Christmas Trivia
Cold Weather Facts
Christmas Themed Movies
Traditional Christmas Story
New Year's Random Facts
100
This is the most common thing couples are "supposed" to do at midnight.
What is Kiss?
100
The Celsius temperature for water to freeze.
What is 0o C?
100
During the movie Elf, Buddy tells Santa the he sits on a throne of _______.
What are lies?
100
Jesus was born in this town because Mary and Joseph traveled for the census to be taken.
What is Bethlehem?
100
Most commonly used to welcome the New Year and is also used on July 4th.
What are Fireworks?
200
This song is the best selling Christmas song of all time.
What is White Christmas?
200
The largest one of these was built in Bethel, Maine on February of 1999. It was more than 113 feet tall.
What is a snowman?
200
The city where all the people live in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
What is Whoville?
200
The traditional scene we might see displayed at Christmas.
What is the Nativity or Manger Scene?
200
The time the ball begins to drop on New Year's Eve.
What is 11:59pm?
300
This Christmas tree decoration was invented in Germany in 1610.
What is tinsel?
300
The main reason we have winter in the months of December - February is because the earth has this degree of tilt.
What is 23.5 degrees?
300
A well known actor played this character in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Who is Jim Carrey?
300
The men that traveled with gifts to see the baby?
Who are the Wise Men, Magi, or Kings?
300
We have Leap Year every 4 years because it takes this long for the earth to rotate around the sun.
What is 365.24 days? (Acceptable answer is 365.25 days)
400
DAILY DOUBLE
The first artificial Christmas tree was made from dying this birds feathers.
What are geese?
400
DAILY DOUBLE
The first artificial Christmas tree was made from dying this birds feathers.
What are geese?
400
This character was left at home during this popular Christmas movie.
Who is Kevin? (or Macaulay Culkin)
400
The Angel announced to these men that the baby could be found in a manger.
Who are the Shepherds?
400
Over 50 tons of trash is left in Times Square the night of New Year's Eve, about 3000 pounds of it is this.
What is confetti?
500
The oldest one of these is 114 years old and has been passed down through the generations.
What is a fruitcake?
500
In Greece, you might see people throwing these across the floor to release their seeds as a sign of abundance or good luck.
What are pomegranates?
500
Chevy Chase played in this iconic movie.
What is Christmas Vacation?
500
Before the baby was born, he had a cousin born to his Aunt Elizabeth.
Who is John? (Later called John the Baptist)
500
Because the earth takes exactly 365.24 days to rotate around the sun & not 365.25 days, we have this occasionally.
What is a Leap Second?