Potent Potables
Word Origins
Songs
Tradition
Winter Wonderland
100

This holiday drink is also know as "milk punch"

What is egg nog?

100

Originally made out of metal, this decoration gets its name from the French word for "sparkle"

What is tinsel?

100

Performed by Bing Crosby, this is the best selling single of all time.

What is White Christmas?

100

Being the first to find an ornament shaped liked this brined delight can earn you an extra present.

What is a pickle?

100

All snowflakes have this many sides

What is six?

200

Unlike juice, this apple product is produced from whole chopped apples and can be served warm

What is cider?

200

German for "fir tree", it has become another word for Christmas Tree

What is Tannenbaum?

200

Elvis isn’t going to have a white Christmas, he’s going to have this color instead

What is blue?

200

This "Wizard of Menlo Park", invented electric Christmas lights in 1880

Who is Thomas Edison?

200

According to the Guinness Book of Wold Records, in 1887 a 15-inch snowflake fell in this  "Big Sky Country" state

What is Monatana?

300

This comforting winter drink is made with hot tea, lemon, and honey along with your choice of brandy, rum, or whiskey

What is a Hot Toddy?

300

Write down in your 'log', that this Old Norse word was once the name of a 12-day pagan festival leading up to what we now call Christmas Day

What is Yule?

300

In the song “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”, this "incriminating" evidence was found on Grandma’s back

What are Claus Marks?

300

Hitting shelves in 1843, the first one contained the words "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you."

What is a Christmas card?

300

While white is the color we see in snow, individual ice crystals are actually this

What is translucent?

400

The Dude abides this classic drink made with vodka, coffee liqueur and cream

What is a White Russian?

400

This holiday word derives from Old English for "dowary" but is also the German word for "poison"

What is gift?

400

According to the song, my true love give me eight of these on the eighth day of Christmas

What are Maids a Milking?

400

According to the folklore of Austria and other countries, this horned figure punishes naughty children at Christmas time

Who is Krampus?

400

During the winter, female mosquitoes spend the cold months hidden in a protected place, the males do this

What is die?

500

This beverage of hot mulled cider is an integral part of a Medieval Christmastide drinking ritual

What is Wassail?

500

This reindeer's name means “famous wolf”

Who is Rudolph?

500

This is the ratio of 'Fa's to 'La's in "Deck the Halls"

What is 1 : 8?

500

According to the "Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Book", the ugly sweater party trend can be traced to a 2001 gathering in this country

What is Canada?

500

Also called soft hail or snow pellets, this form of precipitation occurs when supercooled water droplets freeze on falling snowflakes

What is Graupel?

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