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Random Holiday Facts
100
They have an especially cutthroat holiday that includes sending a family member on a scavenger hunt to find their gift and plays a ruthless game of Pictionary to critique participants' art?
Who is Suzanne Dooley-Hash
100
This person's family does a white elephant Christmas gift exchange, and for the past 5-10 years this person and their siblings have stolen each others (terrible) grade school artwork and donated it to the lucky person who choose their gift
The meanest thing this person has ever done... Who is Kevin Walsh?
100
Their holiday decorations ABSOLUTELY have to go up the weekend of Thanksgiving, regardless of weather or extraneous circumstances.
Who is Carrie Harvey
100
This person's mother taught them the trick to getting canned cranberry sauce to come out of the can with all the ridges intact is to open both ends of the can to release the vacuum.
They now make homemade cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving.
Who is Allen Majkrzak?
100
Thanksgiving Day is the peak day for this type of fires, with an average of 1,400 occurring on this day
What is cooking fires?
200
Their mom told them that if they ate enough turkey wings they would be able to fly, in attempt to triage the best parts of the turkey.
Seems on brand
Christine Brent
(Seems on brand)
200
They have to have homemade cinnamon rolls every major holiday
Who is McKinzie Arnold?
200
Their family bought a sort of hideous plate with a picture of the Pope on it, and now during family holiday gatherings the person who last received it sneaks it into the place settings and whoever receives it has to take it home and keep it throughout the year
Who is Rob Huang
200
This person buys their christmas tree only one week before christmas, bt then keeps it up for a second christmas... then burns it outside with friends.
Who is Tony Hsu?
200
This is the toy that led to the most ED-treated injuries in 2023.
What are non-motorized scooters (53,000!)
300
Has attended 44 straight Thanksgiving day parades in downtown Detroit
Who is David Somand
300
Their mom recorded all of their Christmases (mostly just us sitting there opening presents) from birth to age 21 and then put it on a DVD and gave it to them.
Who is Katie Rose?
300
Their father's side of the family is Lebanese and celebrate Little Christmas, which is on January 6th, with a traditional Middle Eastern dessert called zalabiyeh, which are like sweet fritters/donuts dipped in a rose-water syrup.
Who is Sarah Tomlinson?
300
This person remembers getting the latest video games for Sega Genesis and the latest GI Joe action figures on Xmas morning, and not leave their room ever again because of it.
Who is Chris Cruz?
300
This object is a sign of celebration... but can travel 50 miles per hour and lead to corneal abrasions and ocular trauma
What are champagne corks?
400
This person used to (hopefully) play full tilt tackle football at their high school field the day after thanksgiving, resulting in numerous trips to the ER and numerous stitches.
Who is Jim Pribble?
400
Every christmas eve, their family gathers at their sisters house and an uncle dresses as santa, comes in, and hands out one present to all of the children. This person has had to participate in this ritual until they were a sophomore in college
Who is Ian Brodka?
400
They keep their Christmas tree up for the entire year and just change out the decorations for other holidays
Who is Will Kropf
400
This person's family, despite being Catholic, have created lasting memories for this person's nephew who tells everyone they are Jewish because of the Latkes they eat.
Who is Lee Benjamin?
400
This is a reason you should send grandma with a facial droop home from the ED on Christmas eve...
What is increased hospital mortality during the holidays (specifically in stroke patients)
500
Is proud of their so-called "hillbilly tree" made up of a wild collection of Christmas tree lights?
Who is Nate Hunt
500
Their parents did a turkey competition for Halloween (??) - oven-baked (mom) vs smoked (dad).
Who is Sam Chao?
500
Their Italian side of their family celebrates on Christmas Eve with the "Feast of the Seven Fishes." Sounds delicious (if you like seafood) - except it's all the Old World dishes, and everybody in the Old World was dirt poor. So it's basically salted whitefish and anchovies in 7 different ways, and it's awful. They go get McDonald's afterward.
Who is Max Spadafore?
500
This person takes their kids “elfing”- they drive around listening to Christmas music, drinking hot chocolate and ding dong ditch their friends leaving presents behind with a note saying, “you’ve been elfed”
Who is Kat Volz?
500
This day has the highest rate of STEMI fatalities from OHCA, regardless of region or climate and the rate is highest at 10 PM
What is Christmas!