Christmas Songs
With the kids Jingle Belling and everyone telling you, "Be of Good Cheer!"
What is "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year?
This harbor, where three British ships were anchored, became the site of the famous 1773 protest.
What is Boston Harbor?
This evergreen plant is brought indoors and decorated with lights and ornaments each Christmas.
What is a Christmas Tree?
This document, ratified in 1781, served as the first constitution of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This custard-like egg dish, often baked in a pie crust for breakfast, actually originated in France — not brunch menus.
What is quiche?
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol
What is "Deck the Halls"?
To hide their identities, the protestors dressed as members of this Native American tribe, a symbolic choice meant to show solidarity with the continent.
Who are the Mohawks?
This red plant, native to Mexico, became a popular Christmas decoration in the U.S. thanks to ambassador Joel Poinsett.
What is the poinsettia?
He warned Americans against political parties and permanent foreign alliances in his famous 1796 farewell address.
Who is George Washington?
Originally created in Belgium, these breakfast treats differ from their American counterparts by being lighter inside and having deep, crisp pockets.
What are Belgian waffles?
And it doesn't show signs of stopping/
And I brought me some corn for popping
What is Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
This 1773 law, allowing British tea to be sold directly to the colonies at a lower cost, angered colonists because it undercut local merchants
What is the Tea Act?
First appearing in 1843, this type of printed holiday greeting eventually became a staple exchanged among families and friends.
What is a Christmas card?
This 1803 Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review, giving courts the power to strike down unconstitutional laws.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This breakfast meat was originally called “side pork” but got its crispy nickname when it became a diner staple in the 1920s.
What is bacon?
One little thing I really need/
The deed to a platinum mine
What is "Santa Baby"?
The Boston Tea Party directly prompted this series of harsh measures passed by Parliament in 1774, designed to punish Massachusetts.
What are the Coercive Acts (or Intolerable Acts)?
In many countries, this Christmas Eve tradition sees families attend a late-night church service known as “Midnight” this.
What is Midnight Mass?
This system, proposed in 1787, divides power between national and state governments to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
What is federalism?
This Southern U.S. breakfast dish features cornmeal dough simmered in water or milk, and its name is also a slang term for someone who's easily fooled.
What are grits?
There's a tree in the grand hotel/
and one in the park as well/
it's the sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow
What is "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas"?
The destruction of tea during the Boston Tea Party totaled roughly this many pounds of tea.
(Guess within 10,000 pounds or 20 chests of tea)
Answer: What is 342 chests (or about 90,000 pounds)?
In Iceland, children place shoes in windowsills hoping to receive treats (or rotting potatoes) from one of 13 holiday figures collectively known as these “men.”
Who are the Yule Lads?
This compromise at the Constitutional Convention settled the debate over representation by creating a bicameral legislature with proportional representation in one house and equal representation in the other.
What is the Great Compromise (or Connecticut Compromise)?
This cereal brand’s 1894 invention was originally made by accidentally letting wheat dough ferment and running it through rollers.
What are Kellogg’s Corn Flakes?