Winter Olympics
This city, which will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, will be the only one to have hosted both Summer and Winter Olympic games.
Beijing
This winter holiday, celebrated from December 26 to January 1 by millions of African Americans, literally means “First Fruits”.
Kwanzaa
In All I Want for Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey sings “I won’t make a list and send it to the North Pole for this person”.
Saint Nick
With two identical vowels in its name, this sign is symbolized by the twins.
Gemini
In Mexico, “flores de nochebuena” or “Christmas Eve flowers” are common in holiday arrangements; we also know them by this name.
Poinsettia
This country is the only one to have won a gold medal at every Winter Olympics.
USA
You receive this many when you ask for a baker’s dozen.
13
First produced in 1818, this Christmas song is the most-covered on Spotify.
Silent Night
Apart from sun sign that is determined by the date of birth, this sign is believed to play an equal important role in one’s birth chart.
Ascending sign/rising sign
Every year since 1966, the town of Gävle in this Nordic country erects a 40+ foot straw goat sculpture in the town square to mark the start of the holiday season.
Sweden
This winter sport combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.
The Biathlon
These seeds produced today are naturally tasty and safe to eat, but consuming 50 or fewer wild, bitter ones could be lethal to human due to the level of cyanide.
Almonds
This Canadian singer’s 2011 holiday album Christmas was in first place on the Billboard 200 for the final four weeks of 2011.
Michael Bublé
The retrograde of this planet affects travel, communication and technology.
Mercury
Junkanoo is one of the Caribbean’s most celebrated and spirited carnivals, celebrated annually from Dec. 26 through New Year’s Day across the 16 islands of this nation.
The Bahamas
Debra Thomas became the first black athlete to medal at the Winter Olympics in 1988, winning bronze in this sport.
Figure Skating
This fast food chain is the most popular Christmas food in Japan.
KFC
In 1906, this song became the second one to ever be broadcast on radio.
O Holy Night
Most American presidents are Scorpio or this sign.
Aquarius
As one of the oldest winter holidays on record, this Pagan celebration of the darkest day of the year involves cutting down a large oak tree on the Winter Solstice and burning it in a fireplace.
Yule (also known as Yuletide or Christmastide)
There are four indoor sports that are part of the Winter Olympics; name two of them.
Curling, figuring skating, speed skating (including short track speed skating), and ice hockey.
Originally brought to Europe by an Armenian monk, this holiday treat has an ingredient that originated in coastal Southeast Asia.
Gingerbread
This song was the first song broadcast from space in 1965.
Jingle Bells
In the Chinese zodiac, this is the only fictional one and oftentimes associated with royalty.
Dragon
“Nian", meaning “year” in Chinese, is believed to be this in traditional mythology that has to be scared away with fireworks.
Beast