Christmas Movies
An 8-year-old boy is left to defend his home against burglars in this 1990 holiday classic
Home Alone
We recently launched a prototype "alphabet chart" for this language
Japanese (Hiragana)
A language is a dialect with these
An army and a navy
Reindeer have been known to nibble on these, having been left out by children
Carrots
The word 'mango' originated from this language family
Dravidian
In the 2003 film Elf, Buddy travels to New York City in order to do this
Find his birth father
In the Admin Tool, CT stands for this
Critical Thinking
This loaf, studded with candy and fruit, originated from Milan
Panettone
Mango has one course from this language family subgroup, known for its many noun classes
Bantu
Bruce Willis' played this tough guy character in the 1988 film Die Hard
John McClane
When we had an office space, it was affecionately known by this name.
The grove
A former Mango would sometimes make this during the holidays (and I just drank some last night at the Christkindlesmarkt!)
Glühwein, or mulled wine
The number of language families that we are collectively either native speakers, or heritage speakers of
2
In the 2004 film adaptation of the children's book Polar Express, when someone cannot hear the ringing of one of Santa's sleigh bells, it means this.
They don't believe in Santa Claus
The Hebrew word תשובה is often translated as this
to repent, or to return
The sound of a voiced labiodental affricate
(sound)
If you say you're serving this traditional Mexican stew of hominy and meat, you might get asked "Red or green?"
Pozole
Five of us live in cities or states with names originating from this language family
Algonquin
In the 1946 classic film It's a Wonderful Life, an angel named Clarence shows this to George Bailey.
What it would've been like if he had never been born
This is Mango Mindware
A self-guided hypnosis product
Mango does not use the traditional writing system (visual clue) for this language
Javanese
The etymology of the name of this holiday treat is unclear, though some believe it's related to a term that meant "strong ale" first used in 1693.
Eggnog
We offer two languages belonging to this sub-family, and here's one of those languages [Audio clue]
Goidelic, or Celtic