The Holidays Are
Flockin' Awesome!
Flockin' Awesome!
This feather friend is the what you get on the first day of Christmas from your true love.
What is a partridge (in a pear tree)?
Her single "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is the best-selling Christmas song of all time, earning her the title "Queen of Christmas."
Who is Mariah Carey?
When it comes to fish, only this kind of seafood can be eaten in observance of Hanukkah.
What is Kosher?
About 1.76 billion of these sweet sticks are consumed every holiday season.
What are candy canes?
The mother of Jesus.
Who is (the Virgin) Mary?
This bird is considered the Christmas bird because of its spectacular red color.
What is the cardinal?
Who is Kacey Musgraves?
The long tradition of eating seafood on Christmas Eve dates from this religion's tradition of abstaining from eating meat on the eve of a feast day. As no meat or animal fat could be used on such days, these followers would instead eat fish (typically fried in oil).
Who are the Roman Catholics?
This creamy nutmeg-flavored beverage gets its only time in the supermarket spotlight at year-end, yet still an average of 122 pounds is slurped down annually, which amounts to about a half a cup per person.
What is eggnog?
Tina Turner made this song more famous than the original version by Creedance Clearwater Revival.
What is Proud Mary?
Beginning on Christmas Day 1900, ornithologist Frank M. Chapman proposed this new holiday tradition that the Audubon Society still hosts today.
What is the Christmas Bird Count?
Tiffany Haddish sings this song in the opening of her new Netflix special "Black Mitzvah!"
What is "Hava Nagila"?
This event, called "The Eve," is an Italian-American celebration of Christmas Eve with dishes of fish and other seafood.
What is The Feast of the Seven Fishes?
With a whopping 30 million bottles sold annually, this brand sells the most champagne worldwide, even at an average of $50 a pop.
What is Moët & Chandon?
Her cousin Elizabeth confined her to various castles in England for 18 years before having her beheaded in 1587.
Who is Mary, Queen of Scots?
This animal first appears in the Torah in the story of Noach. Tradition has it that he was always near Noach, a constant presence, perched on his caretaker's shoulder.
What is a dove?
She sings about New Year's Day on her 2018 album Reputation.
Who is Taylor Swift?
The slippery scales in fish are symbolic of this in abundance, which makes fish a lucky dish to eat on New Year's Day.
What are coins?
This corn represents African children and the promise of their future. One ear of corn is set out for each child in the family. In a family without children, one ear is set out symbolically to represent the children of the community.
What is Muhindi (Moo-heen-dee)?
She said a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, in the most delightful way.
Who is Mary Poppins?
This type of cuckoo bird has a strong association with the new year celebrations by the Sinhalese people in Sri Lanka.
What is the Asian koel?
One of the best-selling Christmas albums of all-time is by this legend who started her education at the Jewish Orthodox Yeshiva of Brooklyn and later sang in her high school choir with Neil Diamond.
Who is Barbra Streisand?
French-speaking parts of the world tend to eat seafood during le Réveillon — the French Christmas Eve feast with the highlight of the meal is typically shellfish like lobster and these.
What are oysters?
Three popular foods eaten on the Jewish holidays include pancakes and latkes and these deep-fried puffs dipped in honey or sugar to represent the cakes the Maccabees ate.
What are loukoumades?
Her Christmas album includes collaborations with Barbra Streisand, the Clark Sisters, Marc Anthony and Jessie J, because the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul gets a lot of real love.
Who is Mary J. Blige?