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Hanukkah
100
Who is the Grinch?
100
This continent's Christmas Day is celebrated on the beach, where Santa arrives by surfboard instead of his sleigh, and after catching some waves, people celebrate with a Christmas barbecue.
What is Australia?
100
This is the name of the little girl in How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Who is Cindy Lou Who?
100
This type of man is made out of, interestingly, also the type of material of the house he would live in
What is gingerbread?
100
This is how many nights of Hanukkah there are
What is eight?
200
This is one of the creatures that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer comes face-to-face with
200
This European country is most likely to say Merry Christmas as "Joyeux Noël"
What is France?
200
In this book, you will find this passage: “When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him.”
What is the Bible?
200
Everyone will relish in this activity. It consists of someone hiding this type of food ornament deep within the tree’s branches, and the person who discovers it sometime during the Christmas season will receive a bonus gift or lots of good fortune for the upcoming year.
What is a pickle?
200
It is traditional to eat potato pancakes, which are also known as this
What are latkes?
300
This is the main villain in The Santa Clause 3, played by Martin Short
Who is Jack Frost?
300
In this country, right before Christmas, Dutch kiddos place their shoes next to the fire so Santa (or “Sinterklaas”) will fill them with tiny gifts. Children also leave carrots in their shoes for Sinterklaas’ ride: a white horse named Amerigo.
What is The Netherlands?
300
In A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by Jacob Marley and these three spirits
Who are the Ghosts of Past, Present and Future?
300
Fruitcake, the frequently-gifted cake that’s filled with dried fruits and nuts, is eaten throughout the world during Christmastime. While this country may not have initially celebrated Christmas at the height of their empire, the food got its start amid the pyramids and was even dropped into tombs, since it was seen as a must-have food in the afterlife.
What is Egypt?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This is how many branched candles one would find on a menorah
400
In Home Alone, the robbers Marv and Harry call themselves "The Wet Bandits". In Home Alone 2, they rename themselves this name
Who are the Sticky Bandits?
400
This Asian island country celebrates Christmas Day feasts consisting of none other than buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken. It is referred as "Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!"
What is Japan?
400
This Christmas book was turned into an animated film in 2004, with Tom Hanks voicing seven different roles, including the conductor.
What is The Polar Express?
400
Every December 23, residents of Oaxaca, Mexico witness a competition like no other, in which participants carve nativity scenes into the skin of these types of vegetables
What are radishes?
400
Historically, this was the only gift given at Hanukkah—either in the form of real coins, or the chocolate ones
What is gelt?
500
Alan Rickman is well-known for playing Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series, but in Die Hard, he plays this German character who takes Nakatomi Plaza hostage
Who is Hans Gruber?
500
In this country, once part of Slovakia, Santa doesn’t drop down the chimney on Christmas Eve. Instead, he delivers his presents on December 5, or St. Nicholas Eve.
What is the Czech Republic?
500
A Charlie Brown Christmas was written, along with the many other "Peanuts" stories, by this author
Who is Charles M. Schulz?
500
In the movie Elf, these are the four main food groups for all elves
What is candy, candy canes, candy corn and syrup?
500
This word derives from a German word meaning “spinning top,” and is the toy used in a Hanukkah game adapted from an old German gambling game
What is a dreidel?