Winter Holidays
This day starts a new lunar year and is celebrated between January 21 and February 19.
What is the Chinese New Year?
This is how you say Merry Christmas in Spanish.
What is Feliz Navidad?
This website now tracks Santa every year, so we know where he is.
What is NORAD? (North American Aerospace Defense Command)
This is what brings Frosty the Snowman to life.
What is his hat?
This German name for pine trees also is a classic Christmas carol.
What is Tannenbaum?
This Hindu festival of lights is celebrated over five days.
What is Diwali?
This name is also used for songs during the holidays.
What is Carol?
In the Czech Republic, instead of Santa Clause, this magical baby brings children Christmas presents.
Who is baby Jesus?
This company has been using Santa in its advertisements since the 1930s.
What is Coca Cola?
In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, what was the first name of Scrooge?
What is Ebenezer?
This post-Christmas day has nothing to do with it's name and originated as a collection for the poor.
What is Boxing Day?
The Grinch carves up this meat at Christmas dinner.
What is Roast Beast?
This Hawaiian phrase for Merry Christmas doesn't have the letters 'C', 'R', or 'S' – because they don't exist in Hawaiian language.
What is Mele Kalikimaka?
This red flower is also called the Christmas Star.
What is Poinsettia?
Three of Santa’s reindeer’s names begin with the letter “D.” What are those names?
Dancer, Dasher, and Donner
This time period leading up to Christmas is counted by opening windows on a calendar, revealing pictures, chocolate, or tiny gifts.
What is Advent?
This is how many LAs there are after FA in the song Deck the Halls.
What is 8?
This popular children's cookie was introduced as a Christmas ornament in 1902.
What are Animal Crackers?
No crocodiles or rhinoceroses, I only want …
What are Hippopotamuses?
These are the 2 most popular alternative names for Santa Clause.
What is Kris Kringle and St. Nick?
Muslims celebrate this ninth month of the Islamic calendar with fasting, prayer, and reflection.
What is Ramadan?
Dutch children leave these out for Santa to fill with presents.
What is wooden shoes?
These are the gifts given in the 12 Days of Christmas song. Name at least 6.
What is a partridge in a pear tree, turtle doves, french hens, calling birds, gold rings, geese a-laying, swans a-swimming, maids a-milking, ladies dancing, lords a-leaping, pipers piping, drummers drumming.
The Czech's buy this fish live, keep it in the bathtub and even shower with it(!), before eating it for Christmas dinner with potato salad.
What is carp?
Santa enters houses using this illness' name.
What is a Flue?