Christmas Songs
"In a one-horse open sleigh"
What is Jingle Bells?
The name of a Christmas ballet
What is The Nutcracker?
VSS stands for...
Very Short Sentence
The French word “Noel” is often used around Christmas, but what was its original meaning in Latin?
Birth
What were the first artificial Christmas trees made from?
What are Goose Feathers.
"Please have snow and mistletoe and presents under the tree".
What is I'll Be Home For Christmas.
Which fairy tale was the first gingerbread houses inspired by?
What is Hansel and Gretel?
True or False: This is an alliteration: The phony flying fox ate my lunch.
True
What northeastern US state holds the Guinness record for largest snowman?
Maine
The number of reindeer that pull Santa's Sleigh
What is 9?
(Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen. and Rudolph)
_________, Simon and Theodore, are the Chipmunks, and they want a hula hoop
Who is Alvin?
BONUS 300 points: Sing some verses of a Christmas song
The food kids leave out for Santa is cookies and milk. What do you leave out for a reindeer?
Carrots and oats
Where the greeting "Mele Kalikimaka" is used
What is Hawaii?
Famous Plant that is usually Red, sometimes white and only available at Christmas?
What is a Poinsettia plant?
Singing sweetly through the night
Angels We Have Heard On High
He moves around the house at night, getting into trouble
What is an elf?
The topic and clincher need to ______ or _________ 2-__ key words.
These are the two most popular Christmas colors after red and green
What are silver and gold?
What is the best-selling Christmas song ever?
What is White Christmas?
"Then one foggy christmas eve, Santa came to say"
What is 'Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
The type of candy that hangs on the trees
What are candy canes?
What are ... setting/characters, conflict/plot, and climax/resolution.
This is how you say Merry Christmas in Spanish
What is Feliz Navidad?
"God is with us" means....
What is Immanuel?
"And Heaven and Nature Sing"
Joy to the World
Type of sweater has become very popular to wear as a joke
What is an UGLY Christmas sweater?
BONUS 300 points: If you are wearing an ugly Christmas sweater.
Give an example of a sentence with a STRONG VERB and an -LY word.
Mrs. Nichols will decide if it is amazing.
A type of tree used for Christmas Trees?
What is Evergreen?
(also Fir, Pine or Fake)
BONUS 300 points DRAW pictures of your Christmas Tree!
What you make in the snow while laying on your back
What is a snow angel?
In the song "Frosty the Snowman", it made Frosty come to life
What is an old silk hat they found?
Popular Christmas beverage, also known as "milk punch"
What is eggnog?
True or False. Writing a KWO is a way to practice your artwork.
FALSE :)
The beverage company that has been using commercials starring Santa Claus since the 1930's
What is Coca Cola?
These are two famous snowmen, both animated cartoons
What are Frosty and Olaf?
"And hearts will be glowing when loved ones are near"
What is It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Andy Williams?
24-day calendar often found hiding chocolates
What is an Advent calendar?
The acronym IEW means....
What is Institute for Excellence in Writing?
It's over the manger and shines so bright, and appears about every 800 years (and can be seen this year starting Dec 21,2020)
What is The Christmas Star?
(which is actually Jupiter and Saturn aligning together)
The Three Wise Men give these gifts to the new baby
What are incense, myrrh and gold?
How are thy leaves so verdant
What is Oh Christmas Tree
According to the Bible, where Jesus was born
Where is Bethlehem?
What decoration is this? We discussed it last year but not much this year.
Lightning danced across the moonlite sky.
What is personification?
You hang it above the door so you can kiss underneath it
What is Mistletoe?
The Christmas carol the Peanuts gang sings at the end of "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
What is Hark the Harold Angels Sing?
"Someday soon we all will be together"
What is Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by Judy Garland?
What you traditionally hang on Christmas Eve over the fireplace
What are stockings?
There is a difference between 'regular' source KWO and the KWO we use for the Story Sequence Model. What is it?
What is the Story Sequence Model answers questions and does not have a topic & clincher; the source KWO is based off an original paragraph and does NOT have a topic & clincher.
The number of gifts you'd received if you got all the gifts in The Twelve Days of Christmas
What is 78?
(1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12=78)
One of the three different names for Santa Clause
What is Kris Kringle?
(or Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas)