Holiday Symbols
Used to crack nuts
What is A Nutcracker?
What is a Gingerbread House?
Two famous animated snowmen
Who are Olaf and Frosty?
In Hawaii, this greeting is used on Christmas Day.
What is Mele Kalikimaka?
This month is the most popular to start holiday shopping
What is October
This is the number of candles that are held in a Menorah
What is 9
These foods are typically eaten on Hannukah because they are fried in oil
What are Jelly Donuts and Latkes (potato pancakes)
This food is part of many Mexican and Mexican-American Christmas celebrations
What are tamales
Kwanzaa begins on this date
What is December 26
On average, shoppers buy this many presents during the holiday season
What is 14?
During Kwanzaa, this is the name of the cup each person drinks from during daily activities and ceremonies
What is the Unity Cup
In Japan over New Years, this starch is pounded into little cakes and filled with sweet bean paste or other sweets
What is rice
An animated film about a train that carries kids to the North Pole.
What is the Polar Express?
In India, Diwali symbolizes the triumph of good over evil and _________ over _________
What is light over darkness
Finish these lyrics: Oh Channukah Oh Channukah...
What is "come light the menorah. Let's have a party, we'll all dance the hora
In Sweden, to celebrate St. Lucia day, the girl assigned the role of St. Lucia wears this on their head.
What is a wreath of candles
Gifts are usually given during the Kwanzaa holiday. These kinds of gifts are encouraged: expensive gifts, small gifts, or hand made gifts
What are hand made gifts
In the movie "A Wonderful Life", this happens every time a bell rings
If you received all the gifts from the 12 days of Christmas, this is how many you would receive
What is 78
This many Christmas Trees are purchased each year
What is 30 million!
In the Philipines, this giant beautifully decorated lantern represents the lanterns used to light the way to church in the early morning during the 9 days before Christmas.
What is a Parol
In Iceland, children put shoes out to be filled with treats if they are good and this if they are not.
What are rotten potatoes
In Lebanon, Christian families plant chickpeas or wheat grains in soaked cotton on Eid el-Burbara (Dec 4) and place them under the Christmas tree when the shoots have grown which represents this Christmas event
What is the birth of Jesus Christ
This popular children's cookie was introduced as a Christmas ornament in 1902
What is an animal cracker?
This is the amount of money US shoppers spend during the holiday season
What is $1 Trillion Dollars!