Finish the Line
From "Jingle Bells":
Dashing through the snow / In a one-horse open sleigh...
O'er the fields we go / Laughing all the way!
The title of Charles' Dickens classic Christmas novella about Ebenezer Scrooge
A Christmas Carol
The type of ski race which follows a winding course between pairs of poles
Slalom
The four-sided spinning top played during Hanukkah
Dreidel
The definition of "simile," a commonly used English class term
A figure of speech used to compare two things (typically includes "like," "as," "so," etc)
From "The Christmas Song":
And so I'm offering this simple phrase / To kids from one to ninety-two...
Although it's been said many times, many ways / Merry Christmas to you
The clothing item that brings Frosty to life in "Frosty the Snowman"
An old silk hat
A game similar to lawn bowls, but played on ice
Curling
The order of directions (left, right, center, etc) in which Hanukkah candles are light
Right to left
The words financial acronym "EBITDA" stands for
Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization
From "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," while lying to Cindy-Lou Who about stealing her tree:
There's a light on this tree that won't light on one side...
So I'm taking it home to my workshop, my dear. (I'll fix it up there, then I'll bring it back here)
The actor who played George Bailey in Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life"
Jimmy Stewart
The country from which speed skating originated
The Netherlands
Cheese
The meaning of the phrase "Operational Hourly Ride Capacity," in relation to theme park attractions.
Compare to "Theoretical Hourly Ride Capacity," which provides the total number of people theoretically able to ride an attraction in 1 hour.
The ACTUAL total number of people able to be loaded onto a ride within one hour--people/operations-dependent, rather than ideal capacity
From "Twas the Night Before Christmas":
When out on the roof there arose such a clatter...
The name of Rudolph's elf friend from in 1964 classic "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Hermey
The name of the first organized international competition involving winter sports
Nordic Games
The day of the week Hanukkah CANNOT begin on
Tuesday
The Brothers Grimm
From "Elf," while describing his journey to NYC:
"Then I traveled through..."
The number of roles actor Tom Hanks plays in "The Polar Express"
Six
The gold medal winner for downhill, slalom, and giant slalom races at the 1968 Winter Olympic Games in Grenoble, France
The name of the astronaut who (OR the 1993 mission during which he) celebrated the first Hanukkah in outer space
Jeffrey Hoffman
STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope repair mission
The meaning of "the transit method," as it applies to the discovery of exoplanets
Discovering planets via changes in light as they pass in front of their star
(Most known exoplanets--4146!--have been discovered using this method)