Holiday Baking
This spice, ground from tree bark, is essential in snickerdoodles and holiday cookies.
What is cinnamon?
This artist holds the record for the best-selling Christmas single by a female artist with "All I Want for Christmas Is You."
Who is Mariah Carey?
Jewish families light this many-branched candelabra during Hanukkah.
What is a menorah?
This winter sport involves sweeping ice in front of a sliding stone.
What is curling?
This actor played six different roles in "The Polar Express."
Who is Tom Hanks?
These German Christmas cookies are traditionally made with molasses and shaped like people.
What are gingerbread cookies (or lebkuchen)?
In "The Twelve Days of Christmas," this many maids are milking.
What is eight?
This African-American holiday created in 1966 lasts seven days and celebrates seven principles.
What is Kwanzaa?
This winter sport combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting.
What is biathlon?
What are the 4 main food groups according to Buddy in the movie Elf?
What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
This Italian Christmas bread from Milan is filled with candied fruits and raisins.
What is panettone?
This Christmas song was originally titled "One Horse Open Sleigh."
What is "Jingle Bells"?
In this country, it's traditional to eat KFC for Christmas dinner.
What is Japan?
This Alaskan dog sled race covers over 1,000 miles from Anchorage to Nome.
What is the Iditarod?
This Christmas movie features the line "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings."
What is "It's a Wonderful Life"?
In Britain, this coin was traditionally hidden in Christmas pudding for good luck.
What is a sixpence?
In "Winter Wonderland," they pretend the snowman is this person.
Who is Parson Brown?
In Iceland, children who don't receive new clothes for Christmas are said to be eaten by this creature.
What is the Yule Cat (Jólakötturinn)?
This country hosted the very first Winter Olympics in 1924.
What is France?
In "White Christmas," Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye play characters with this occupation.
What are song and dance men (or entertainers)?
This French Christmas cake is shaped and decorated to look like a fallen tree branch.
What is Bûche de Noël (or Yule log)?
This 1984 charity single was performed by Band Aid.
What is "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
This Norse winter celebration lasting 12 days gave us the tradition of the Yule log.
What is Yule?
In speed skating, this is the longest Olympic distance race for men.
What is 10,000 meters?
In "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," Clark Griswold puts this many lights on his house.
What is 25,000?