Winter Expressions
Something extra that makes a good thing even better is the __________ on the cake.
What is Icing?
Traditional Christmas hard candy shaped like a hook:
What is a Candy cane?
On this holiday, nice children get presents, while naughty ones get coal.
What is Christmas?
Some animals do this in the winter to conserve resources when food is scarce.
What is hibernate?
Spike of ice formed when water falling from an object freezes
What are icicles?
The winter activity that involves hitting people with cold, white spheres.
What is a Snowball fight?
When you are close to getting in trouble you are ___________ on thin ice.
What is Skating?
A winter drink made with egg, milk, and a lot of sugar.
What is Egg nog?
This holiday celebrates the miracle of one night's oil burning for 8 nights.
What is Hanukkah?
This animal looks like it is wearing a tuxedo or suit.
What is a penguin?
The number of points a snowflake has.
What is 6?
This winter activity involves sliding on the ice wearing special shoes that have blades.
What is ice skating?
That’s just the tip of the __________.
What is Iceberg?
Houses are made from this type of cookie
What is Gingerbread?
The holiday that is observed from December 26th to January 1st and ends in gift giving and a big feast. During this week long celebration, 7 candles are lit.
What is Kwanzaa?
What happens to the arctic fox in winter if it spends a lot of time in the snow.
What is, its fur turns white?
A severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility.
What is a blizzard?
What you create when you lie on a snowy surface and flap your arms and legs.
What is a snow angel?
I slept so well last night, I was out __________.
What is Cold?
North Americans top this vegetable with marshmallows at Thanksgiving.
What is Yams or Sweet potatoes?
Lunar or Chinese New Year is marked each year by one of 12 different ones of these.
What are Animals?
This small relative of the moose is known as a caribou in North America.
What is a Reindeer?
Condition when it is snowing so much one cannot distinguish the ground from the sky.
What is a white-out?
This type of dog is often used for dog sledding.
What is a Husky?
I’m no good at meeting new people, I don't know how to __________.
What is Break the ice?
This melted cheese dish for dipping is great when it's cold.
What is Fondue?
The month in which Spring starts in the Northern Hemisphere
What is March?
The color of a polar bear's skin.
What is black? (Their FUR is colourless and transparent, their SKIN is black.)
A dangerous condition in which the body's temperature is abnormally low.
What is hypothermia?
This is a sport of sliding down snow or ice-covered slopes.
What is Sledding or Tobogganing?
Snug as a ________ in a rug.
What is bug
A traditional Dutch winter sweet treat, made with dough, raisins and sugar
What is Oliebollen?
The proper name for the shortest day of the year.
What is the Winter Solstice?
The legend says that if this animal comes out of it's burrow and sees its shadow, it means we have 6 more weeks of winter
What is a Groundhog?
A dangerous condition when skin, especially hands and feet, gets so cold it could be damaged.
What is frostbite?
This activity involving walking over snow using a wide frame attached to the feet.
What is Snow shoeing?
To not talk to someone is to give them the __________.
What is Cold shoulder?
Hungarian people love to eat this warming stew when temperatures get cold.
What is Goulash?
In Japan this festival is known as omisoka.
What is New Year's Eve?
A large, powerful owl of the high Arctic tundra, colored for camouflage during northern winters.
What is a snowy owl?
This is world's snowiest country (most snowfall per year)
What is Japan?
Sport popular in Canada and Scotland where players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target
What is Curling?