Holiday Histories
The fifth day of Hanukkah this year, December 7th, marked 77 years since the Japanese attack on this US naval base, an act that led to our country’s entry into World War 2.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This stop motion film revolves around one of Santa’s helpers who is alienated from his home and finds himself on an island of others just like him.
What is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer?
What is the name of this type of cookie that is made into houses and other forms during the holiday season?
What is gingerbread?
This former president, known for his Square Deal and trust busting, was born on October 27, the first day of Diwali this year.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This holiday practiced in the Jewish religion involves lighting a candle every night for eight nights.
What is Hannukah?
On Christmas Day, this general led his troops across the icy Delaware River.
Who is George Washington?
This actor and comedian wrote and starred in the Hanukkah movie Eight Crazy Nights.
Who is Adam Sandler?
What is this flavor, typically found in candies, that is associated with the holiday season?
What is peppermint?
This former president, who succeeded Andrew Jackson, was born on December 5, the fourth night of Hannukah this year.
Who is Martin VanBuren?
These are used as a symbol of good news and joyous events and are released worldwide when the clock strikes 12.
What are fireworks?
On New Year's day in 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued this order which called on the Union army to liberate all slaves in states still in rebellion.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
These two characters with temperature inspired names from the movie A Year Without Santa Claus are opposites of one another.
Who are the Heat Miser and the Snow Miser?
What is the name of this Jewish potato based food that is especially popular during Hannukah?
What are latkes?
This famous Englishman from the 17th century who theorized about motion and gravity was born on Christmas Day.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This location, named after a certain Robber Baron, holds the most famous broadcasted annual lighting of a tree nationwide.
What is the Rockefeller Center?
On Christmas Day, this former President who served after Lincoln, issued amnesty near the end of his term to past Confederates who rebelled during the Civil War.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
These are the titles of the Christmas trilogy that stars Tim Allen.
What are The Santa Clause, The Santa Clause 2, and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause?
What is this wintery drink invented by the Aztecs?
What is Hot Chocolate?
This Chinese communist revolutionary who became a founding father of the People's Republic of China shares a birthday with the first day of Kwanza this year, December 26.
Who is Mao Zedong?
This colorful spectacle of light is able to be seen from Santa’s Workshop in the North pole and is commonly referred to as the northern lights.
What is Aurora Borealis?
On Christmas Eve in 1814, this treaty was signed by America and the UK in modern day Belgium as an agreement to end the War of 1812.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
This eight-year-old troublemaker is the main character in the movie Home Alone series.
Who is Kevin McCallister?
On Christmas Eve, it is typical for many Italian families to have The Feast of the Seven Fishes. Name 3 of the fish dishes typically served.
What are anchovies, whiting, lobster, sardines, squid, eels, octopus, shrimp, mussels, clams?
This Patriot in the American Revolution who warned the Minutemen of a British invasion is a New Year's baby.
Who is Paul Revere?
This object is used to hold 3 red, 3 green, and 1 black candle during the African holiday of Kwanzaa
What is a Kinara?