December Holidays
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Origins and Traditions
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100

This holiday is celebrated as the birth of Jesus Christ 

What is Christmas?

100

December has these many days

What is 31?

100

These types are nuts are roasted on an open fire

What are chestnuts?

100

This holiday was created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, as a way to reaffirm Africa's heritage and culture as well as the seven principles

What is Kwanzaa?

100

This movie features Buddy and he's on the search for his real dad in NYC 

What is Elf?

200

This holiday is an eight-day holiday and is known as the "Festival of Lights" 

What is Channukah?

200

Every fruit has it hay day, for the month of December, it's this fruit

What is Pear?

200

This Spanish drink, called little coconut, is similar to eggnog

What is coquito?

200

Known as the "festival of lights", the origin of this holiday is a festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the Second Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire in the 2nd century BCE. 

What is Hanukah?

200

You're A Mean One Mr. This

What is How the Grinch Stole Christmas?

300

This holiday is the change of the year

What is New Years Eve?

300

December 7th serves as this Remembrance Day, a day that will live in infamy

What is Pearl Harbor?

300

This holiday cake is a symbol of abundance, made with candied or dried fruit, nuts, and spices, and optionally soaked in spirits. 

What is fruit cake?

300

One of the earliest mentions of giving people gelt (money) during this holiday came in the 16th century and referred to the Italian and Sephardic tradition of collecting money to buy or make clothing for poor pupils in the local schools.

What is Hanukah?

300

Adam Sandler stars in this Chanukah flick, where Davey Stone, a 33-year-old party animal, finds himself in trouble with the law after his wild ways go too far. In keeping with the holiday spirit, the judge gives Davey one last chance at redemption, spend the holiday performing community service as the assistant referee for the youth basketball league or go to jail. 

What is 8 Crazy Nights?

400

This weeklong holiday celebrates African Heritage, rather it being a religious holiday. The principles of the holiday include unity; self-determination; collective responsibility; cooperative economics; purpose; creativity; and faith. 

What is Kwanzaa?

400

Bodhi day is a holiday celebrated by this group of people to help commemorate this prophet's enlightenment, it's celebrated similarly to Christmas

What is Buddhism? What is the Buddha?

400

Every mom has their own way of doing these, but my mom makes them best 

What are Christmas cookies?

400

This little guy gets into mischief around your home, letting Santa know if you've been naughty or nice

What is the Elf on the Shelf?

400

a 1965 animated television special. It is the first TV special based on a comic strip by Charles M. Schulz. 

What is A Charlie Brown Christmas?

500

This holiday is celebrated by the Wiccans and Pagans to celebrate the winter solstice, marking the shortest and longest day of the year. To mark the occasion, you burn a log 

What is Yule?

500

The origin of the word December is a little contradictory. In the Latin terms, decem means this

What is ten?

500

These potato creations are served with either apple sauce or sour cream

What are latkes?

500

As a result of doing this, Virginia found out there was in fact a Santa Clause

What is writing a letter? Writing a letter to Santa?

500

The story takes place between Thanksgiving and Christmas in New York City, and focuses on the effect of a department store Santa Claus who claims to be the real Santa. The film has become a perennial Christmas favorite.

What is Miracle on 34th Street?

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