Ol' Saint Nick
Santa Claus can often be seen carrying this large burlap object over his shoulder.
What is a sack?
One must under no circumstances eat this color of snow.
What is yellow?
On one fateful July afternoon, the US constitution was signed for the very first time in this storied building.
What is Independence Hall, Philadelphia?
From "Deck the Halls":
Deck the halls with _____ __ _____—
Falalala-la, la-la la-la!
What are "boughs of holly"?
Diwali, which fell on November 8th this year, celebrates the triumphs of good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and most of all this quality over darkness.
What is light?
According to the 1949 hit 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer', this stellar caribou is the fifth one hitched to Santa's sleigh.
Who is 'Comet'?
This winter-time crystal is the only such structure less dense than its liquid form.
What is ice (solid water)?
Paul McCartney, Ozzy Osbourne, and Little Richard are just a few of this hall's famous inductees.
What is the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
From "Let it Snow":
Man, it doesn't show signs of stoppin'
and I've brought some ____ ___ ______
What is "corn for poppin'"?
The final day of Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, fittingly means "the breaking of the fast" for proponents of this global religion.
What is Islam?
NORAD, when it isn't tracking Santa's flight path across the world, is a joint military venture which monitors these two country's aerial activities.
What are the United States and Canada?
Water freezes (and snow forms) at 0 degrees Celsius, 32 degrees Fahrenheit, and 273 degrees on this scale.
What is (degrees) Kelvin?
This historic NYC landmark fittingly sits in a park named after itself, and on a street named for the park it sits in (Park Row).
What is City Hall?
DAILY DOUBLE!
From "Santa Claus is Coming to Town":
With little tin horns, and little ___ _____,
Rooty toot-toots and rummy tum-tums,
Channukah's 'crazy' nights recall this historic miracle, wherein the Maccabees lit their menorah for this number of days despite having only one day's supply of olive oil.
What are eight days?
This nickname for Santa Claus is derived from one of his German names: "Christkindl", or "Christ-child".
What is "Kris Kringle"?
DAILY DOUBLE!
Snow forms when ice particles fuse together around tiny specs of debris— a process similar to the way this bivalve makes pearls from grains of sand.
One of the late Frank Gehry's many masterpieces, this Los Angeles concert hall is named for one of America's favorite storytellers.
What is the Walt Disney concert hall?
From "Winter Wonderland":
In the meadow, we can build a snowman
And pretend that he is ______ _____
Who is "Parson Brown"?
This old Mediterranean culture was the first to represent the coming new year as a newborn baby (the year in question? 600 BC).
Who were the ancient Greeks?
As opposed to Santa's sleigh, this type of snowcraft has no runners, typically seats one occupant, and is only propelled by gravity.
What is a sled?
Linguist Franz Boas once famously compared this language's variety of words for snow (when falling, in stream, in floe, etc) with European languages' similar words for liquid water (such as rain, river, and brook).
What is the Inuit (née Eskimo) language?
In the Beatles' song 'A Day in the Life', this storied English playhouse is the subject of a very hole-y investigation.
What is the (Royal) Albert Hall?
From "Frosty the Snowman":
He led him down the streets of town,
right to the _______ ___
And he only paused a moment when
he heard him holler, "Stop"!
What is "traffic cop"?
Kwanzaa, the African diaspora holiday which celebrates the close of the harvest season, roughly translates to "first fruits" in this East African language.
What is (ki)Swahili?