Holidays Around the World
Today more than 2 billion people in over 160 different countries celebrate this popular December holiday
What is Christmas?
In the movie Elf, Buddy states that he follows these 4 main food groups
What is Candy, Candy Corn, Candy Canes, and Syrup?
In the 12 days of Christmas this was given on the 7th day
What is Seven Swans-a-Swimming?
This popular Christmas treat is thought to be dated all the way back to 1670 in Germany when the choir master would hand out these sugar sticks to keep the children quiet during the Living Nativity Ceremony
What is Candy Canes?
This “spy” hides around the house, reporting back to Santa on who has been naughty and nice?
What is Elf on the Shelf?
This Jewish Festival is a celebration commemorating the triumph of the Maccabees in reclaiming the Temple in Jerusalem from the Greek-Syrians.
What is Hanukkah?
In the Santa Clause Bernard, the Head Elf, gave Charlie this magical item
What is a snow globe?
"Whamageddon" is a challenge where competitors try to go December 1st to December 24th without hearing this popular Christmas song
In lots of traditions this fruit is often put in stockings
What is oranges?
In The Christmas Carol there are this many ghost that visit Scrooge
What is four? (Former business partner Jacob Marley, Ghost of Christmas past, present and future)
The Grinch may have stole Christmas but in 2016 Christmas was banned in this country
What is North Korea?
Often debated on whether or not it counts as a Christmas movie, this movie was also Alan Rickman's(Hans Gruber) first film role even though he turned it down as first
Note from Brianna: IT IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE
What is Die Hard?
Originally called "One Horse Open Sleigh" when it was first published in 1857, this song was the first song played in space in 1965
What is Jingle Bells?
Eating Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas Day has been a tradition since the 1970s in this nation on the other side of the world from Kentucky
What is Japan?
The first artificial Christmas trees were made in Germany during the 19th century and were made out of this
What is dyed Goose Feathers?
This Holiday, first celebrated in 1966, was based on African Harvest festival traditions and was created by Maulana Karenga
What is Kwanzaa?
In the Polar Express Santa Claus says "There is no greater gift than" this
What is Friendship?
This song holds the Guinness world record for best-selling single world wide
What is White Christmas?
In 14th century England this creamy holiday drink used to only be afforded by wealthy aristocrats, although that changed in the American Colonies where they had easier access to dairy products and liquor
What is Egg Nog?
In The Night Before Christmas there are this many reindeer featured in the story
What is Eight? (No Rudolph in this story)
Popular Russian superstitions include making a wish on a falling star or that if unmarried women fast for four days and then stand at a crossroad after the Christmas service they will see this in their dream
Who is their future husbands?
In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch is set to have dinner with himself at this time (and he cant cancel that again)
What is 6:30?
This song was written during a heatwave in Hollywood in 1945 where Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn imagined cooler conditions
What is Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
The Romans were the first people to mix pine nuts, barley mash, pomegranate seeds, raisins and honeyed wine into a cake they called “satura” which is now called this
What is Fruit cake?
This plant often hung around the holidays is actually poisonous if ingested
What is Mistletoe?