Holiday Movies
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Christmas Traditions Elsewhere
No Place Like “Home” for the Holidays
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This Christmas movie has been around since 2003. It features several different plot lines that explore the challenges of romance for characters all over England.

What is “Love Actually?”

100

This is a species of the genus Nepeta in the mint family, native to southern and eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia. It often causes an effect similar to LSD or marijuana in cats.

What is Catnip?

100

On Christmas day, Japan celebrates the holiday with a meal from this restaurant.

What is KFC?

100

This traditional Christmas movie features a young boy who wreaks havoc on the world around him while his parents are on vacation.

What is "Home Alone"?

100

This is the Japanese art of folding paper to create shapes and figures.

What is Origami?

200

This animated children’s Christmas movie follows a young boy on Christmas Eve as he experiences the magic that is Christmas. Fun fact: Tom Hanks voices 5 different characters, including our protagonist!

What is “The Polar Express?"

200

Mother cats carry their newborn kittens by this part of the neck.

What is the scruff?

200

In Iceland, they celebrate the 13 days of Christmas morning. Children leave their shoes out overnight to be filled with candy if they are good or these rotten tubers if they are bad!

What are potatoes?

200

This is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists in the comic book series The Boys. His superhero equivalent (in the Marvel universe) would be Captain America.

Who is Homelander?

200

These professionals use scissors by holding them with their thumb and ring fingers.

What is a Surgeon?

300

This animated Halloween-Themed Christmas movie came out in 1993 and follows the misadventures of Halloweentown’s Pumpkin King.

What is “The Nightmare Before Christmas?”

300

This is what a group of kittens is called.


What is a Kindle?

300

For this place’s summertime Christmas, people celebrate with their grills for a festive cook out and their Christmas tree the Pohutukawa, which blooms a bright red color during Christmastime.

What is New Zealand?

300

This baseball term describes when a ball is hit really far outside the stadium.

What is a Home Run?

300

This is what rocks are made of.

What are Minerals?

400

This action-packed Christmas movie follows a NY Police Officer as he works to save his wife and her coworkers from terrorists during an office Christmas party.

What is “Die Hard?”

400

According to the Cat Fanciers' Association, the top breed of pedigreed cat is this feline with a Middle Eastern name.

What is a Persian Cat?

400

In Martinique, it is tradition to go out during Advent and sing traditional carols with additional lyrics in this language.

What is Creole?

400

This is a high school, college, or university game, dance, or other event to which alumni are invited.

What is Homecoming?

400

This fish species can be used as scissors because of their sharp teeth!

What are Piranhas?

500

This 2020 Christmas movie follows Kristen Stewart as Abby and her partner, Harper, on a family visit home - where she then learns that Harper is still in the closet! Surprise!


What is “The Happiest Season”?

500

This is the ancient Egyptian goddess associated with fertility, childbirth, pleasure, and sexuality. She protected the home, family, and Pharoah. She is typically depicted as a feline-headed woman.

What is Bastet?

500

The people of this country leave a tall red candle in a front window overnight, a welcoming symbol of warmth and shelter for the holiday season. Traditional Christmas fare often includes homemade roast goose, vegetables, cranberries, and potatoes.

What is Ireland?

500

This is the movie that our very own Timothy Stam (Cosette's husband) helped edit.

What is Homestead?

500

This is the most common type of rock - for example, chalk, sandstone, shale and limestone.

What is Sedimentary Rock?

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