Thanksgiving
The first Thanksgiving feast lasted how many days.
Three
This candy was originally called “Chicken Feed” to appeal to rural communities and children who lived on farms.
Candy Corn
Christmas is a _________ festival that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
Christian
Memorial Day began as a way to honor soldiers who died in which American War.
Civil War
The first Monday in which month is celebrated nationally as Labor Day.
September
This president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday on October 3, 1863.
Abraham Lincoln
In the 1800s, it was common to receive _____ and nuts as treats.
Fruit
Sinterklaas, which means Saint Nicholas in what language?
Dutch
After the end of the Civil War in 1865, the beginnings of Memorial Day lay in a celebration called _______ Day.
Decoration
In September 1882, the unions of this city decided to have a parade to celebrate their members being in unions.
New York City
There are how many towns in the United States named “Turkey.”?
4- Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina
The most popular Halloween candy in America is _____?
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
In 1644 Christmas celebrations were made illegal in what country?
England
The holiday was not official until what year?
1968
This president signed an act in 1894 establishing Labor Day as a federal holiday.
Grover Cleveland
The average number of calories consumed on Thanksgiving is less or more than 5,000 calories?
Less- average of 4,500 calories.
Americans didn’t widely start trick-or-treating until this year _____, when Halloween became more popular in the states.
1920
In what country do children leave shoes under the window for 13 mischievous trolls called the Yule Lads.
Iceland
Which president signed the act to make Memorial day a federal holiday?
Lyndon B. Johnson
This old tradition goes back to the late Victorian era, where it was a fashion faux pas to wear any of this color clothing.
White
The first NFL games were played on Thanksgiving in what year?
1920
This group of people celebrated a yearly festival of Samhain. The festival would take place the night of October 31, people would dress up in costumes to ward off ghosts!
The Celts
This country sends a beautiful home-grown Christmas tree to London, where it is decorated with lights in Trafalgar Square.
Norway
In 1911 the first of which car race was held on Memorial Day?
The Indy 500
On May 4, 1886, a bomb exploded at a union rally in this city's Haymarket Square.
Chicago