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100

Every winter this canal freezes over and becomes the biggest skating rink in the entire world.

What is Ottawa’s Rideau Canal?

100

Vancouver claims to be the birthplace of this type of Christmas party.

What is Ugly Christmas Sweater party?

100

Canada's official winter sport is this.

What is Hockey?

100

Hanukkah, or Chanukah, last for this many days.

What is 8 days?

100

This Manatoba city is know as the Polar Bear capital of the world.

What is Churchill?

200

This type of snow is best for building your own backyard Frosty.

What is wet snow?

200

All of the items in this Christmas song total 354 gifts.

What is “The Twelve Days of Christmas” ?

200

This type of sled can reach top speeds of 80mph.

What is a bobsled?

200

The Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year and occurs around this date.

What is December 21st?

200

Instead of building a nest this bird incubates their eggs on top of their feet in a loose fold of skin.

What is a penguin?

300

This Canadian city boasts a law making it illegal to build a snowman that is higher than 30 inches (two-and-a-half feet) tall.

What is Souris, PEI?

300

It is tradition in the Asian country to have KFC for Christmas.

What is Japan?

300

The first winter Olympics were held in the French Alps on this date.

What is between 25 January and 5 February 1924?

300

In Romania, carollers dress in costumes depicting this animal and dance on New Year’s Eve in order to drive away evil spirits and help enrich the soil for the new year

What is a bear?

300

This Arctic whale is also known as the unicorn of the sea.

What is the Narwhal?

400

Chionophobia is the fear of this.

What is the persistent fear of snow, especially becoming trapped by snow?

400

Twenty-eight sets of this popular toy are sold every second during the Christmas season

What is LEGO?

400

This Canadian city is recognized as the birthplace of organized ice hockey with the first indoor organized game being played on March 3, 1875.

What is Montreal?

400

This winter character visits children in Austria but, unlike Santa, he is not welcome. He seeks out only naughty children to punish them, and if he finds a particularly naughty one, he takes that child away with him in his sack.

Who is Krampus?

400

This animal is often shown diving head first into the snow for prey.

What is the Arctic fox?

500

This is the snowiest city on earth, averaging 26 feet of snow per year.

What is Aomori City, Japan?

500

This old Christmas custom can be traced back to the 19th century in Newfoundland.

What is Mummering?

500

This Canadian Province holds the record for most snow angels ever made simultaneously in multiple locations with 22,022 residents in 130 separate locations participating.

What is Nova Scotia?

500

To honor this third-century saint on December 13, many girls in Sweden dress up in long white gowns with red sashes, and a wreath of burning candles on their heads.

Who is St Lucia?

500

This Latin word meaning “winter quarters” refers to where an animal hibernates, such as a den or cave.

What is Hibernaculum?