Santa & His Reindeer
This reindeer has a name that means “thunder” in German.
Who is Donner?
This crystalline form of ice is often described as having six sides.
What is a snowflake?
This U.S. state is known for the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree.
What is New York?
Evergreen needles stay green year-round because they contain this pigment.
What is Chlorophyll?
This Olympic sport involves sliding stones on ice toward a target.
What is curling?
This reindeer’s name comes from the German word for “lightning.”
What is Blizten?
This storm type combines snow, strong winds, and low visibility for at least three hours.
What is a blizzard?
This city hosts the annual “Riverwalk Lights” festival.
What is San Antonio?
Snow appears white because of this light phenomenon.
What is scattering/diffuse reflection?
Wayne Gretzky played this winter sport.
This mega-company helped popularize the modern image of Santa in the 1930s.
This December solstice marks the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is winter solstice?
"Christmas Town USA” is the nickname for the town of McAdenville in this state.
What is North Carolina?
Reindeer see well in darkness because their eyes change color seasonally to this shade.
What is blue?
The Biathlon combines cross-country skiing with this activity.
What is Rifle shooting?
Santa is believed to live at the North Pole, but the real St. Nicholas was born in this country.
What is Turkey?
The auroras are created when solar wind interacts with this layer of Earth’s atmosphere.
What is a magnetosphere?
The nation’s oldest Christmas parade began in 1905 in this Midwest state.
What is Illinois?
Gingerbread aroma mainly comes from this spice compound found in ginger.
What is gingerol?
This sport uses a board designed to glide over snow.
What is snowboarding?
In Norse mythology, Odin rode an eight-legged horse named this, influencing Santa’s reindeer.
What is Sleipnir?
The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was in this continent.
What is Antarctica?
The U.S. city most associated with reindeer herding is in this state.
What is Alaska?
Real Christmas trees absorb carbon dioxide using this process.
What is photosynthesis?
This fast-paced sledding event can reach speeds over 80 mph.
What is luge?