Holiday Facts
Name the country in which Boxing Day originated
What is the United Kingdom
This holiday, celebrated December 5, originated in Germany and has fallen subject to festivals around the Alpine region and some other parts of the world; and it's "celebrity," respectively, in eight horror movies.
What is Krampusnacht
According to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation in 2023, this construction toy ranked first for boys and third for girls in popularity.
What are Legos
Name at least three popular Hanukkah foods.
What is Challah; Sufganiyot; Kugel; Latkes; Rugelach; Babka
This is the most watched movie around Christmas time
What is Home Alone (1990)
Honorable mention: Die Hard (1988)
True or False:
The dreidel has always been a part of Hanukkah.
False.
Legend claims the game was developed by people illegally studying the Torah in seclusion. Torah scrolls would be concealed and be replaced by dreidels to give the appearance that those gathering were playing a game.
This holiday, originating in India, symbolizes the spiritual victory of Dharma over Adharma, light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.
What is Diwali
Some traditions of Boxing Day have now included watching sports. Name three that are most watched around this time.
What is horse racing, football, and ice hockey.
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Samosas, nunor bora, akhni fulab, naan, handesh, and gujiya are some common traditional dishes for this holiday, marking the end of a fast.
Eid al-Fitr
Approximately this much wrapping paper is used each year around the winter holidays:
A. 3.27 million pounds
B. 4.60 million pounds
C. 5.53 million pounds
D. 6.17 million pounds
B. 4.60 million pounds
Name two Pagan holidays and festivals that are believed to be some of the origins of Christmas, as they hold great influence and overlap in traditional practices.
What is Yule; Saturnalia festival; following Saturnalia, Brumalia; The Feast of Sol Invictus; the Winter Solstice; Bacchanalia
Rittika Dhar, "The Pagan Origins of Christmas: Saturnalia, Yule, and Other Pre-Christian Traditions", History Cooperative, August 24, 2023, https://historycooperative.org/pagan-origins-of-christmas/. Accessed December 9, 2024
This festival, originating in Spain and celebrated December 16-24, is a religious festival indicating Mary and Joseph's search for an inn.
What is Las Posadas
Simmer pots, mulled cider, and lighting lanterns are a good way to celebrate this day resembling the sun's minimum declination (appx. -23.45 degrees this year), and the transition between seasons.
What is the Winter Solstice.
This precariously shaped cake, infamous among bakers for being tricky to perfect, resembles that of which burns typically on Christmas Eve.
What is a yule log cake.
Also called Bûche De Noël.
During the winter, Disneyland has a natural pest control population of this many feral cats:
A. 50
B. 100
C. 200
D. 350
C. 200
Ramadan is coming up! The end is marked with this holiday, which translates to "the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast."
What is Eid al-Fitr
fun fact: to wish a happy Ramadan, the phrase is "Ramadan Mubarak!"
Name at least two prominent Hindu holidays or festivals.
Holi; Ganesh; Chaturthi; Durga Puja; Vasant Panchami; Diwali; Dussera; Guru Purnima
Kwanzaa celebrates seven key principles, and each night of Kwanzaa, a candle is lit on the kinara to represent one principle.
Name at least three of the seven principles.
What are:
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire hasn't always been a romantic practice; they have historically been a staple food source, particularly in regions of this country of origin where grain cultivation was difficult in the winter.
What is Europe.
Sweet treats sure are a favored delicacy! The average person, according to The New York Post, consumes this many cookies (along with cakes, pies, and other sweets).
A. 17
B. 23
C. 26
D. 32
What is C. 26