It's All in the Family
Traditional Christmas
Winter Trivia
Holiday Chaos
Christmas in NWI
100
There are 12 family members in the Stricklin/Boyd/Christy blended family. These people have birthdays within one month of Christmas.
Who are Angela, Hannah, Kaitlynn?
100
This mean and miserly man journeys through past, present, and future.
Who is Ebenezer Scrooge?
100
The shortest day of the year, marking winter's start.
What is the winter solstice?
100
This object was placed at the top of the Stricklin's Christmas tree in 2018.
What is a baby head?
100
This local family-owned candy manufacturer distributes products in 41 countries and offers gummies in holiday shapes like snowmen, trees, wreaths, and even "snow-dusted" versions.
What is Albanese?
200
Tickets had to be obtained in order to view this production put on by Mackenzie, Hannah, Kaitlynn, and Cameron.
What is "The Show"?
200
In the summer of 1965, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was given $76,000 to fund production costs by CBS and this popular soft drink manufacturer.
What is Coca-Cola?
200
The Mayans create this popular winter beverage around 500 BCE, originally made with ground-up cocoa seeds, cornmeal and chili peppers mixed with water.
What is hot chocolate?
200
The below picture was taken in this year.
What is 2010?
200
Every December, the Indiana Welcome Center displays animated window displays originally from this famous New York City department store?
What is Macy's?
300
"Busia's Camp" took place the weekend of the Whiting Pierogi Fest during these years. The last year being the time Pat took a tent stake to the knee.
What is 2008-2012?
300
This famous musical number in "White Christmas" (1954) was followed by an unscripted, lip-synced version by Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye.
What is "Sisters"?
300
This animal has hollow and transparent fur, capturing light in a way that gives it a white appearance.
What is a polar bear?
300
The person Denise blamed for stealing her camera on Christmas Eve in Munster.
Who is Linda Graff?
300
This park in Michigan City hosts one of the largest free drive-through light exhibits in the Midwest.
What is Washington Park?
400
The only event attended by all 20 members of the family.
Hint: pre-Carter
What is Hannah's Graduation Party?
400
According to the US Postal Service, this is Santa's mailing address.
What is 123 Elf Road, North Pole, 88888?
400
This U.S. state, home to the 2002 Winter Olympics, will host again in 2034.
What is Utah?
400
This high-energy, physically demanding dance became a popular music-hall dance in the 1840s and was inspiration for a "Straight No Chaser" Christmas song that the "Core 4" danced to on Christmas Eve.
What is the Can-Can?
400
In "A Christmas Story", Ralphie attended this elementary school, named after the real school in Hammond.
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What is Warren G. Harding Elementary School?
500
These family members share a middle name.
Who are Carter and Griffin?
500
In Clement Clarke Moore's classic poem, 'A Visit from St. Nicholas', two of Santa's original reindeer were named Dunder and Blixem, which are Dutch for what meteorological phenomena.
What is thunder and lightning?
500
This Christmas tune, played on smuggled instruments by astronauts during the 1965 Gemini 6A mission, became the first song broadcast from space.
What is 'Jingle Bells'?
500
The annual, mildly inappropriate, bathing suit fashion show took place on which holiday?
What is Easter?
500
This fictionalized town name from "A Christmas Story" is a pseudonym derived from a major street in downtown Hammond, Indiana, where author Jean Shepard was raised.
What is Hohman?