Holiday Origins
This mythical being punishes children that misbehave during the holiday season.
Who is Krampus?
This is a traditional food-shaped ornament you may find on some Christmas trees.
What is a pickle?
This song is the most popular holiday single to drop by date.
**Extra points if you can also name the artist.
What is “All I Want for Christmas is You”?
**Who is Mariah Carey?
This is the zodiac sign that runs between November 22nd and December 21st.
What is Sagittarius?
This is the amount of slightly weird Rankin Bass Christmas claymation movies.
What is 12?
This tradition, now associated with Christmas, began in Ancient Greece as a blessing of fertility in wedding ceremonies.
What is “kissing under the mistletoe”?
This is the name of the potato pancake that is traditionally prepared to celebrate Hanukkah.
What is a Latke?
The holiday classic “Jingle Bells” was originally written to celebrate this holiday.
What is Thanksgiving?
This is the name for the shortest day of the year.
**Extra points if you can say this year’s date.
What is the Winter Solstice?
**What is December 21st, 2024?
This actor had to go through “torture endurance training” to tolerate his costume.
**Extra points if you can name the movie!
Who is Jim Carrey?
**What is “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”?
It takes this many years for a pine tree to grow to an acceptable Christmas tree height.
What is 15?
Candy canes and gingerbread houses originated from this country.
What is Germany?
This is the number of movements in Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker.
What is 3?
This is the name of the phobia for the fear of snow.
What is Chinophobia?
According to the movie “Elf”, these are the four main food groups of elves.
What are candy, candy corn, candy canes, and syrup?
Hawaii’s way to say, “Merry Christmas to you.”
What is “Mele kalikimaka”?
Nom nom nom. This fruit has a variety called “Winter Banana”.
What is an apple?
This holiday tune was the first to top the charts, and even won 3 Grammy Awards.
What is “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t be Late)”?
This is the decade in which Kwanzaa was first celebrated in the United States.
What is the 1960s?
In the film “Love Actually”, this is the amount of signs Mark makes to confess his love to Juliet.
What is 13?
This holiday, observed in the UK on the day after Christmas, originated as a way for the rich to give their servants boxes of items to share with their families.
**Extra points if you can name another country that celebrates this holiday.
What is boxing day?
**What is Australia?
Fruitcake originates all the way back to this civilization.
Who are the Romans?
Thurl Ravencroft, the singer for “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” from the 1966 TV movie, is also known for voicing this popular breakfast mascot.
Who is Tony the Tiger?
Ok pre-health students! This is the name of the medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce it and the body's temperature gets dangerously low.
What is hypothermia?
This is the actor that voiced 5 characters in the film “The Polar Express”.
**Extra points if you can name a few!
Who is Tom Hanks?
**The Conductor, the Hobo, Santa Claus, Chris/”Hero Boy”, and Chris’ father