Festive Food
This beloved dish features masa stuffed with savory meats, vegetables, or sweet fillings, all carefully wrapped in corn husks or banana leaves.
Tamales
In Spain, which fruit is traditionally eaten 12 times at midnight on New Year's Eve for good luck?
Grapes
In 1997 this reality-like electronic pet allowed children to feed, train, and care for a digital creature.
Tamagotchi
When is meteorological winter?
December 1 through February 28 (or 29)
December 13, 1989 is what famous singer's birthday.
Taylor Swift
This cozy beverage is often spiced with cinnamon and cloves.
Mulled cider
This Hindu festival of lights symbolizes the triumph of good over evil.
Diwali
This soundtrack album from 2003 is the second-highest-selling holiday film soundtrack since 1991, selling 695,000 copies.
Elf
The National Weather Service defines a blizzard as a storm which contains large amounts of snow or blowing snow, with visibility of < 1/4 mile and winds in excess of [blank] mph for at least 3 hours.
35 mph
December 5 is celebrated as International Volunteer Day. Which organization created this day?
United Nations
What nut-based bread spread is sometimes added to Hanukkah pasteries?
Almond paste or marzipan
Signifying passion and ambition, which animal represents the Chinese zodiac year of 2026?
The Horse or the Fire Horse
Ross could not get a Santa costume in time, so he became this holiday character in this season 7 episode of Friends.
Holiday Armadillo
This famous composer wrote The Nutcracker ballet.
Tchaikovsky
On December 7, 1972, the last Apollo moon mission was launched. What was the mission number?
Apollo 17
This vibrant red fruit-filled drink or punch is popular in many winter festivals, including Kwanzaa, for its symbolic ties to community and harvest.
Hibiscus tea/bissap/sorrel
Traditional Northern Hemisphere winter decorations are often replaced with these plants in Australia?
Gum trees
This children's animated TV series, based on a book by Amy Tan about curious siamese cats in ancient China, aired a special Diwali-themed episode.
Sagwa
This winter festival in Quebec is on of the largest in the world, featuring an ice palace and snow sculptures.
The Quebec Winter Carnival
Kwanzaa is celebrated annually from December 26 to what day?
January 1
This round, citrus fruit, is eaten at many solstice or seasonal celebrations to symbolize the return of the sun.
In Italy, it is tradition to eat 13 desserts on this holiday?
Feast of the Seven Fish
Taylor Momsen, who stared as Cindy Lou Who in the 2000 rendition of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, is now a singer in what rock band?
The Pretty Reckless
This term describes the sparkly effect you see when sunlight or moonlight reflects off tiny icy crystals floating in the air on very cold days.
Diamond dust
December 31, 1926, marked the first radio broadcast of a New Years countdown in which city?
New York City