Christmas Classics
This Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving.
What is Jingle Bells?
This crystal formation has six sides and is famously unique.
What is a snowflake?
This famous parade, now televised nationally, was originally a way for a department store to attract holiday shoppers.
What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
This family member’s first name has the most vowels.
Who is Mikaela?
This company began airing holiday commercials featuring polar bears in the 1990s.
What is Coca-Cola?
In Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch’s heart is this many sizes too small.
What is TWO sizes too small?
This natural phenomenon occurs when charged particles from the sun collide with Earth’s atmosphere.
What is The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)?
This tradition began with a belief that winter spirits could only enter a home through open doorways, which people decorated with greenery to keep them away.
What is hanging a wreath?
Hidden in this family member’s name is a three-letter word that is what Santa hopes every child feels this season.
Who is Joey?
Word: JOY
This popular Christmas drink was originally called “milk punch.”
What is eggnog?
This 1965 animated special features a young boy trying to prove that Santa is real.
What is A Charlie Brown Christmas?
This Arctic animal grows a second layer of fur in winter that helps it blend in with the snow.
What is the Arctic Fox?
This quirky German-American tradition involves hiding what small food ornament to find on Christmas morning.
What is the Christmas Pickle?
This Drewry family member has the same number of letters in their first and last name.
Who is Sylvia?
This traditional Christmas treat was originally shaped like shepherds’ crooks.
What are candy canes?
In Elf, Buddy insists that this is “the best way to spread Christmas cheer.” Finish the phrase.
What is “singing loud for all to hear”?
This term describes a sudden warming of cold air in winter that causes layers of ice to melt and refreeze on roads.
What is black ice?
In Norway, people hide these household items on Christmas Eve to keep witches from stealing them.
What are brooms?
You can find this in your home, on a cold lake, and also hidden in this family member’s name.
Who is Cierrah?
Word: ICE
This festive plant was considered sacred by the ancient Druids and symbolized peace and protection.
What is mistletoe?
What words/phrases are punched into the train tickets in the movie Polar Express? Guess at least one.
What is Believe, Learn, Lead, Depend on, Count on, Rely on?
This winter animal can slow its heartbeat to as low as 8 beats per minute while hibernating.
What is a bear?
In Japan, this fast-food restaurant has become a famous Christmas Eve tradition.
What is KFC?
The total letters in all last names.
What are 33 letters?
This Christmas symbol was historically hung upside down to represent the Holy Trinity.
What is the Christmas tree?