Holiday Jams
His “Christmas Album” of 1957 includes the now classic “Blue Christmas.”
Who is Elvis Presley?
Young Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) gets left behind when his family heads to France for Christmas in this 1990 film.
What is Home Alone?
The spinning top used in the Hanukkah game
What is a dreidel?
The technology used to bind policies together from 1939 to 1977
What is a sewing machine?
What dessert is named after the ancient winter solstice custom of burning a log to celebrate longer days?
What is a Yule Log?
This piece of clothing brought Frosty the Snowman to life.
What is an old silk hat?
A Christmas special about this misfit who ends up helping Santa was honored on a series of stamps in 2014.
Who is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
Celebrated on December 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe Day draws Catholics from around the world to pay homage to an image of the Virgin Mary located in what country?
What is Mexico?
When was Select-A-Gift introduced?
1972
1961
1948
1955
What is 1961?
A general term for seawater, it’s also a way to prep your holiday turkey.
What is brine?
The toy Alvin the Chipmunk wants in "The Chipmunk Song"?
What is a hula hoop?
There is an ongoing debate online about whether this action flick starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman is actually a Christmas film.
What is “Die Hard”?
This African holiday "first fruits", celebrates family, harvest, and unity.
What is Kwanzaa or Harvest Day?
When was the first African American employee hired?
1922
1940
1968
1935
What is 1940?
The dessert that Rachael on Friends made for Thanksgiving that is typically made with layers of sponge cake, custard, and whipped cream however she added beef, peas and onions to it.
What is a trifle?
What song is commonly sung at New Year's Eve celebrations?
What is Auld Lang Syne?
Seinfeld popularized this Dec. 23 holiday “for the rest of us.”
What is Festivus?
Holidays like China’s Dongzhi Festival or the Hopi people’s Soyal, are scheduled around December 21 every year in celebration of the winter version of what “S” term that signifies the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is Solstice?
Chief Wa-Nik-Ska-Ka was a name given to G.J. Mecherle by what tribe in Wisconsin (hint, it's also a popular recreational vehicle)? Wa-Nik-Ska-Ka Park was also the original name for State Farm Park when it opened in 1949.
What is the Winnebago tribe?
Gregory Keller, a Catholic priest, invented a machine to automate the process for making these striped Christmas sweets.
What are candy canes?
The names of the 8 reindeer who pull Santa's sleigh
Who are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph
In "It's a Wonderful Life", why is George ineligible for service in World War II?
What is because he is deaf in one ear?
The Tasmanian masked owl's scientific name is Tyto novaehollandiae castanops. The "castanops" comes from its facial resemblance to what roasted holiday nut?
What is a chestnut?
Ella O. Turner of Rockford, IL became the first female agent in 1924. She is credited with naming what long running publication distributed to all agents since 1927?
What is The Reflector?
Christmas dinner may include this banana relative; belize.com reports it’s said to be “the local cranberry sauce.”
What is a plantain?