Winter Weather
This is the name for the shortest day of the year and generally marks the first day of Winter.
What is the Winter Solstice?
For at least the last five years, this new year’s resolution has been the most common goal for Americans.
What is exercising, eating healthier, and/or losing weight?
This action film taking place at a Christmas party was a breakout role for Alan Rickman, who starred in the film as the villain Hans Gruber.
What is Die Hard?
Despite apple pie being the stereotypical “American” pie, this pie flavor is by far the most commonly eaten pie for both Thanksgiving and Christmas.
What is pumpkin pie?
This graphic novel series by K. O’Neil is targeted at Teen Rogue Reads participants, but it is a heartwarming story that could appeal to all ages.
What is The Tea Dragon Society?
This behavior is a period of limited activity, sleep, energy conservation where certain animals hide themselves away to wait out the cold winter months.
What is hibernation?
Since learning a language is a common new year’s resolution, this popular, bright green language learning app sees a large spike in downloads every January.
What is Duolingo?
In the 1984 Christmas classic Gremlins, a family adopts this fuzzy little creature only to spread havoc in their town after disregarding the previous owner’s instructions.
Who is Gizmo? or What is a Mogwai?
The tradition of eating this cut of beef for Christmas dinner, often served with mashed potatoes and au jus, is thought to have originated during the Industrial Revolution in England.
What is prime rib?
This 2024-25 Rogue Reads picture book is based on the true story of the Urban Art Trail in San Diego, California.
What is Maybe Something Beautiful?
This is the term given to the thin, clear layer of ice on roads and sidewalks that can be a danger for drivers and pedestrians alike due to the limited visibility.
What is black ice?
Despite being a cultural phenomenon to make new year’s goals, the end of this month marks when as many as 80% of Americans will drop their resolutions.
What is January?
This creature is said to punish naughty children before the Feast of Saint Nicholas in European pagan folklore, regularly depicted in holiday horror films as a devil-like version of Santa Claus.
Who is Krampus?
This Jewish potato pancake is often eaten with applesauce or sour cream as a topping.
What are latkes?
This author wrote the 2024-25 Adult Rogue Reads title, The Book of Delights.
Who is Ross Gay?
While a “winter storm watch” is a term used by the National Weather Service when winter storm conditions are possible in the near future, this term is used to describe when winter storm conditions are already occurring or imminent.
What is a winter storm warning?
This five-letter acronym is commonly used for setting clear and transparent goals in order to make them more doable.
What is SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound)?
The 2002 animated Hanukkah movie Eight Crazy Nights is a Jewish holiday comedy written by, produced, and starring this actor and comedian.
Who is Adam Sandler?
This Mexican staple for Christmas is made by stuffing corn husks with masa flour, meat, cheese, onions, or other fillings.
What are tamales?
This musician, producer, and author wrote Music is History, a Rogue Reads title from 2022-23, but he is also a frontman for the Roots, the in-house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Who is Questlove?
Chionophobia is the fear of this type of winter weather.
What is snow?
This calendar used by most of the world today replaced the Julian Calendar in the late 1500s, officially making the first day of the new year January 1st.
What is the Gregorian Calendar?
This 2023 Christmas Film starring Paul Giamatti was nominated for five Oscars in 2024, winning one for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
What is The Holdovers?
This potato-based flatbread is a staple for Norwegian Americans in the winter, and is usually eaten with butter and sugar or dried fish called lutefisk.
What is Lefse?
JCLS chose four books by Julia Alvarez for the 2023-24 Rogue Reads season but skipped this title, a 1991 novel that is still her most famous work.
What is How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents?