Winter
Winter food/drink
Unusual Christmas Facts
Holiday Consumer Facts
Global New Year's Traditions
100

Which TV series features the famous quote "Winter is coming"?
 

Game of Thrones

100

This potato-based dish is typical during Hanukkah celebrations

What are latkes?

100

Donner and Blitzen were originally named Dunder and Blixem which is German for what?

Thunder and Lightning

100

This US State is the largest producer of Christmas trees.

Oregon

100

Lunar New Year (sometime's called Chinese New Year) falls between these two months

What are January and February

200

What is the shortest day of the year (December 21)? 

The Winter Solstice

200

What Hispanic food is a holiday tradition to make? 

Tamales

200

Who is the main character in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol'?

Ebenezer Scrooge

200

This is the most popular holiday movie in the United States, based on viewership.

What is Home Alone

200

Each year, Atlanta celebrates New Year’s Eve by dropping this fruit instead of a ball, honoring the state nickname.
 

Answer: What is a peach?

300

This is what many animals do during the winter to conserve energy, often going without food for months.

Hibernation

300

What fruit is traditionally placed inside Christmas stockings?

Orange

300

This US President declared Christmas a federal holiday.

Who is Ulysses S Grant

300

This is the number one holiday candy in the US

Reese's Cup Minis

300

In this country it is typical to eat 12 grapes as the clock tower chimes 12 times at midnight on New Year's Eve

What is Spain

400

The first year the United States implemented Daylight Savings in the winter

1918

400

This is the traditional drink served during Kwanzaa celebrations.

Sorrel

400

What is the first song played in space?

Jingle Bells (December 16, 1965)

400

According to the National Retail Federation, this was the average amount spent by Americans on holiday gifts in 2023

$998

400

In this country it is believed to be good luck to wear round shapes (polka-dots) and eat round fruits for NYE

What is The Philippines

500

What does the word winter mean in old Germanic?

Time of water

500

In this country it is a tradition to eat KFC for Christmas dinner.

What is Japan

500

The actor that played Ralphie in a Christmas story was also in what other popular Christmas movie? 

Elf! - Ming Ming the toy making supervisor is Santa's workshop.

500

The Holiday season sees a high rate of returned merchandise, this is the percent of holiday purchases that are returned.

10-15%

500

On this continent it is very common for people to walk or run with an empty suitcase around the block to bring good luck and manifest travel in the new year

What is South America 

(can also accept Latin America because it is true of Central America)

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