SANTA'S REINDEER
A female fox
VIXEN
WHAT IS THE ONLY U.S. STATE TO NEVER RECORD A SUBZERO TEMPERATURE?
HAWAII
The coldest temperature recorded in Hawaii is 12 degrees at the Mauna Kea Observatory, at an elevation of 13,796 feet, on May 17, 1979.
Kids in this “belle province” of Canada write their Christmas letters to Père Noël?
Quebec
AN ICONIC STRIPED CANDY WITH A FOUL MOUTH
PROFANE CANDY CANE
THE NUMBER OF DRUMMERS DRUMMING + THE NUMBER OF GEESE-A-LAYING
12 + 6 = 18
Fred Astaire or Ginger Rogers
DANCER
WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE SNOWIEST COUNTRY?
A. CANADA
B. RUSSIA
C. NORWAY
D. JAPAN
JAPAN - nearly 600 inches per year!
Every New Year’s Day, Greek children get gifts from this saint who shares his name with an herb?
St. Basil
AN APT HOLIDAY DOOR DECORATION FOR A DENTIST
THE NUMBER OF LADIES DANCING - THE NUMBER OF CALLING BIRDS
9 - 4 = 5
These two reindeer were originally named for the Dutch words for 'thunder' and 'lightning'?
DONNER AND BLITZEN
Dunder and Blixem
THE LARGEST SNOWFLAKE EVER RECORDED WAS A WHOPPING 15 INCHES WIDE AND 8 INCHES THICK. IT FELL ON THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 27, 1887 IN WHICH U.S. STATE?
MONTANA - On the night of 27 January 1887, a fierce winter storm dropped snowflakes described as "larger than milk pans" over the Clark Fork River valley, in the vicinity of a ranch owned by Matt Coleman, near Missoula in Montana, USA.
Snowflakes typically range in size from .02 to .16 inches!!
Bowl-Licker and Door-Slammer are among the Jólasveinar, or “Yule Lads,” who visit what island nation?
ICELAND
ASKASLEIKIR (Bowl-Licker)
HURÐASKELLIR (Door-Slammer)
Other notables: BJÚGNAKRÆKIR (Sausage-Swiper), GÁTTAÞEFUR (Doorway-Sniffer), KETKRÓKUR (Meat-Hook), STEKKJASTAUR (Sheep-Cote Clod)
A FAMOUS PHYSICIST'S HOLIDAY SOCKS?
HAWKING'S STOCKINGS
THE NUMBER OF LORDS-A-LEAPING / THE NUMBER OF GOLDEN RINGS
10 / 5 = 2
This celestial body is sometimes described as a “dirty snowball”
COMET
THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED ON EARTH WAS IN 1983, WITH A WHOPPING READING OF -89.2°C (-128.6°F). WHERE WAS IT?
A. ANTARCTICA
B. SIBERIA
C. ALASKA
D. GREENLAND
E. KYRGYZSTAN
A. ANTARCTICA (54C BELOW AVG)
lowest temp ever recorded is -144 (unverified)
It’s not on Halloween but on La Befana where one of these brings gifts to Italian children?
a witch
A CREAMY HOLIDAY BEVERAGE YOU MAY HAVE WHILE VACATIONING IN THE CAPITAL OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
PRAGUE EGGNOG
THE NUMBER OF PIPERS PIPING * THE NUMBER OF FRENCH HENS
11 * 3 = 33
Shares a name with the infamous party that resorted to cannibalism on their way to CA in 1846?
DONNER
ONE OF THE WORST BLIZZARDS IN N.D. HISTORY TOOK PLACE IN 1966 AND LASTED FOR 3 DAYS, WITH OVER 30 INCHES OF SNOW, 70-100 MPH WINDS, 0 VISIBILITY, AND SNOW DRIFTS OF UP TO 30-40 FEET. WHAT MONTH DID THIS BLIZZARD TAKE PLACE?
MARCH
The legend of Santa Claus can be traced back hundreds of years to a monk named St. Nicholas who is believed to be born sometime around 280 A.D. in what modern-day country?
Turkey
A SPICED MOLASSES COOKIE USED AS AN OUTER COVERING FOR A MATTRESS
GINGERBREAD BEDSPREAD
(THE NUMBER OF MAIDS-A-MILKING * THE NUMBER OF SWANS-A-SWIMMING) / THE NUMBER OF TURTLE DOVES
(8*7)/2 = 28