Holiday Movies
This 1990 holiday movie follows Kevin McCallister as he defends his house from two burglars.
What is Home Alone?
The song “Feliz Navidad” is sung in English and this language.
What is Spanish?
This Jewish holiday is celebrated for eight nights with lighting candles, playing dreidel, and eating foods fried in oil.
What is Hanukkah?
These small, round, deep-fried potato pancakes are a traditional Hanukkah food.
What are latkes?
Many people celebrate New Year’s Eve by watching this ball drop in Times Square, New York City.
What is the Times Square Ball?
This sitcom’s holiday armadillo appears when Ross tries to teach his son about Hanukkah.
What is Friends?
This singer’s 1942 version of “White Christmas” remains one of the best-selling singles of all time.
Who is Bing Crosby?
This winter activity involves sliding down snowy hills on a small, flat board or tube.
What is sledding / tobogganing?
In England, families traditionally pull these at the Christmas dinner table, which contain a small gift, paper hat, and a joke.
What are Christmas crackers?
This is the traditional song sung at midnight on New Year’s Eve.
What is “Auld Lang Syne”?
In National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Clark Griswold’s boss gives him this disappointing “bonus.”
What is a Jelly of the Month Club membership?
“Jingle Bells” was originally written for this holiday, not Christmas.
What is Thanksgiving?
Every year on Christmas Day, this professional sports league hosts a series of games that have become a holiday tradition for fans.
What is the NBA (National Basketball Association)?
In Germany, this sweet, spiced cake with marzipan and dried fruit is traditionally baked during the Christmas season.
What is Stollen?
In Spain, a common New Year’s Eve tradition involves eating this many grapes—one for each chime of the clock at midnight.
What is 12 grapes?
The name of the town in It’s a Wonderful Life where George Bailey lives.
What is Bedford Falls?
In “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” the gift given on the 7th day is this.
What is seven swans a-swimming?
In Germany, children place their shoes out on December 5th to be filled with candy and small gifts by this holiday figure.
Who is St. Nikolaus?
In England, this traditional Christmas dessert is steamed and often set on fire with brandy before being served.
What is Christmas pudding?
In Japan, New Year’s is celebrated with a visit to a shrine or temple called this.
What is Hatsumode?
This stop-motion 1964 special features a misfit reindeer and an elf named Hermey.
What is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
This song begins with the lyrics: “City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style.”
What is “Silver Bells”?
During Christmas in Sweden, a giant version of this animal is built out of straw, often burned down, and can reach over 30 feet tall.
What is the Yule Goat?
In Japan, a popular modern holiday tradition involves eating this fast food on Christmas Eve.
What is KFC?
In Scotland, this term refers to the first person to cross the threshold of a home after midnight, often bringing gifts or luck.
What is First Foot / First-Footing?