Holidays Around the World
This day was originated in the UK in the middle ages as the day when the alms box, collection boxes for underprivileged people, were opened in churches and distributed to those in need. However, now it's more generally regarded as a day to get a deal after Christmas.
Boxing Day
Merry Christmas is Feliz Navidad in this language.
Spanish
In the Frosty the Snowman special this object brings life to frosty.
A top hat
In Quebec a traditional Christmas Banquet is had after midnight mass and it goes by this name, meaning "waking up".
Réveillon
A milk-based beverage available around the Christmas holidays and comes in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions.
Eggnog
This religious celebration celebrates the Maccabean Revolt with symbolic candles.
Hanukkah/Chanukah
Many Christmas songs were actually written by Jewish songwriters, but can you name one of them?
“White Christmas” by Irving Berlin, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” by Johnny Marks, “Let It Snow” by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn, and “Winter Wonderland” by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith.
The profession that Hermey the elf dreams of pursuing in stop-motion Christmas classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
This city is officially known as "The Christmas Capital of Canada".
Winnipeg
The name given to small sausages wrapped in bacon (a staple at a British Christmas dinner)
Pigs in a blanket
Traditionally Omisoka, the Japanese traditional celebration was help on the last day of the 12th lunar month, however, with the switch to the Georgian calendar in now occurs on this day.
December 31
This, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is the best selling single of all time.
White Christmas
The number of ghosts that visit Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol.
Four (Jacob Marley and Christmas past, present, and future)
In 1917, the city of Boston sent medical personnel and supplies to aid in the recovery after the Halifax Explosion, since then Halifax sends this Christmas staple to Boston every year.
A Christmas Tree
Chocolate cake that is typically eaten in Quebec during the holiday season.
Bûche de Noël or yule log
This Holiday is more recently created, in 1966 after the Watts riots, it is a combination of different African harvest celebrations.
Kwanzaa -- it comes from the phrase "first fruits" in Swahili.
According to the popular song, this is the gift you would receive on the 10th day of Christmas.
Ten lords-a-leaping
The creature that says goodbye to Buddy at the beginning of Elf when he leaves for New York.
Narwhal.
This holiday activity in Newfoundland and Halifax used to require a permit, but when most partakers ignored this process, it was banned for decades until the year 1990.
Mummers or Belsnicklers
The country where stollen is the traditional fruit cake.
What is Germany?
In China and Japan this holiday is celebrated on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month (this can mean it takes place in December or January). This year it was celebrated on December 8th.
Bodhi Day/Laba Festival
This christian hymn, which is also the name of a rocking movie musical from 2012, came from a Hanukkah song called “Ma’oz Tzur”.
Rock of Ages
The line "every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings" comes from this holiday movie.
It's a Wonderful Life.
In Newfoundland and Labrador this start to the holidays is used as an excuse to start drinking and is thought to be derrived from an old slang term for a loose-moraled woman.
What is Tibb's/Tipp's eve
The fairy tale that inspired gingerbread houses.
Hansel and Gretel