Winter Holiday
Dr. Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in this year to unite the African-American community, with the holiday modeled after traditional African harvest celebrations.
What is 1966?
This tiny country, located between Switzerland and Austria, is the only country to have won medals at the Winter Olympics, but not the summer games.
What is Liechtenstein?
It is estimated that up to 80% of New Years resolutions are abandoned by this month.
What is February?
The Berenstain Bears live in this unusual kind of house.
What is a treehouse?
What is a leg lamp?
An easy target for vandalism, the Gävle Goat is a seasonal statue constructed from straw that is erected every December in this country. Of the 58 goats that have been erected since 1966, 42 have been destroyed or damaged in some form.
What is Sweden?
Twelve countries are able to claim this bragging right related to the winter Olympics (Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States)
What is competed in every winter Olympics?
This landlocked, Mount Everest-containing country in southeast Asia celebrates New Years on April 14th.
What is Nepal?
Started in 1995, the Imagination Library named for this popular Country and Western singer began providing free books to families in one county of Tennessee, but has since expanded its services to any child age 0-5 in the United States.
Who is Dolly Parton?
The Grinch's heart grows this many sizes after he develops the ability to feel feelings.
What is three?
This candy originated in Germany in 1670, when a choirmaster created them to keep children quiet during long church services.
What are candy canes?
The 2014 Sochi Olympic Torch was the first to do this, during one leg of the relay around the world.
What is be carried in space?
In Spanish tradition, eating twelve of these small fruits at the stroke of midnight is thought to bring good luck for the year.
What are grapes?
Mark David Chapman was holding a copy of The Catcher in the Rye when he assassinated this famous musician outside The Dakota in New York City.
Who is John Lennon?
This is the slippery name for the two villains from Home Alone.
Who are the Wet Bandits?
This half-goat, half-demon monster originates from German myth, and is said to be punish misbehaving children at Christmastime.
Who is Krampus?
In 2022, this city became the first in the world to host both the Summer and Winter Olympic games.
What is Beijing?
It's tradition in Japan to burn one of these on New Years to signify letting go of the past and welcoming a new start.
What is an old calendar?
At the end of the story, this object is placed in a museum after being used by a sleepy princess to help her find a prince.
What is a pea?
According to Buddy, these are the elves four main food groups.
What are candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup.
Affectionately called "Kentucky Fried Christmas", eating KFC during the week of Christmas became an unofficial tradition in the mid-1980's in this country.
What is Japan?
Athletes competing in this sport often reach speeds of 90mph.
What is luge?
Conspiracy theorists, survivalists, and fundamentalist religious organizations anticipated widespread power outages, food and gasoline shortages, and other emergencies including the collapse of modern society in the months leading up to this event.
What is Y2K?
This 20th-century author pioneered the use of stream-of-consciousness as a literary device, and wrote all of her work while standing up.
Who is Virginia Woolf?
This is the name of the incredibly popular action figure from the 1996 Christmas movie Jingle All The Way.
Who is Turbo Man?