Holiday Traditions by Country
In this country, an ugly, but kind, old witch is known as Befana (giver of gifts') controls giving the gifts
What is Italy?
Ice freezes at this temperature in Celsius
What is 0 degrees Celsius?
Thomas Jefferson refused to declare Thanksgiving a holiday because he believed firmly in the separation of these two entities
What is church and state?
In this popular holiday movie, the main character says, "It's a tid bit nippley outside"
What is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation?
Cranberries are most often combined with this item in foods, sauces, and beverages.
What is sugar?
In this country, Christmas isn't really celebrated, but Kentucky Fried Chicken sure is! KFC is so popular that the chain asks customers to place their orders at least two months in advance.
What is Japan?
Dry ice is made of this substance
What is carbon dioxide?
Sarah Josepha Hale, the writer of this nursery rhyme, is responsible for Thanksgiving becoming a holiday
What is "Mary Had a Little Lamb"?
In this 1947 movie, Kris Kringle is put on trial
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
Cranberries grow in ____
In this country, they ditch the elf and put this figure on the shelf. The male figurine's name is translated to the defecator, which makes sense since the porcelain doll is squatting with his pants down.
What is Spain?
Ice storms happen when ____ passes through warm and cold layers in the atmosphere
What is snow?
When the Thanksgiving parade made its big debut in 1924, it may not have had balloons, but it did have something that might be even crazier than balloons... ____
What is animals from the Central Park Zoo?
This actor was the star of the 1988 movie Scrooged
Who is Bill Murray?
Cranberries are 90% ____
What is water?
In this country, they cover their Christmas trees in spider webs
What is Ukraine?
This percentage of the Earth's landmass is covered in ice
What is 7%?
Even though the holiday had been celebrated on the fourth Thursday since Lincoln officially recognized the federal holiday decades before, this president bumped it up a week, and effectively added seven more shopping days to the holiday season to boost the economy, angering football coaches who had Thanksgiving games already scheduled and calendar-printers.
Who is President Roosevelt?
In this 1964 movie, Santa Claus defeats a group of aliens
Cranberries are submerged in water for this amount of time during their growing period
What is 12 hours?
In this country, one person will dress as a horse with an actual horse skull and is usually accompanied by a group of people. The group will go to homes singing carols in exchange for food and drinks.
What is Wales?
The name for an ice volcano
What is cryovolcanoes?
President George H.W. Bush pardoned the first turkey in 1989 after he noticed the 50-pound bird at his official Thanksgiving proclamation looked a little nervous. Presidents of the United States have upheld the decision since. After being pardoned, the turkeys go to this location
What is Disney World?
In National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Cousin Eddie has been unemployed for this period of time
What is 7 years?
Native Americans used cranberries, fat, and this meat to create survival cakes known as pemmican.
What is venison?