Winter
Holiday Movies
Around the World
Holiday Songs
Holiday Traditions
100

The winter solstice is the (longest / shortest) day of the year.

What is "shortest"?

100

Name the movie these characters are in: Buddy, Walter Hobbs, Jovie, Miles Finch.

What is Elf?

100

The way to say "Merry Christmas" in Spanish, also a popular song.

What is Feliz Navidad?

100

Complete the lyrics: Make my wish come true, all I want for Christmas is... (1 word)

What is "you"?

100

This popular Christmas beverage is also known as "milk punch". 

What is eggnog?

200

This tasty mineral is also used to remove ice from roads, sidewalks and trucks.

What is salt?

200

Name the movie: A story about a green creature who tried to steal Christmas.

What is How The Grinch Stole Christmas?

200

The number of nights of Hanukkah.

What is a eight?

200

Complete the lyrics: Dashing through the snow, on a one-horse.... (2 words)

What is "open sleigh?"

200

The colors that are usually associated with Hanukkah.

What are blue and yellow/gold?

300

The last Winter Olympics were held in 2022. The next games will be held in _________.

What is 2026?

300

Name the movie these characters are in: Kevin McCallister, Marv, Harry.

What is Home Alone?

300

Considered one of the "big three" winter holidays in the U.S., this annual celebration of African-American culture lasts from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu.

What is Kwanzaa?

300

Complete the lyrics: Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made you.... (3 words)

What is "out of clay"?

300

This color is worn on the Chinese New Year because it represents good luck.

What is red?

400

The number of sides that a snowflake has.

What is six?

400

This action movie featuring Bruce Willis has become known as a "holiday classic" for many.

What is Die Hard?

400

Diwali is a celebration in the Hindu faith, and the most important holiday in this country.

What is India?

400

Traditionally, this song is sung to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. Its name comes from a Scottish folk poem.

What is Auld Lang Syne?

400

A popular holiday plant that is also poisonous to humans or animals.

What is mistletoe/holly/poinsettia?

500

The snowiest country in the world is ____________.

What is Japan?

500

Name the movie: A young man receives a strange creature as a pet, which then spawns other creatures who transform into small, destructive, mischievous monsters that wreak havoc on a whole town on Christmas Eve.

What is Gremlins?

500

The modern-day country where Saint Nicholas was born.

What is Turkey?

500

This well-known Christmas carol became the first song ever broadcast from space in 1965.

What is "Jingle Bells?"

500

Kwanzaa is rooted in Nguzo Saba: seven pillars which include Kujichagulia (self-determination), Ujima (collective work and understanding), Ujamaa (cooperative economics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba (creativity)—and lastly, Imani (_______). 

What is "faith"?