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Saint Nicholas
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Traditions
100

From what country does figgy pudding originate?

What is the United Kingdom?

100

What company gave Santa Claus his iconic red suit?

What is Coca Cola?

100

What is the most played Christmas song ever?

What is "All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey?

100

How many days is Hanukkah celebrated?

What is 8 days?

100

What American tradition sees thousands of people go shopping on the night of Thanksgiving as well as the next day?

What is Black Friday?

200

In what country do bakers leave jewels, coins, and little toys in cakes called "kings' cake" for Three Kings Day?

What is France?

200

Who is Saint Nicholas's devilish companion who punishes naughty children and originates from Austria?

What is Krampus?

200

What is the highest-grossing Christmas movie?

What is Home Alone? ($285.7 million)

200

What holiday is derived from Swahili culture and means “first fruits of the harvest”?

What is Kwanzaa?

200

Which Russian leader tried to eradicate Christmas?

What is Joseph Stalin?

300

Latkes are an extremely popular dish for what holiday?

What is Hanukkah?

300

From what country did the name Santa Claus originate?

What is Holland? (Sinter Klaas)

300

Does Black Friday or the Saturday before Christmas bring in the most shoppers?

What is the Saturday before Christmas?

300

In what country does the color red symbolize luck and the color gold symbolize wealth during the New Year?

What is China?

300

From what country do Christmas trees originate?

What is Germany?

400

From what city does fruitcake originate?

What is Rome?

400

The monk St. Nicholas was born in what modern-day country around the year 280 A.D.?

What is Turkey?

400

Since what decade has the Salvation Army been sending donation collectors dressed as Santa Claus with bells onto the streets?

What is the 1890's?

400

According to what country’s legend did poverty stricken children bring branches to their church as a gift to the baby Jesus that blossomed into beautiful red flowers (Poinsettias) called flowers of the holy night?

What is Mexico? (Flores de Noche Buena)

400

For what holiday to people light candles and bonfires to coax back the sun?

What is the Winter Solstice? (the shortest day of the year)

500

In what country is the traditional Christmas Eve meal the "Feast of the Seven Fishes" eaten?

What is Italy?

500

What is Saint Nicholas the Patron Saint of?

What is children and sailors?

500

How many film adaptations of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens are there?

What is 20 film adaptations?

500

What holiday celebrates the Three Kings, or Three Wise Men, on January 6th, the twelfth day of Christmas, who visited Jesus after his birth?

What is Epiphany or Three Kings' Day?

500

From what city do Christmas carols originate?

What is Rome?

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