ALSO A REINDEER
THE PERSONIFICATION OF VALENTINE'S DAY, THIS ANCIENT ROMAN GOD OF LOVE IS DEPICTED AS A NAKED BABY BOY WHO SHOOTS ARROWS AT PEOPLE TO MAKE THEM FALL IN LOVE.
WHAT IS CUPID?
A CHEMIST MAY CALL THIS FAVOURITE HOLIDAY SONG "Ag BELLS"...BUT MOST PEOPLE KNOW IT BETTER AS THIS.
WHAT IS SILVER BELLS?
JOLLY HOLIDAY FIGURE CONFUSED SATAN (5).
WHO IS SANTA?
REINDEER ARE CLASSIFIED INTO THIS VERTEBRATE CLASS.
WHAT ARE MAMMALS?
ACCEPTABLE: WHAT IS MAMMALIA?
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE NINE-BRANCHED CANDELABRUM IN WHICH A CANDLE IS LIT ON EACH OF EIGHT SUCCESSIVE NIGHTS DURING THE CELEBRATION OF HANNUKKAH.
WHAT IS A MENORAH?
SOMETIMES CALLED A "DIRTY SNOWBALL", THESE CELESTIAL OBJECTS CONSIST OF A NUCLEUS OF ICE AND DUST WITH A TAIL POINTING AWAY FROM THE SUN; HALLEY'S IS THE MOST FAMOUS ONE.
WHAT IS COMET?
PUMPKIN, APPLE, OR MINCE...THEY'RE ALL MADE WITH PHOSPHORUS, IODINE, AND EINSTEINIUM.
WHAT ARE PIEs?
CELEBRITY AT THE TOP OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE? (4)
WHAT IS STAR?
WHETHER IT'S A PINE, SPRUCE, OR FIR THAT YOU'RE TRIMMING FOR THE HOLIDAYS THEY ALL BELONG TO THIS PLANT DIVISION.
WHAT ARE GYMNOSPERMS?
BASED ON AFRICAN HARVEST FESTIVAL TRADITIONS, THIS IS AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE THAT RUNS FROM DECEMBER 26 TO JANUARY 1.
WHAT IS KWANZAA?
THIS IS A FEMALE FOX.
WHAT IS VIXEN?
IT'S MR. CHLORINE, GOLD, AND SULFUR TO YOU (IF YOU'RE TOO SHY TO CALL HIM SANTA).
WHAT IS ClAuS?
SANTA'S HELPERS QUIETLY DROPPED FROM SHELVES. (5)
WHAT ARE ELVES?
TRYPTOPHAN, ONE OF THESE BUILDING BLOCKS OF PROTEIN, IS FOUND IN TURKEY BUT IT'S NOT LIKELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING YOU FEEL TIRED AFTER A BIG MEAL.
WHAT IS AN AMINO ACID?
SYMBOLIZING THE TRIUMPH OF GOOD OVER EVIL AND CELEBRATED SOMETIME BETWEEN AROUND MID-SEPTEMBER AND MID-NOVEMBER AND GENERALLY LASTING 5 OR 6 DAYS, THIS IS THE HINDU FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS.
WHAT IS DIWALI?
FRED ASTAIRE, GINGER ROGERS, ISADORA DUNCAN, MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV, MICHAEL FLATLEY, OR MICHAEL JACKSON (AT TIMES).
WHAT IS DANCER?
YUMMY! CALCIUM, NEODYMIUM, AND YTTRIUM TREATS...THE CANES ARE THE BEST!
WHAT IS CaNdY?
GIFT WAS DELIVERED BEFORE ITS TIME? (7)
WHAT IS PRESENT?
IF BUDDY THE ELF IS HETEROZYGOUS FOR BROWN EYES AND HIS PARTNER BETTY THE ELF HAS THE RECESSIVE TRAIT OF BLUE EYES, THEN THIS IS THE PROBABILITY THAT THEIR CHILD, BOBBI, WILL HAVE BLUE EYES.
WHAT IS 50%?
ACCEPTABLE: WHAT IS 1/2?
THIS IS THE NINTH MONTH OF THE ISLAMIC CALENDAR, OBSERVED BY MUSLIMS WORLDWIDE AS A MONTH OF FASTING, PRAYER, REFLECTION, AND COMMUNITY.
WHAT IS RAMADAN?
A PERSON WHO DRESSES OR ACTS FLAMBOYANTLY OR STYLISHLY.
WHAT IS DASHER?
IT'S ALWAYS HANGING AROUND AT CHRISTMAS TIME, THIS DECORATION IS MADE OF TUNGSTEN, RHENIUM, ASTATINE, AND HYDROGEN.
WHAT IS WReAtH?
FIRE 500 BEFORE THE FRENCH WILL LIGHT UP A DARK WINTER'S NIGHT. (7)
WHAT ARE CANDLES?
Spirobranchus giganteus IS THE SCIENTIFIC NAME OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE WORM, A TUBE-DWELLING SEGMENTED WORM, WHICH IS THE COMMON NAME OF THIS INVERTEBRATE PHYLUM OF ANIMALS.
WHAT IS ANNELIDA?
IN THE CHINESE CALENDAR, AN ANIMAL, AND ITS SUPPOSED ATTRIBUTES, IS ASSIGNED TO EACH YEAR IN A REPEATING TWELVE YEAR CYCLE. THESE ARE THE THREE ANIMALS IN THE CYCLE WHOSE ENGLISH NAMES BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "R".
WHAT ARE RAT, RABBIT, AND ROOSTER?