🎬 Xmas Films
This 1990 movie features a kid accidentally left home alone while his family goes to Paris.
What is Home Alone?
This Jewish winter holiday is celebrated for eight nights with a menorah.
What is Hanukkah?
Many New Year celebrations include making these promises about self-improvement.
What are resolutions?
This sweet, chocolate-based drink is popular worldwide, especially in winter.
What is hot chocolate?
This romantic comedy weaves together multiple interconnected stories during the Christmas season in London.
What is Love Actually?
During this Hindu festival, lamps and candles symbolize the victory of light over darkness.
What is Diwali?
In Spain and several Latin American countries, people eat 12 of these at midnight for good luck.
What are grapes?
This spiced tea made with milk is commonly enjoyed in India and beyond.
What is Masala chai?
In this animated film, a grouchy character learns the true meaning of Christmas after visiting Whoville.
What is How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
This Scandinavian/Nordic holiday features a girl wearing a crown of candles to celebrate light during winter.
What is Saint Lucia Day?
This country is famous for the New Year’s Eve countdown featuring a giant illuminated clock tower.
This warm, spiced wine is traditionally served at winter markets across Europe.
What is mulled wine?
This Tim Burton–produced film blends Halloween and Christmas in one story.
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
In this Persian festival, families celebrate the longest night with poetry and fruit.
What is Yalda Night?
In this country, people melt small pieces of metal and pour them into water on New Year’s to predict the future.
What is Finland?
In this North African country, hot mint tea is a symbol of hospitality and is often poured from a height.
What is Morocco?
This 1988 action film is often debated as a holiday movie despite not being about Christmas.
What is Die Hard?
This Sikh festival celebrates the birth of Sikhism’s founder and is marked by lamps, candles, and illuminated processions.
What is Guru Nanak Jayanti?
This Asian country celebrates the Lunar New Year rather than January 1, following a traditional calendar.
What is Vietnam?
This thick, hot drink made with milk and orchid root powder is popular in Turkey and the Middle East during winter.
What is Salep?