Holidays
This autumn holiday gets its common name by clipping the phrase All Hallows’ Eve.
Halloween
This classic symbol of Halloween is the only mammal that is capable of unassisted flight.
Bats
This is how many Halloween movies were made.
13
In 1983’s A Christmas Story, this chocolatey drink was in the decoded message from Little Orphan Annie.
Ovaltine
These are “roasting on an open fire” in The Christmas Song.
Chestnuts
This 7 day holiday was created in 1966 to honor unity and heritage in the African American community.
Kwanzaa
Turkey’s sense of this is three times better than humans.
Sight
This acronym refers to the widespread fear of technological failure as the clock struck midnight on New Year's Day in 2000.
Y2K
In this holiday movie, it is stated that the four food groups are “candy canes, candy, syrup, and candy corn.”
Elf
Fried foods like these, made from potatoes, are served on the first night of Hanukkah.
Latkes
This is another name for Hanukkah.
Festival of Lights
The day before the seventh day of Christmas, these birds can be found “a-laying”
Geese
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, this is the name of Jack’s dog
Zero
This Disney short—featuring a terrified schoolmaster on a nightmarish ride—has become a Halloween favorite.
The Legend of Sleep Hollow
This triple fowl Thanksgiving dish was made popular by John Madden in the late 1990’s.
Turducken
This day marks the longest night and shortest day – there are two of them on earth each year.
Solstice
This competition, shown opposite the Superbowl features penalties such as “unnecessary rrruff-ness”.
Puppy Bowl
This number represents what day of the year Christmas fell on in 2024.
360
In this 1970s TV special, a boy’s Thanksgiving is thrown for a loop when a friend invites herself and her friends to join him uninvited.
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Gingerbread got a popularity boost thanks to this Brothers Grimm tale about two nosy kids and a witch.
Hansel and Gretel
This sweet item is a symbol that honors deceased loved ones during the Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos
Sugar skull/Calaveras de azucar
Reindeer are the same species as this winter animal.
Caribou
This is the weight of the world’s heaviest pumpkin.
2,819 pounds
This cable channel's Countdown to Christmas is known for its annual slate of schmaltzy holiday romance movies.
Hallmark Channel
Eating this West African legume at New Year’s is said to bring good luck and prosperity.
Black eyed peas (or cowpeas)