A Filipino Christmas
This star-shaped, festive lantern, often made of bamboo and paper, symbolizes the Star of Bethlehem for Filipinos during Christmas
What is a parol?
This ninth, often elevated, candle on a Hanukkah menorah is known as the "helper" or "servant" candle because its light is used to kindle all the others
What is the shamash?
After accidentally being left behind by his family who is traveling to Paris, this movie showcases an 8-year-old boy defending his Chicago home from two bumbling burglars known as the 'Wet Bandits"
What is Home Alone?
Pop superstar Mariah Carey is the voice behind this modern hit, which hits #1 on the charts every holiday season
What is All I Want For Christmas Is You?
In the Philippines, this whole roasted suckling pig is often the star of the Christmas Eve feast known as Noche Buena
What is lechon?
In the Philippines, families gather on Christmas Eve for this grand midnight feast, whose Spanish name translates to "the good night"
What is Noche Buena?
These deep-fried, jelly-filled doughnuts are a traditional Hanukkah food, symbolizing the miracle of the oil that burned for eight days in the ancient Temple
What is sufganiyot?
This movie features a man who falls from Santa's sleigh and grows up believing he's an elf, leading to a trip to NYC
What is Elf?
The lyrics "Everyone dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way" are found in this energetic Brenda Lee hit
What is Rockin Around the Christmas Tree?
This popular, rich holiday drink made with eggs, cream, and sugar evolved from a medieval British drink called "posset"
What is eggnog?
Filipinos celebrate "Pasko," a festive season that kicks off in September, and is the longest in the world
What is Christmas?
This object, which literally means 'lamp' in Hebrew, has nine branches for the eight nights of the 'Festival of Lights'
What is a menorah?
This 2004 animated film, starring Tom Hanks in multiple roles, features a dedicated musical number about the proper way to enjoy hot chocolate
What is The Polar Express?
The character Cindy Lou Who performs this wistful song in the 2000 live-action Grinch movie, asking about the whereabouts of the holiday spirit
What is Where Are You Christmas?
A traditional Filipino rice cake, this dish is famously prepared in a clay oven lined with banana leaves and topped with butter, sugar, cheese, and a salted egg, then commonly enjoyed after attending pre-dawn Christmas Eve masses
What is Bibingka ?
This Filipino Christmas tradition, also known as "Secret Santa," involves participants drawing names to become anonymous gift-givers to their assigned "little brother" or "little sister"
What is Monito Monita?
Players of this game spin it to determine if they get "nothing", "half", or "all" of the pot, typically filled with chocolate coins
What is dreidel?
Jim Carrey stars as a live-action version of the titular character whose heart is two sizes too small in this 2000 adaptation
What is How The Grinch Stole Christmas?
This is the most recorded and best-selling Christmas song of all time, originally introduced by Bing Crosby in the film Holiday Inn
What is White Christmas?
In Japan, a surprising modern Christmas tradition involves eating a meal from this American fast-food chain.
What is KFC?
This song by Filipino singer Jose Mari Chan, released in 1990, has become an iconic, ubiquitous part of the Christmas season in the Philippines, often signaling the start of the "Ber" months.
What is Christmas in Our Hearts?
Their victory over Antiochus IV and the rededication of the Temple are the events commemorated by the annual celebration of Hanukkah
Who are the Maccabees?
In this 1989 film, Clark Griswold attempts to host a perfect family Christmas, resulting in a dried-out turkey, a house covered in 25,000 lights, and a kidnapped boss.
What is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation?
This melancholic yet peaceful song was featured in the 1965 animated classic A Charlie Brown Christmas, sung by the children's choir
What is Christmas Time is Here
This dish is actually a turkey stuffed inside a duck, which is then stuffed inside a chicken
What is a turduken?