Seeing is believing
Christmas Movies and TV
Christmas Music
Festive Food & Drink
Winter Wonders & Holiday Brain Teasers
December/January Holidays
100
Name this movie
What is The Santa Clause?
100
In National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, what is the first name of the Griswold family's father?
Who is Clark?
100
In the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", this type of bird appears in a pear tree.
What is a partridge?
100
This rich holiday drink is traditionally made with milk or cream, sugar, eggs, and spices.
What is eggnog?
100
This is the scientific term for the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere
What is the winter solstice?
100
In the sitcom Seinfeld, Frank Costanza invents this unusual holiday, celebrated on December 23rd.
What is Festivus?
200
A Jewish holiday favorite
What is Latkes?
200
In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, what is the name of the Grinch's dog?
Who is Max?
200
Which singer made "All I Want for Christmas is You" a huge holiday hit?
Who is Mariah Carey?
200
In which country is it a popular Christmas tradition to order a meal from KFC?
What is Japan?
200
December 26th is known by this name in the United Kingdom and several other Commonwealth countries.
What is Boxing Day?
200
This eight-branched (9 total candles) candelabrum celebrates the story of the oil that miraculously lasted 8 days.
What is the Hanukkah menorah?
300
Location of the Christmas Tree in NYC
What is Rockefeller Center?
300
In The Polar Express, what word does the conductor punch into the main boy's ticket?
What is "Believe"?
300
Which singer recorded the classic version of "White Christmas" associated with the 1942 film Holiday Inn?
Who is Bing Crosby?
300
Introduced around Christmastime in 1902, the string on the box was originally intended to be used to hand on Christmas trees
What are Animal crackers
300
Because water expands as it crystalizes into ice, a standard, fully formed snowflake is structurally locked into having exactly this many geometric sides or points.
What is Six?
300
This holiday is celebrated annually from December 26 through January 1st.
What is Kwanzaa?
400
He sang a holiday favorite about chestnuts in 1946
Who is Nat King Cole?
400
Name at least two of the four ghosts in A Christmas Carol.
Who are the ghost of Jacob Marley, the ghost of Christmas Past, the ghost of Christmas present, and the ghost of Christmas yet to come?
400
Which composer wrote the music for the ballet The Nutcracker, first performed in 1892?
Who is Tchaikovsky?
400
This Scandinavian mulled holiday drink, often made with red wine, spices, and sometimes almonds and raisins, is especially associated with Christmas.
What is glogg?
400
In Mexico, the nine-day celebration beginning December 16 that reenacts Mary and Joseph's search for lodging is called what?
What are Las Posadas?
400
January is named after this Roman god associated with doorways, transitions, and beginnings, traditionally depicted with two faces.
Who is Janus?
500
These plants are native to this country.
What is Mexico?
500
In the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, what is the name of George Bailey's guardian angel?
Who is Clarence Odbody?
500
Which singer is famous for recording "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" in 1958?
Who is Brenda Lee?
500
This Italian sweet bread, traditionally filled with dried fruit, originated in Milan.
What is panettone?
500
A natural, seasonal period of sluggishness, inactivity, and metabolic slowdown in cold-blooded animals during the cold winter months.
What is brumation
500
The song "Auld Lang Syne", commonly sung at midnight, December 31st, is strongly associated with this Scottish poet who helped popularize its words.
Who is Robert Burns?
600
Name this celebrity Santa
Keanu Reeves
600
In a Christmas Story, what is the name of the department store where Ralphie visits Santa?
What is Higbee's?
600
This Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving and was first published in 1857 under a different title.
What is "Jingle Bells"?
600
These edible decorations often adorned Christmas trees in the 14th and 15th centuries.
What are apples
600
This is the name for the scientific study of snow and other forms of frozen precipitation.
What is cryology?
600
The Scottish name for New Year's Eve celebrations.
What is Hogmanay?