Holiday Lyrics
“I don’t want a lot for Christmas…”
What is All I Want For Christmas Is You?
Margarita: this, triple sec, lime juice, salt
What is Tequila?
This ship carried the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620
What was the Mayflower?
This free North Side attraction is one of the oldest of its kind in the U.S., home to lions, penguins, and even decorates with lights around the holidays
What is the Lincoln Park Zoo?
This SKA band is one of the most popular today
What is Reel Big Fish?
"You're as cuddly as a cactus"
What is You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch?
Old Fashion: Bourbon, this, simple syrup, orange peel, a cherry
What are Bitters?
This early American colony held the 1621 feast many view as the “first Thanksgiving.”
What is Plymouth?
Locals swear by this restaurant in Lincoln Park known for its unique “pizza pot pie,” baked upside down in a cast-iron bowl.
What is Oven Grinders?
Quick, <1 minute videos have become a staple of this social media platform.
What is Instagram?
"The music plays all night in Little Italy"
What is All Alone On Christmas?
Piña Colada: White rum, coconut cream, this
What is Pineapple Juice?
This president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abe Lincoln?
Though officially renamed Willis Tower, many Chicagoans still insist on calling it this original name
What is the Sears Tower?
The Rumble in the Jungle is remembered by George Foreman getting knocked out by this legend.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
“City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style”
What is Silver Bells?
This drink: Vodka, gin, rum, tequila, sour mix, cola
What is a Long Island Iced Tea?
The Wampanoag man who helped the Pilgrims survive their first winter was known by this name.
Who was Squanto?
Named after the occasion during St. Paddy's Day, this lemon-lime soda is available in the Chicagoland area only in March.
What is Green River?
A standard 35mm film reel has this many frames per foot
What is 16?
"The ox and lamb kept time, pa-rum pum pum pum"
What is Little Drummer Boy?
Sazerac: Rye whiskey, this to wash, simple syrup, bitters, lemon peel
What is Absinthe?
Thanksgiving was officially set as the fourth Thursday of November by this 20th-century president.
Who was FDR?
This legendary 1893 event transformed Chicago and introduced the Ferris wheel to the world
What is the Worlds Fair?
This part of a fishing reel controls the resistance a fish feels when pulling on the line, preventing it from snapping.
What is the drag system?