December
Songs & Stories
NYE
Winter holiday traditions
100

This stone is recognized as December’s birthstone

What is turquoise?

100

This traditional song has a partridge in a pear tree.

What is The Twelve Days of Christmas  

100

This animal represents the first year in the Chinese zodiac. 

What is the rat?

100

This is the Yiddish word for “spinning top,” as played on Hanukkah. 

What is a dreidel?

200

December is the twelfth month, its name originally means this in Latin.

What is Tenth Month?

200

This famous English author wrote ‘A Christmas Carol’.

Who is Charles Dickens?

200

In Brazil, this is the color many people wear for New Year’s for good luck. 

What is white?

200

This country is where St. Nicholas originates

What is Turkey?

300

This flower is associated with December.

What is Narcissus?

300

This holiday film features a boy named Kevin McCallister.

What is Home Alone?

300

This is the traditional New Year’s gift in Greece. 

What is a pomegranate?

300

This is the candle holder for Kwanzaa. 

What is a kinara?

400

This saint’s day, celebrated on December 13th, is associated with light.

What is St. Lucia

400

In ‘The Nutcracker’, this is who battles the Mouse King.

Who is The Nutcracker?

400

This country’s New Year’s tradition includes bell ringing 108 times. 

What is Japan?

400

This is the country the holiday drink Coquito originates from.  

What is Puerto Rico?

500

This is the name of the winter festival celebrated in ancient Rome in December.

What is Saturnalia?

500

In ‘A Christmas Story’, this is what Ralphie wants for Christmas.

What is a Red Rider BB gun?

500

This culture’s New Year celebration is known as ‘Songkran’, one of the world’s largest water festivals.

What is Thai culture/Thailand?

500

This popular holiday song was originally written for Thanksgiving.

What is Jingle Bells?