RIDDLES
SANTA CLAUS
WINTER WEATHER
WINTER CLOTHES
XMAS CUSTOMS
100
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A clock
100
Santa asks children if they've been __________ or nice
Nice
100
What do you call a piece of snow?
Snowflake
100
What do you wear to keep your neck warm?
A scarf
100
In the Netherlands and Austria, what do children put out for Santa to fill with sweets or presents?
Shoes
200
What has a neck but no head?
A bottle
200
How does Santa enter houses when he brings out presents?
Climbing down the chimney
200
What do you call it when snow comes sliding down a mountain?
Avalanche
200
What's the name of a warm, soft fabric generally used for sweaters?
fleece / wool
200
What is an Advent Caledar for?
To count down the days till Christmas
300
What has to be broken before you can use it?
An egg
300
What was the original colour of Santa's suit?
Green
300
Wind and cold temperaturas create this feeling
Wind chill
300
What special underwear do you wear when it is really cold?
Longjohns / thermal underwear
300
Give one of the names used in English for representations of Jesus' birth
Nativity scene, manger scene, crib
400
Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
Letter C
400
What's the name of the place where Santa and his helpers create the Christmas presents?
Santa's workshop
400
What's the name of snow mixed with rain?
sleet
400
What do you call the gloves without fingers?
Mittens
400
Tell at least one custom of 'Hanukah', the Jewish Christmas
Spinning tops (dreidels), the Hanukah memorah, eating doughnuts (Sufganiyot)
500
What gets wetter as it dries?
A towell
500
Give the name of at least three of Santa's reindeer
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolf
500
What icy things hang from the roof?
Icicles
500
What do you hold on to when you ski?
Poles
500
What's the name of the thin strips of beaten silver that you put on the Christmas tree as decoration?
Tinsel
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