Holiday Food Favorites
This christmas dessert was given a bad rap when Johnny Carson of the Tonight Show said, “The worst Christmas gift is BLANK. There is only one BLANK in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other.”
What is Fruitcake?
The original town in San Diego, Pueblo de San Diego, was located in this part of San Diego
What is Old Town?
This piece of apparel brought Frosty the Snowman to life
What is an Old Silk Hat?
The popular name for a portable radio
What is a Walkman?
This Turkish-born monk from the Third Century, who gained fame wandering the countryside helping the poor and sick, inspired the legend of Santa Claus
Who is St. Nicholas?
The character who lives in a pineapple under the sea
Who is Spongebob Squarepants?
Queen Elizabeth I is credited with coming up with the idea of taking this classic christmas cookie from its standard shape to its modern anthropomorphic form
What are Gingerbread Men?
This well-known hotel has been the setting for some classic Hollywood films including Some Like It Hot and My Blue Heaven
What is Hotel Del Coronado?
This 1968 TV special, based on the song of the same name, follows a boy who can make animals dance with his instrument
What is the Drummer Boy?
Tom Selleck privately investigated as this character in more than 150 episodes from 1980 to 1988
Who is Magnum P.I.?
This now Christmas tradition dates back to the Iron Age and involves burning huge logs to ring in the New Year
What is a Yule Log?
The character who let it go
Who is Elsa?
This country traditionally eats KFC for Christmas dinner
What is Japan?
The name of the aircraft carrier that has been turned into a museum in San Diego
What is the USS Midway?
In Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, the Misfit Elf doesn’t want to be a Santa Elf, but this occupation instead
What is a Dentist?
Inaugurated as President of the USA in 1981, this man was the 40th president of the USA
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This Christmas-themed ballet premiered in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1892
What is the Nutcracker?
The character loves to sleep on the roof of their house
Who is Snoopy?
During Kwanzaa, this grain/starchy vegetable represents the children of a family. It symbolizes the parents' wish for the child to grow up strong and happy
What is Corn?
The first European explorer to discover San Diego
Who is Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo?
In A Charlie Brown Christmas, Lucy asks Schroeder to play this on his piano
What is Jingle Bells?
The U.S. defeats this nation in ice hockey in what was labeled the "Miracle on Ice"
What is the Soviet Union (USSR)?
This tradition dates back to cultures from Egypt to Northern Europe to celebrate the Winter solstice. It didn’t catch on in U.S. homes until the 1890s
What are Christmas Trees?
The character who came before Mickey Mouse
Who is Oswald the Lucky Rabbit?
In the 19th century, this christmas beverage was given to patients recovering from typhoid fever, dysentery, diphtheria, surgery, ulcers and tuberculosis as a good way to give prescriptions and nutrients to people on a liquid diet
What is Eggnog?
According to the 2024 World Population Review, San Diego is the _______ largest city in the United States
What is 8th?
In A Charlie Brown Christmas, this gospel is quoted by Linus when he explains the true meaning of Christmas
What is LUKE 2: 8-14?
This 1985 hit song was created by the band A-Ha
What is Take on Me?
In 1914, this Pope called for a temporary ceasefire during the Christmas season. Military leaders on all sides ignored the request, but the troops in the trenches responded
Who is Pope Benedict XV?
This alien lived in the caveman times
Who is The Great Gazoo?