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This is the year when there was no collective Christmas gathering celebration, which caused much Christmas joy to be celebrated individually
What is 2020?
This absurd 2025 debate asked if a group of average unarmed men could defeat one silverback in a fight, sparking endless memes and even scientific input.
This celebration is a nine-day novena that is said before Christmas
What is Simbang Gabi?
Ditching Google, 41% of Gen Z now turns to this platform first for everything from recipes to life advice in 2025.
What is Tiktok?
This tradition of hanging socks by the fireplace stems from legends about Saint Nicholas tossing gold into stockings drying by the fire.
What are Christmas stockings?
This is the name of the game that is usually played by Grandma Lucita at every Christmas celebration and has become a family tradition
What is the Left-Right game?
These AI-generated creatures with pseudo-Italian names, like Ballerina Cappuccina or Tung Tung Tung Sahur, flooded TikTok as surreal brain rot content in 2025.
What are Italian brain-rot characters?
A star-shaped lantern is often seen in Filipino households is called
What is a Parol?
These plush, collectible toys evolved into status symbols in 2025, turning from kid's playthings into fashion must-haves for young adults.
What are Labubus?
This striped peppermint candy, shaped like a shepherd's crook, is said to have originated in 17th-century Germany to quiet children during church services.
What is the candy cane?
This is the confusing name, which is usually gender specified as male, that Grandma Lucita refers to herself as when delivering gifts to each grandchild on Christmas Day. She refers to herself as the person, especially when asking her grandchildren what they want for Christmas.
Who/What is Santa?
This ironic audio from a UK holiday ad—"nothing beats" one—was used in 2025 TikToks to soundtrack vacation disasters and failures.
What is a Jet2 Holiday?
This is the name of a Filipino word that is received after children go caroling house-to-house
What is Aguinaldo (money or treats in Tagalog)?
Blending cyber aesthetics with early 2000s nostalgia, this trend features metallics, bold colors, and chunky accessories for a futuristic remix.
What is Y2K?
The modern Christmas tree tradition is often credited to this country in the 16th century, where fir trees were decorated with apples and candles.
What is Germany?
This is the thing that many aunties, uncles, grandmas, and cousins do during this Christmas celebration before opening gifts, which causes much chaos before the gift opening. Oftentimes, this allows for certain groupings of items for each grandchild.
What are separating gifts?
This phrase refers to stealing a bite of someone's food, popularized by streamer Fanum and turned into a 2020s meme?
What is Fanum tax?
The name of the place in the Philippines that hosts the Giant Lantern Festival annually
What is San Fernando, Pampanga?
This mental health trend, where Gen-Z shares "unhinged" journal entries on Reels, normalizes therapy-speak like "I'm in my villain era."
What is trauma-dumping?
In colonial America, this religious group banned Christmas celebrations, viewing them as having pagan roots.
Who are the Puritans?
In over 75% of Christmas Day celebrations in this house, this event happens right after the gift-opening ceremony is done. The people who are usually involved in said event are Eliana, Joshua, Grandma Irene, Grandma Gloria, and sometimes even Grandma Lucita. The name of this event is also a signature staple in many Filipino households.
This is the name of the song, which is the origin of the term "67" which has sprouted into an internet sensation
This is the name of two popular street foods that are traditionally sold outside churches
What is Bibingka and Puto Bumbong?
In dating slang, this 2025 term means faking a Shrek obsession to lure someone in, epitomizing Gen Z's ironic romance vibes.
What is Shrekking?
The first commercial Christmas cards were commissioned in 1843 by Sir Henry Cole in this country, featuring a family toasting the holiday.
What is England (or Britain)?