Winter Movies
This 1993 stop-motion animated film by Tim Burton features Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, discovering Christmas Town.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
This term describes the process by which snowflakes form in clouds.
What is nucleation?
This winter sport involves athletes skiing and shooting at targets.
What is biathlon?
This tradition involves decorating a tree with lights and ornaments, typically in December.
What is decorating a Christmas tree?
This warm beverage, often enjoyed during the winter holidays, is made from milk, cream, sugar, whipped egg whites, and egg yolks.
What is eggnog?
This 2000 film stars Jim Carrey as a green, grumpy character who plans to steal Christmas from the Whos in Whoville.
What is How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
This type of precipitation occurs when raindrops freeze before hitting the ground.
What is sleet?
This winter sport, part of the Winter Olympics, involves athletes performing aerial flips and spins on skis.
What is freestyle skiing?
This Jewish holiday, also known as the Festival of Lights, involves lighting a menorah over eight nights.
What is Hanukkah?
This traditional German spiced wine is served warm and is a popular drink at Christmas markets.
What is Glühwein?
This 2005 film, based on a C.S. Lewis novel, features four siblings who enter a magical winter world through a wardrobe.
What is The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?
This meteorological phenomenon involves the rapid freezing of rain upon contact with surfaces, creating a layer of ice.
What is freezing rain?
This sport involves descending a steep ice-covered track in a small sled, head-first.
What is skeleton?
This Japanese tradition involves cleaning the house thoroughly at the end of the year to welcome the New Year.
What is Oosouji?
This sweet treat, often associated with Christmas, is made from molasses and flavored with ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon.
What is gingerbread?
This 1983 film is about a boy named Ralphie who wants a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, despite everyone telling him he'll shoot his eye out.
What is A Christmas Story?
This term describes the temperature at which water vapor condenses into frost.
What is the frost point?
This winter sport involves teams of four pushing a sled down an ice track and then jumping in.
What is bobsleigh?
This Scandinavian tradition involves celebrating the winter solstice with a feast, bonfires, and honoring the Norse god Thor.
What is Yule?
This classic winter dish, originating from France, consists of beef stewed in red wine with vegetables and herbs.
What is beef bourguignon?
This 2011 animated film features a young boy named Arthur who goes on a mission to deliver a forgotten Christmas present.
What is Arthur Christmas?
This scientific principle explains why ice is less dense than liquid water, allowing it to float.
What is hydrogen bonding?
This winter sport involves racing down a mountain on a single snowboard, often with slalom gates.
What is snowboard cross?
This tradition in Spain involves eating 12 grapes at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve for good luck.
What is Las Doce Uvas de la Suerte (The Twelve Grapes of Luck)?
This Scandinavian winter dish, made from dried whitefish and lye, is traditionally served during Christmas in Norway and Sweden.
What is lutefisk?