Tense Present
This gift to Troy turned out to be not so welcome, housing Greek soldiers who would destroy the city.
What is the Trojan Horse?
Tinsels are popular materials for creating lures in this aquatic sport.
What is fly fishing?
In the 1990 film Home Alone, Kevin McAllister is left behind when his family travels to this European city.
What is Paris?
Securing in place, or fleeing quickly.
What is 'bolting'?
In Chinese culture, gifts are often wrapped in this color, denoting good fortune and joy.
What is red?
If you receive this as a present, try not to find something wrong with its teeth!
What is a gift horse?
Tinsel is made of thin strips of sparkling material, attached to a thread. When wrapped around a tree, it is meant to mimic this natural phenomenon.
What is ice/icicles?
On November 13, Netflix released this miniseries about a widow who falls in love with a snowman brought to life.
What is Hot Frosty?
Adding fine particles to a surface, or removing them.
What is 'dusting'?
This notoriously difficult-to-open package is named after a similarly sturdy mollusc.
What is clamshell packaging?
After negotiations with the Delaware tribe broke down in 1763, British settlers 'gifted' them these fatal fabrics.
What are smallpox blankets?
Modern tinsel was invented in Nuremberg, Germany in 1610, and was traditionally made of this shredded metal.
What is silver?
In the 1990 film Edward Scissorhands, Edward carves a sculpture of his beloved on Christmas out of this material.
What is ice?
Going somewhere, or restraining something from movement.
What is 'bound'?
Pills in this kind of packaging can be pushed out individually through a thin foil layer.
What is a blister pack?
A feud arose over this allegedly cursed 45-carat blue gem, after it was gifted to Louis XIV by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier.
What is the Hope Diamond?
In the 1950s, tinsel garlands became the preferred ornament over lights on this form of artificial Christmas tree, criticized by Charlie Brown in the 1965 special, A Charlie Brown Christmas.
What is an aluminum christmas tree?
What is a yak?
A member of the nobility, or an equal.
What is 'a peer'?
This thin, clear, and stretchy material was accidentally discovered at the Dow Chemical Company in 1933, when a chemist found he couldn't wash the substance off a beaker.
What is Saran wrap?
Kissing the legendary Blarney Stone in Ireland endows one with this skill of eloquence and flattery; however, you'll have to risk your life to do it!
What is the 'gift of the gab'?
'Tinsel' is derived from the Old French word 'estincele', meaning this.
What is sparkle?
The 1954 film White Christmas takes place in this state, whose capital is named after a city in the south of France.
What is Montpelier, Vermont?
Official approval, or official condemnation.
What is a 'sanction'?
This five-sided box is usually made of cardboard, and protects books from damage while leaving the spine exposed.
What is a slipcase?