Holiday Food
Collard greens are often served around Christmas holidays to symbolize what?
Economic prosperity
The kids down the block gave up playin' for slumber
I hung out a sign on my door gonna wait for the summer
The sky gets darker every day
The wind won't blow it away
I wrote a letter to the Governor
He said "keep on smiling"
From "Keep on Smiling"
In the mid-17th century, the Puritan-led English Parliament banned Christmas celebrations in favor of a day of fasting. Furthermore, the first state to declare Christmas a legal holiday was Alabama in 1836. The last was Oklahoma in 1890.
How many times does your heart beat a day?
100,000 times a day
What does the lime green ribbon symbolize?
Lime green is building momentum as the national color for mental health awareness. Wearing the ribbon is a simple way to show our collective support for mental health!
Plum Christmas pudding is traditionally made with 13 ingredients. Why?
To symbolize Christ and the apostles
I couldn't keep her from leaving
Oh, I tried, oh Lord, how I tried
But she fell in love with somebody new
I guess that's him by her side
Here she comes, she's gettin' closer
Does everyone remember your part?
From "(All Together Now) Let's Fall Apart"
In America, about what percentage of people/kids believe in Santa? And roughly, what age do they stop believing?
85 %! And the average age when children stop believing is eight, according to the 2018 international Exeter Santa Survey. Bonus fact: During the months of November and December, Santa receives around 32,000 letters daily from these believers!
How many miles of blood vessels are there in the human body?
60,000 miles of blood vessels
The main character in the 2001 movie A Beautiful Mind experiences what mental illness?
a. Schizophrenia
The National Alliance on Mental Illness called ‘A Beautiful Mind’ a historic, authentic achievement. The film provides viewers with an inside look into the mind of someone who is battling to separate reality from delusion, as well as dispels many myths about schizophrenia and communicates important truths.
To learn more about schizophrenia visit: www.NAMI.org
In 1983, what chocolatey drink contained the decoded message from Little Orphan Annie?
Ovaltine
Out where the bright lights are glowing
You're drawn like a moth to a flame
You laugh while the wine's overflowing
While I sit and whisper your name
"Four Walls"
What are the busiest shopping days of the year?
Move over, Black Friday! According to recent statistics, the top ten busiest shopping days in the U.S. account for nearly half of all holiday retail traffic including the weekend before the big day. As for the entire holiday shopping season, the NRF estimates sales reached $936.3 billion in 2022.
How much blood does your heart pump each minute?
Bonus Question: HOW MUCH DOES IT PUMP A DAY?
It pumps five or six quarts of blood each minute
Bonus Question Answer: 2,000 gallons a day!
Experts suggest incorporating activities and practices from five dimensions into your self-care routine. These five dimensions include: physical, mental, spiritual, ______ and ________.
Social and emotional
We can all benefit from nurturing ourselves. Our physical self-care includes anything involving our physical body such as exercise or sleep. Mental self-care involves intellectual and creative stimulation such as reading a book or doing a puzzle. One’s spiritual self-care involves our awareness with the world around us and can be expressed through religion, meditation, or community service. Emotional self-care includes being in tune and regulating one’s feelings through therapy, journaling, or listening to music. Lastly, social self-care is engaging in healthy interaction with others.
Which fruit is traditionally placed inside Christmas stockings?
Oranges
Now we're gonna add one and three fourths cups of slappin' bass
Go on slap it Joe
Now to this we add two pounds of fatback drums
Alright now I got this big ol' stick over here
I'm gonna stir it make sure it's comin' along alright y'all don't mind
(Go ahead on)
"Country Cookin"
When did Candy Canes become a thing? And why?
Candy canes date back to 1670.
According to History.com, the choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany gave the red and white sugar sticks to young singers to keep them quiet during the Living Creche tradition on Christmas Eve.
What is the main artery in the heart? Where is it located? And what does it do?
Located at the top of your heart, the aorta is the main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of your body.
Which Grammy award winner and advocate shared that she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and said: “I have a mental illness, and I struggle with that mental illness every day.”
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, shared her story of struggling with mental illness and shared the meditation and mantra she uses as therapy: “You are brave, you are courageous.”
Chocolate coins are associated with what Christmas figure?
Saint Nicholas
And the the covered wagons
Rolled into Montana
Hungry for the yellow gold
Wearing a red bandana
I see the smoke
"Blue Skies of Montana"
Why does Santa live in the North Pole?
The famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast established Santa's official residence as the North Pole in several illustrations in the 1800s, according to NPR. At the time, there had recently been a series of expeditions to the Arctic, and the North Pole was thought of as a mythical, magical place.
What day and time are heartattacks most common?
Heart attacks happen most often on Monday mornings!
Stress hormones are higher in the mornings than at any other point during the day, and Mondays in particular seem to cause people more stress than other days of the week. A rise in blood pressure, plus an increase in heart rate and stress hormones can break pockets of plaque and cause a blockage to the heart.
At its core, stigma about mental illness is caused by what root problem?
Lack of knowledge, ignorance, prejudice, discrimination, negative stereotypes
Stigma can make people feel alone, embarrassed, ashamed, and often prevents them from seeking treatment when they need it. One way to reduce stigma about mental illness is to use people first language. For example, avoid saying “mentally ill people”, and instead say “people experiencing a mental illness”.