Christmas movies and books
The movie Miracle on 34th Street is based on a real-life department store. What is it?
What is Macy's?
Elvis isn't going to have a white Christmas, he's going to have a...
What is a Blue Christmas?
What is the name of the holiday that celebrates Pan-African culture from starting on December 26 and ending on January 1?
What is Kwanzaa?
What is the name of the northern lights, a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in the polar regions?
What is Aurora Borealis?
The 1993 movie Cool Runnings is based on the story of an unlikely Jamaican bobsleigh team in the 1988 Winter Olympics. Which Canadian actor starred as the team’s coach?
Who is John Candy?
In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?
Where is Paris?
Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy was recorded in 1977 by Bing Crosby and what other singer?
Who is David Bowie?
What winter celebration marking the winter solstice is typically celebrated in Scandinavian countries?
What is Yule?
Yule is one of the oldest winter solstice festivals, with origins among the ancient Norse thousands of years ago.
What website and app in Ontario is useful for winter travel?
What is Ontario 511?
In the 1970s, the television show Stars on Ice was a weekly show featuring skating. Who was the host of this show for most of its run?
Who is Alex Trebek?
From 1976 until 1980, Alex Trebek hosted Stars on Ice. Doug Crosley had hosted the show earlier, from 1980 to 1981. Trebek is better known as the host of Jeopardy from 1984 until his death in 2020.
In Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, what was the first name of Scrooge?
What is Ebenezer?
Visions of which food danced in children's heads as they slept in the poem "'Twas The Night Before Christmas?"
What are Sugar Plums?
Which winter holiday is celebrated sometime between January 21 and February 20?
What is Lunar New Year?
What has only happened five times in Ontario in winter?
Lake Ontario has frozen over.
There have been five occasions on record when it has completely frozen over: 1830, 1874, 1893, 1912 and 1934.
What is the name of the dogsled race that goes from Anchorage to Nome in early March?
What is the The Iditarod?
What is the name of George Bailey's guardian angel in It's A Wonderful Life?
Who is Clarence Odbody?
What is considered Canada's oldest Christmas carol?
What is the Huron Carol
A Canadian Christmas hymn (Canada's oldest Christmas song), written probably in 1642 by Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in Canada
What holiday is known as the Festival of Lights and typically takes place around December?
What is Hanukkah (Chanukah)?
What part of the pine tree can be consumed and how?
What is Pine Needle tea?
The Haudenosaunee people drank white pine tea for a number of ailments.
Where was the first Winter Olympics held?
Where is Chamonix France?
In the movie Elf, what was the first rule of "The Code of Elves?"
What is Treat every day like Christmas?
If you add them all up, how many gifts in total were given in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" song?
What is 364?
According to Austrian folklore, what horned figure punishes naughty children during the holiday season?
Who is Krampus?
How many times does the winter solstice happen each year?
What is 2?
The winter solstice occurs twice annually: once in the Northern Hemisphere around December 21 or 22, when the Sun's path is farthest south, and once in the Southern Hemisphere around June 20 or 21, when the Sun's path is farthest north.
Children, teachers, and parents from the London District Catholic School Board in London, ON, currently hold the Guinness World Record for making what?
What are the most snow angels?
The group made 15,851 snow angels simultaneously on 2 February 2004.