Frostbitten Facts
At this temperature water freezes.
What is 0 degrees C?
In modern pop culture, this green character tries to steal Christmas but ultimately learns the value of giving.
The Grinch
This classic toy, invented in the 1940s, can “walk” down stairs due to its unique helical spring design
Slinky
In this holiday tradition, couples standing beneath this parasitic plant must kiss.
Misteltoe
Latkes, a traditional Hanukkah food, are made primarily from this vegetable.
Potato
This survival strategy allows animals like bears to conserve energy through the winter
Hibernation
This voice actor and folk singer narrated Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer as Sam the Snowman.
Burle Ives
This top-selling creative toy from the 1960's featured two mechanical knobs to sketch drawings on a magnetic screen.
Etch a Sketch
This festive plant that is native to Mexico and parts of Central America requires long periods of darkness for its leaves to turn vibrant colors.
Poinsettia
This Korean side dish, made from fermented vegetables, is eaten year-round but is traditionally prepared in large batches for winter.
Kimchi
Snowflakes are known for having this number of sides
Six
Over two thousand pounds of this are dropped on Times Square after the ball drops.
Confetti
A major toy craze of the mid-80s (especially 1984), these soft, sculptured dolls came with their own name, birth certificate, and adoption papers
Cabbage Patch Kids
In Santa's stable, this reindeer has a name belonging to romantic holiday icon.
Cupid
A celebrated West African dish of rice cooked in a spiced tomato, onion, and pepper sauce.
Jollof Rice
A calendar term for the official start of Winter, this is the shortest day and longest night of the year, occurring around December 21st.
Winter Solstice
Charlie Brown buys this pitifully small item, complaining that it's the only honest-looking one in the lot.
Christmas Tree
Launched in 1993, these small, under-stuffed plush animals filled with plastic "beans" created a massive collecting craze.
Beanie Babies
This mythical personification of winter is said to nip noses, freeze ponds, and paint icy patterns on windowpanes.
Jack Frost
This Southern U.S. dish of black-eyed peas, rice, and pork is traditionally eaten on New Year’s Day for good luck.
Hopping John
This continent is the coldest place on Earth.
Antartica
The argument for this 1988 action film being a Christmas movie hinges on its setting at a Nakatomi Plaza holiday party.
Die Hard
This furry, yet beaked robotic pet from the nightmares of 1998 spoke its own language and would "learn" English as you interacted with it.
Furby
In this Hans Christian Andersen story, a poor girl freezes on New Year’s Eve while trying to sell items to survive, imagining warm and joyful visions before her tragic end.
The Little Match Girl
This creamy Puerto Rican holiday drink is made with coconut milk, sweetened condensed milk, spices, and often rum.
Coquito
A term describing a sudden freezing of water in the ground, leading to loud cracking or booming sounds and vibrations.
Snowquake
In A Christmas Carol, this is the total number of spirits that visit Ebenezer Scrooge.
Four (Marley, Past, Present, and Yet to Come).
This small, ball-bearing device that one spins between their fingers exploded in popularity around 2017 as a simple, highly viral, and often controversial classroom and playground fad.
Fidget Spinner
This giant mythical cat of Icelandic origin is said to eat anyone who doesn’t receive new clothes before the winter holiday.
Yule Cat
This soft Norwegian flatbread made from potatoes, flour, and butter is traditionally eaten during winter holidays.
Lefse