actual computer to use it. Take that, modern coders.
Ada Lovelace
500
These animals, appear in the symbolism of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Paganism, and of both military and pacifist groups as messengers of peace, love and devotion?
Doves
500
These are the zodiac signs for December?
Sagittarius (Nov 23 - Dec 21) and Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 20)
500
This movie was initially a flop when it aired in 1946. Now, millions tune in every year to watch George Bailey and Clarence?
It's a Wonderful Life
600
English holiday similar to our Black Friday?
Boxing Day
600
Born December 16 1775, this author did not publish her first literary work until she was 36 years old. She passed away only 5 years after.
Jane Austen
600
The Druids regarded this plant as a symbol of fertility and eternal life, thought to have magical powers. Today, Christians have adopted it as a symbol for Christmas?
Holly
(The sharp leaves are said to symbolize the crown of thorns worn by Christ, while the berries represent his blood)
600
Celebrated on December 8th, this holiday is a celebration of pure lard, a traditional, authentic animal fat that is now enjoying a resurgence within America’s food culture, in restaurants, fast food operations and home kitchens?
Lard Day
600
Story about the a boy and his dog, frustrated with commercialism taking over the holiday, looking for the true meaning of Christmas?
Charlie Brown Christmas