Winter
The substance that trucks put down on the ground to melt ice and stop it from freezing
salt
Reason why you cannot eat a mistletoe
It is EXTREMELY poisonous.
A young boy named Kevin is accidentally left home alone when his family travels to Paris for Christmas
Home Alone
This holiday celebration leads to 1.5 tons of confetti filling the streets of Times Square
New Year's Eve
Including Rudolph, this is the total number of reindeer that pull Santa’s sleigh
9
The temperature when it starts to snow
32 degrees F
This is the food and drink you left for Santa
Milk and Cookies
This group of people are the only ones who can hear the bell ring in The Polar Express
Those who truly believe
Number of paid holidays that the SSS Secretary gets in 2026 - 2027 school year
16
The beverage company that has been using Santa Claus in its advertising since 1931
Coca-Cola
Name of the shortest day of the year
Winter Solstice
These are 2 spices used to make gingerbread cookies
Ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg
The author who inspired the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss
On this day Punxsutawney Phil predicts whether winter will continue
The Groundhog Day
The Christmas-themed ballet premiered in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1892
The Nutcracker
The first U.S. state to officially recognize Christmas as a holiday
Alabama was the first U.S. state to officially recognize Christmas as a holiday in 1836
The Christmas beverage that is also known as “milk punch”
Eggnog
This charater said, "I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love."
Linus Van Pelt
This Hindu festival, often called the Festival of Lights, celebrates the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil
Diwali
During Hanukkah, children often play this four-sided spinning top, marked with four Hebrew letters that represent the phrase “A great miracle happened there.”
dreidel
This is the record high single-day snowfall that California has ever recorded
Single-Day Official Record: 67 inches at Echo Summit (El Dorado County) on January 5, 1982.
Mrs. Cratchit serves up this traditional English Christmas dessert, also known as plum pudding, in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
figgy pudding
In this 2006 holiday comedy, two women from different countries swap homes for Christmas and unexpectedly find romance
The Holiday
On this day, people in Spain traditionally eat 12 grapes at midnight, one for each stroke of the clock
New Year's Eve
According to the folklore of Austria and other countries, this is the horned figure that punishes naughty children at Christmas time
Krampus