Winter
What do trucks put down on the ground to melt ice and stop it from freezing?
salt
Can you eat a mistletoe?
No, it is EXTREMELY poisonous.
What movie is based in Whoville?
The Grinch
This holiday celebration leads to 1.5 tons of confetti filling the streets of Times Square.
New Year's Eve
Name 3 types of Holiday cookies.
Shortbread, Sugar cookies, gingerbread, Spritz cookies, orange madeleine's, haystacks, viennese almond crescents, etc.
What is the most important custom associated with Hanukkah?
The lighting of the menorah, a candelabra with eight branches plus a holder for the shammash (“servant”) candle that is used to light the other eight candles.
At what temperature does water freeze?
32 degrees F
What food and drink is left for Santa?
Milk and Cookies
Which of these is not a Christmas movie?
Scream, Home Alone, or It's a Wonderful Life
Scream is not a Christmas movie
How many federal US holidays are there?
11! New Years Day, Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
What beverage company has been using Santa Claus and or a Polar Bear in its advertising since 1931?
Coca-Cola
What traditional Christmas decoration is actually a parasitic plant?
Mistletoe
True or False.
False.
What Christmas beverage is also known as “milk punch?”
Eggnog
What color was Rudolph's nose?
Red
What is the winter solstice?
The shortest day of the year (December 21)
What is the name of a famous Christmas Ballet? It includes a Mouse King.
The Nutcracker
What country has the most holidays?
Turkey has the most federal holidays of any country in the world. There are 16 federal holidays in Turkey every year. BUT Argentina's employees are entitled to 15 paid public holidays and every year the government adds a few more holidays known as "bridge holidays" which means that a holiday last two days.
When does winter officially start?
December 21st
What Hispanic food is a holiday tradition to make?
Tamales
In The Polar Express, who can hear the bell ring?
only those who believe in Christmas magic
How many reindeer pull Santa's sleigh?
8 Reindeers originally, 9 with Rudolph
According to the folklore of Austria and other countries, what horned figure punishes naughty children at Christmastime?
Krampus
In what modern-day country was Saint Nicholas born?
Turkey
How many inches of snow was the most ever recorded in NY?
49 inches in 1900
Name 2 spices used to make gingerbread cookies.
Name the author who inspired the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Dr. Seuss
Name another religious/cultural holiday that is celebrated towards the middle or end of December.
Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Diwali, or Chinese New Year, etc
What is a driedel?
A) a potato pancake B) a candel holder C) a type of ribbon D) a 4 sided top
D) a 4 sided top (a small four-sided spinning top with a Hebrew letter on each side, used in a children's game traditionally played at the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.)
What well-known Christmas carol became the first song ever broadcast from space in 1965?
Jingle Bells