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100
Unofficial national shopping day that takes place after Thanksgiving.
What is Black Friday?
100
This snack is left out for Santa Claus.
What are cookies?
100
Red envelopes are gifted during this Holiday
What is Chinese New Year?
100
Gifts are exchanged in many European countries on this day in early December
What is St. Nicholas Day?
100
What Christmas themed ballet premiered in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1892?
What is The Nutcracker?
200
The act of taking a gift that has been received and giving it to somebody else, sometimes in the guise of a new gift.
What is regifting?
200
In the movie "It's a Wonderful Life" everytime this happens an angel gets it's wings.
What is a bell rings?
200
According to polls, this is the most common New Years Day resolution.
What is lose weight?
200
The tradition of Poinsettias as Christmas flowers/plants originated in which country?
What is Mexico?
200
The first recorded Christmas celebration was in this city on December 25, AD 336.
What is Rome?
300
In 1996, this Sesame Street toy was so popular that an inventory shortage caused a shopping frenzy which led to stampedes in stores and arrests over fighting for this doll.
What is Tickle Me Elmo?
300
The type of tree used as Christmas trees.
What is Evergreen (or fir)?
300
The length of Hanukkah
What is eight days and eight nights?
300
In the Netherlands Santa is accompanied by this extremely outdated character
Who is Zwarte Piet?
300
The character of Santa Claus was influenced by this Nordic figure.
Who is Odin?
400
Miracle on 34th Street centers around this real-life department store
What is Macy’s?
400
This popular Christmas plant was first cultivated by the Aztecs.
What is a Poinsetta?
400
The most celebrated holiday in the world.
What is New Years Day?
400
In this country, a spiderweb decorated tree is a tradition that harks back to a fairy tale in which spiders decorated the tree of a family too poor to afford proper yuletide ornaments.
What is Ukraine?
400
In the early 1800s, the first gingerbread houses were reportedly inspired by this fairy tale
What is Hansel and Gretel?
500
The term was coined by Ellen Davis of the National Retail Federation and Scott Silverman and made its debut on November 28, 2005, and is now one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
What is Cyber Monday?
500
A sneaky “spy” hides around the house, reporting back to Santa who has been naughty and nice.
What is the Elf on the Shelf?
500
Swedish girls celebrate this day by dressing up in white gowns, red sashes and a wreath of lit candles on their heads.
What is St. Lucia day?
500
This Welsh tradition involves a hobby horse made with an actual horse skull and singing.
What is Mari Lwyd?
500
The first artificial Christmas tree was made in Germany towards the end of the 19th century out of this material.
What are feathers?
600
This toy was the first to be advertised on television.
What is Mr. Potato Head?
600
This combined organization between Canada and the United States "tracks" Santa every holiday season.
What is NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command)?
600
These are the colors of Kwanzaa
What are Red, Black and Green?
600
In Finland, Santa doesn't ride a sleigh. He rides this type of animal.
What is a goat?
600
The tradition of decorating a home with a tree began in Germany and was later carried over into this American state by German settlers in the 1830s.
What is Pennsylvania?
700
The bestselling toy of all time.
What is a Barbie Doll?
700
The song "Jingle Bells" was originally written for this holiday.
What is Thanksgiving?
700
English translation of Noche de rábanos, celebrated every 23rd December in Oaxaca City, Mexico,
What is the Night of the Radishes?
700
In this country 13 tricksters called the Yule Lads, come out and leave gifts in the shoes of children in the 13 days preceding Christmas.
What is Iceland?
700
What was the first year that the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was put up?
What is 1933?
800
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer first appeared in 1939 when the this department store asked one of its copywriters to create a Christmas story the store could give away as a promotional gimmick.
What is Montgomery Ward?
800
In the song “Frosty the Snowman,” this article of clothing made Frosty come to life.
What is an old silk hat?
800
This is celebrated in European countries. The origin of the name comes from the history of the rich giving money and gift boxes to people who were in need of assistance
What is Boxing Day?
800
Norway sends a Christmas tree to this country every year as a symbol of gratitude for their help preserving Norwegian liberty during World War II.
What is Britain?
800
This New Years day celebration event has been uninterrupted except during World War II in 1942, 1943 and 1945, and now in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
What is the Rose Parade?