Religious Holidays & Festivals
Secular Holiday Events
Holiday Songs & Stories
Holiday Movies
Holiday Symbols & Decor
Vocabulary
100
This festival is linked to both the Wild Hunt and the Norse god Odin in different iterations.
Yule
100
This occurs on the shortest day and longest night of the year.
The Winter Solstice
100
"Down through the Chimney with ..."
"Old Saint Nick"
100
Macaulay Caulkin portrayed Kevin McCallister, in this Christmas Classic, but who played his mother Kate?
Catherine O'Hara
100
This is a popular potato based food during Hanukkah.
Latkes
100
The town council only wanted small local businesses on Main Street, so they ___ big chain stores from notifications about new retail locations.
excluded
200
This is an annual celebration of African-American culture that is held from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu
Kwanzaa
200
During the holiday season you might kiss someone if you find yourselves under this?
Mistletoe
200
This traditional Hanukkah song means "Stronghold of the Rock"
Maoz Tzur
The name is a reference to the Hasmonean stronghold of Beth-zur. This Hebrew song is thought to have been written sometime in the 13th century. It was originally sung only in the home, but has been used in the synagogue since the nineteenth century or earlier.
200
In "Frosty the Snowman" what were Frosty's last words?
"I'll be back again someday"
200
Santa Clause's Suit was originally beige until what company changed it for their advertising campaigns in the 1930s?
Coca-Cola
Originall Beige, and in some countries Blue or Green, the Red Suit Santa was created by the Coca-Cola company to better match their product!
200
Kevin’s mom felt ___ by her family’s expectation that she cook all the meals and do all the cleaning, as if she were just some home-care robot.
Dehumanize
300
When do the "12 days of Christmas" begin and end?
December 25th through January 6th
300
In England this holiday is usually celebrated on December 26th.
Boxing Day
In Britain, it was a custom for tradesmen to collect "Christmas boxes" of money or presents on the first weekday after Christmas as thanks for good service throughout the year. Alternatively people would donate money in the "Alms Boxes" at churches for the needy.
300
What song is traditionally sung at the end of a New Year's Eve gathering?
Auld Lang Syne
300
According to Buddy, in Elf, what is the best way to spread Christmas Cheer
Singing loud for all to hear!
300
A Buche De Noel is also called a what?
A Yule Log: A rolled sheet cake filled with jam and frosted with chocolate to look like a log
300
Too duck in fear is a synonym for this vocabulary word
Cower
400
What group is the story of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, centered around?
The Maccabees
400
What year did the first Ball Drop in New York's Times Square occur?
1907
400
Who are the two reindeer mentioned in "Here Comes Santa Clause"?
Vixen and Blitzen
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!
Name the Actors who portrayed the Griswold Family in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. (The Father, Mother, Daughter, & Son)
Chevy Chase...Clark
Beverly D'Angelo...Ellen
Juliette Lewis...Audrey
Johnny Galecki...Rusty
400
What is another name for the Menorah?
The hanukkiah
400
To cancel out is a a synonym for what vocabulary word?
Negate
500
This Persian Festival honors fire and light and it's defeat of the forces of darkness, frost, and cold.
Sadeh
A mid winter festival that was celebrated with grandeur and magnificence in ancient Persia. Sadeh in Persian means "hundred"and refers to one hundred days and nights remains to the beginning of spring.
500
This is a popular Winter Solstice Festival in Asian Countries.
The Dōngzhì Festival or Winter Solstice Festival
The Dōngzhì Festival is one of the most important Chinese and East Asian festivals celebrated by the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, and Vietnamese during the Dongzhi solar term (winter solstice) on or around December 22 (according to East Asia time).
500
What magic item brought Frosty the Snowman to life?
A Top Hat
500
In "Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer" there is an elf named Hermey who really wants to be this. (for a living)
A Dentist
500
What is the country of origin of the actual St. Nicholas?
Turkey
500
What is the difference between cowering and bowing?
When you cower you are ducking in fear. You are afraid of something when you bow you are showing respect towards an audience.