Holiday History
Coca-Cola helped popularize the modern image of this holiday figure in the 1930s.
Who is Santa Claus?
Snowflakes are this shape (basic geometry).
What is hexagonal/six sided?
A menorah is lit for eight nights during this holiday.
What is Hanukkah?
his song’s original title was “One Horse Open Sleigh.”
What is Jingle Bells?
Buddy travels from the North Pole to NYC to find his dad.
What is Elf?
This country is credited with starting the tradition of decorated Christmas trees.
What is Germany?
The first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere is typically around this date.
What is December 21/22?
This holiday celebrates the lunar new year (date varies each year).
What is the Chinese/Lunar New Year
This Christmas song’s title includes a parenthetical subtitle: “(Everybody’s Waitin’ for the Man with the Bag).”
What is Here Comes Santa Claus?
Kevin is accidentally left home and defends it from two burglars.
What is Home Alone?
This 19th-century poem begins with “’Twas the night before Christmas…”
What is A Visit from St. Nicholas?
This term means rain that freezes on contact, coating surfaces in ice.
What is Freezing Rain?
In Mexico, a star-shaped piñata is often used during this nine-night tradition.
What is Los Posadas?
This holiday song includes the lyric “Later on, we’ll conspire…”
What is Winter Wonderland?
A grouchy man is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve.
What is a Christmas Carol?
his December 26 holiday originated as a day when employers gave gifts or “boxes” of money and goods to servants and workers.
What is Boxing Day?
This is the name for a long period of unusually cold weather.
What is a cold snap?
In Sweden, this December celebration features a “Lucia” with candles.
What is St. Lucia Day?
This song was originally written for a Thanksgiving musical but became a Christmas standard.
What is White Christmas?
Clark Griswold’s decorations cause… neighborhood-level electrical issues.
What is Christmas Vacation?
This beverage became a popular Christmas drink in England during the 1700s, made with milk, eggs, and spices.
What is Egg Nog?
This atmospheric phenomenon can create colorful lights near the poles.
What is the Aurora Borealis?
In Kwanzaa, this candleholder holds seven candles and is called this.
What is a Kinara?
Mariah Carey wants just one thing for Christmas.
What is All I want for Christmas?
Chaos ensues in a film w/ Jamie Lee Curtis and Tim Allen when they decide to skip Christmas
What is Christmas w/ the Kranks?