Winter Holidays around the World!
The Jewish holiday Hanukkah always starts on the 25th day of Kislev (a month in the Hebrew calendar) and lasts for this many days and nights
Eight
This actor is famous for his portrayal of Buddy the Elf in the 2003 comedy Elf
Will Ferrell
This female singer-songwriter's Christmas hit “All I Want for Christmas is You”, has become the longest-running holiday chart-topper and the first song in the chart's history to reach the top spot in at least three separate chart runs.
This is the temperature at which water freezes, turning rain to snow!
32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees Celsius.
Dia de los Reyes, known as this in English, celebrates the arrival of the three wise men and their gifts for baby Jesus.
Three Kings' Day
This dog of the Grinch helps him steal Christmas.
Max
“I Have a Little this" is a children's Hanukkah song sung in the English-speaking world written about this clay toy played on the holiday.
Dreidel
In this year Boston got a whopping 110 inches of snow.
2015
This is the name of the annual celebration of African American culture from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu, usually on the sixth day.
Kwanzaa
In “A Christmas Story”, the family displays a lamp in the shape of this body part in their front window.
Leg
This country gave us the songs O Christmas Tree and Silent Night,
Germany
This country gets the most snowfall annually.
Russia
King cake is only eaten during the Carnival season — which begins on this day, the twelfth night of Christmas — and ends on Mardi Gras Day.
Epiphany
Charlie Brown and his creator, Charles Schulz, grew up in this twin city.
Saint Paul
On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love brought this to me.
Six geese a laying
This Massachusetts's city was hit by a tornado in 1953.
Worchester
In Alpine folk lore Saint Nicholas, or Santa Claus, rewards the well-behaved children with gifts such as oranges, dried fruit, walnuts and chocolate, while the badly behaved ones only receive punishment from this figure.
“The Cricket on the Hearth” is a holiday novel, not nearly as well known as “A Christmas Carol” by what British Authors?
Charles Dickens
This song, typically sung on NYE has the same melody as The Grand Old Flag.
Auld Lang Syne
In the Northern Hemisphere, this specific winter day is known as the shortest day of the year and occurs when either of Earth’s poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun.
The Winter Solstice (December 21)