Name that holiday movie
Global holiday foods
The lesser-known December holidays
100

The main character’s infamous breakfast in this movie features spaghetti topped with chocolate syrup, maple syrup, candy, and sprinkles.

Elf

100

This popular Hanukkah dish (and Sarah’s personal favorite) is often accompanied by sour cream and/or applesauce.

Latkes

100

December 12: This holiday commemorates the deaths of 2,400 people on an air base in Hawaii.

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

200

A secret message decoded by the main character of this movie told him “Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine.”

Christmas Story
200

According to a 2020 survey by YouGov, this was the most popular meat dish to feature in an American Christmas dinner (preferred to alternatives 73% of the time).

Turkey

200

December 1: This holiday began in 1988 to spread education and awareness around a disease that continues to kill almost one million people each year.

World AIDS Day

300

This title of this animated movie was based on a line from Adam’s Sandler’s “The Chanukah Song.”

Eight Crazy Nights

300

In Spain, it is a tradition to eat 12 of these foods at midnight on December 31 to ring in the new year.

Grapes

300

December 17: This holiday honors a sugary treat and the treat’s largest exporter (must name the country and treat).

Canadian Maple Syrup Day

400

This movie, released on Christmas Day 2019, was adapted from a novel that opens with the line: “'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents.”

Little Women

400

Many branches of this fast food restaurant start taking orders for Christmas Eve/Day in Japan months in advance, given its popularity on the holiday.

Japan

400

December 29: This holiday celebrates the independence of a country that gained freedom from Chinese rule in 1911.

Mongolian Independence Day

500

This Christmas movie, directed by Spanish-American director Sergio Pablos, was Netflix’s first animated feature film to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Klaus

500

This is the name of a popular Italian-American meal on Christmas Eve, taken after a tradition from Southern Italy.

Feast of Seven Fishes

500

December 16: Also known as Bijoy Dibos, this holiday celebrates the victory of a country’s armed forces (with the support of India) in a Liberation War in 1971.

Bangladesh Victory Day