Christmas Songs
This song begins, “Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh.”
Answer: What is “Jingle Bells”?
Clue: Many families place this green plant in a doorway and kiss underneath it.
Answer: What is mistletoe?
Clue: This is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere
Answer: What is the winter solstice?
Clue: This red-suited gift giver lives at the North Pole.
Answer: Who is Santa Claus?
Clue: This warm drink made with milk, sugar, and spices is often topped with nutmeg
Answer: What is eggnog?
Clue: In this classic, the singer warns, “You better watch out, you better not cry.”
Answer: What is “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”?
Clue: This tradition involves lighting one candle each week leading up to Christmas.
Answer: What is Advent?
Clue: Snowflakes always have this number of sides.
Answer: What is six?
Clue: According to the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” Santa arrives on this number of reindeer.
Answer: What is eight?
Clue: This classic Christmas candy features red and white stripes and a peppermint flavor.
Answer: What is a candy cane?
Clue: This wistful tune opens with the line, “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.”
Answer: What is “White Christmas”?
Clue: On December 6th, children in parts of Europe leave shoes out for this saint to fill.
Answer: Who is St. Nicholas?
Clue: This atmospheric phenomenon creates colorful lights in the winter skies near the poles.
Answer: What are the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)?
Clue: Donner and Blitzen have names that come from the German words for these two weather events.
Answer: What are thunder and lightning?
Clue: In Britain, this dessert is doused in brandy and set on fire before serving.
Answer: What is Christmas pudding?
Clue: This song tells the story of a reindeer whose glowing red nose saved Christmas on a foggy night.
Answer: What is “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”?
Clue: This holiday tradition features hiding a small decorative vegetable on the Christmas tree.
Answer: What is the Christmas pickle?
Clue: This term describes the cooling effect of wind on exposed skin.
Answer: What is wind chill?
Clue: This reindeer is known for having a “shiny nose” that guided Santa’s sleigh.
Answer: Who is Rudolph?
Clue: This Italian sweet bread with fruit is a common holiday treat.
Answer: What is panettone?
Clue: Originally written in 1818, this famous carol was first performed with a guitar because the church organ broke.
Answer: What is “Silent Night”?
Clue: In Iceland, families exchange books on Christmas Eve and spend the evening reading in this cozy tradition.
Answer: What is Jólabókaflóð?
Clue: This type of winter storm combines heavy snow with winds over 35 mph for at least 3 hours.
Answer: What is a blizzard?
Clue: Santa checks this important list—twice—to see who’s behaving.
Answer: What is the Naughty or Nice list?
Clue: This savory dish of thinly sliced potatoes baked with cream and cheese is a popular winter side.
Answer: What is au gratin potatoes?