Traditions Around the World
In Guatemala, one of the New Year's traditions involves eating 12 of this fruit at midnight. More recently, this has become a TikTok trend to eat this fruit under a table at midnight.
What are grapes?
This catch 1994 Christmas tune is the best-selling Christmas single ever recorded by a female artist, as well as being one of the highest-selling singles in music history.
What is “All I Want for Christmas is You”?
In the 1920s, children wanted teddy bears for Christmas, inspired by this former president.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
In the classic stop-motion animation Christmas special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Hermie the Elf would rather be this as an occupation.
What is a dentist?
The Rockettes perform their Christmas spectacular, high kicks and all, in this famous New York theater.
What is Radio City Music Hall?
These candlelit paper lanterns are a Christmas tradition in Mexico and in the Southwestern U.S.
What are luminarias?
In his original 1943 recording of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”, Bing Crosby crooned, “Christmas Eve will find me…” here.
What is where the love light gleams?
This giggling red monster was the hit of the holidays as the best-selling Christmas toy of 1996.
What is Tickle Me Elmo?
These are the four major food groups for elves in the Christmas film “Elf”.
What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
It takes this many years for a pine tree to grow to an acceptable Christmas tree height.
What is 15?
In Morocco, they created a tradition to extend Hanukkah by one day, making it this many days to celebrate. On the last day, the children would go house to house collecting leftover candles for a bonfire.
What is nine days?
The song "Left to Right" by Michelle Citrin tells you the order to light the candles on this nine-branched candelabrum used in the celebration of Hanukkah.
What is a Menorah?
In 1977, this was the most requested toy, and it required a television to use it.
What is the Atari 2600 game console?
Rather than dining on turkey, the Whos in Whoville in Dr. Seuss’s Christmas classic “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” enjoy this descriptively named main dish.
What is roast beast?
Consumers buy an estimated two million of these sugary Christmas loaves each year, a surprising amount for a dessert many people love to hate.
What is fruitcake?
A witch drops presents down chimneys in this European country’s Christmas traditions.
What is Italy?
This ex-Beatle wrote and recorded “Wonderful Christmastime” in 1980 for his second solo album.
This ex-Beatle wrote and recorded “Wonderful Christmastime” in 1980 for his second solo album.
This toy was a hot item 1990s Christmas lists after it was made popular in a movie role played by Macaulay Culkin.
What is a Talkboy?
In 1994’s “The Santa Clause,” Tim Allen’s character takes over as Santa after this accident kills the original Santa Clause.
What is falling off a roof?
The smooth, candy-like hard frosting used to decorate sugar cookies goes by this regal name.
What is royal icing?
The Ukrainian legend of this crawling creature inspired the Christmas of hiding a similarly shaped ornament on the tree in its honor.
What is a spider?
These barnyard beasts kept time for a humble percussionist in the Christmas carol, “The Little Drummer Boy”.
What are the ox and lamb?
This stuffed animal made out of a clothing item was a top gift in 1932, costing just 10 cents.
What is a sock monkey?
This 2004 animated Christmas feature was an adaptation of an illustrated storybook by Chris Van Allsburg, the same author who created “Jumanji.”
What is “The Polar Express”?
It consists of inexpensive foil now, but this glittery decoration started as strips of real silver.
What is tinsel?