All About Babies
This reflex causes a newborn to automatically turn their head and open their mouth when their cheek is stroked.
Rooting Reflex
Albertans often rely on this tool to clear their snow
Leaf blower
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse ___.”
Open sleigh
In Spain, children traditionally receive gifts from these “Three” visitors rather than Santa Claus.
The three kings
This angel appeared to Mary to announce the birth of Jesus.
Gabriel
Most full-term babies are born with about this many bones—nearly 100 more than adults.
300
This warm, dry wind can raise Alberta’s winter temperatures dramatically in just a few hours.
Chinook
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you ___.”
Go
This Scandinavian country celebrates St. Lucia Day on December 13, marking the start of the Christmas season.
Sweden
These people were watching their flocks at night when angels announced Jesus’ birth.
Shepherds
This “soft spot” on a baby’s head allows the skull to flex during birth and brain growth.
This phrase is used year-round to justify wearing shorts in February.
It’s a dry cold
“Rockin’ around the Christmas tree, at the Christmas party ___.”
Hop
n Norway, many people hide this on Christmas Eve to ward off evil spirits believed to steal them.
Brooms
The Christmas story of Jesus’ birth is primarily found in these two Gospels.
Matthew and Luke
Newborns typically spend about this percentage of their sleep in REM, supporting rapid brain development.
50%
Are there more Magpies or deer in Alberta
Deer
“Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the Feast of Stephen, when the snow lay round about, deep and ___.”
crisp and even
This country’s version of Santa, called “Sinterklaas,” arrives by boat from Spain.
The Netherlands
The fields where shepherds watched their flocks suggest Jesus was likely born during this agricultural season.
Spring
This type of fat, abundant in newborns, helps regulate body temperature and is gradually lost in early childhood.
Brown fat
What is the coldest temperature ever recorded in Alberta
−61°C at Fort Vermilion on January 11, 1911
“Fairy tales of yesterday, now were only passing, but I can see us anyway, in ___.”
Last December
In this Central European country, families pour molten lead into water on Christmas Eve to predict the future.
Czech Republic
This Old Testament prophet foretold that a ruler would come from Bethlehem.
Micah