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This Roman holiday involved taking time off work, decorating homes with wreaths, and exchanging gifts to celebrate the winter solstice.
What was Saturnalia?
This holiday loaf, thanks to the preservatives in its recipe, can last up to a year.
What is fruitcake?
On Christmas Day in 1776, George Washington and the Continental Army completed this critical military feat.
What was the Crossing of the Delaware?
This year was the first in which the International Space Station crew celebrated New Year's for the first time.
What was 2000?
This evil mythological creature is said to travel with Santa Claus, and punishes bad children.
What is Krampus?
The first artificial Christmas tree was made with feathers from which bird?
What was the goose?
For his 1580 Christmas dinner, Sir William Petrie ordered 17 oxen, 5 hogs, 54 lambs and this many sheep.
What was 129?
The tradition of decorating indoor Christmas Trees caught on in the United States in this decade.
What were the 1890's?
The first New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square occurred during this year.
When was 1907?
Every year, 1,500 troops from this military command, known as the "official Santa tracker" answer phones to track the whereabouts of Santa Claus.
Hanukkah celebrates the Maccabean victories over the Seleucid King Antioch IV, and the rededication on Kislev 25, during this year.
When was 164 BC?
These fun crackers, introduced during Christmas in 1902, were originally designed to be hung on Christmas trees.
What are animal crackers?
On Christmas day in 800 AD, this figure was crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III.
Who was Charlamagne?
This country gained independence on New Year's Day of 1803.
What was Haiti?
This creature, popularized by the name, "Abominable Snowman," is rumored to live in the Himalayan region of Tibet.
What is the Yeti?
Kwanzaa, a week-long celebration of African harvest celebration traditions, was created in this year.
When was 1966?
This colorful bird was the preferred Christmas dinner staple in Medieval England.
What was the peacock?
The World War I Christmas Truce, which halted fighting throughout the trenches of France, occurred during this year.
What was 1914?
The tradition of making New Year's resolutions dates back to this ancient civilization.
What was Babylon?
US Explorer Frederick Cook first reached the North Pole in this year.
What was 1908?
This Christmas song, written by Irving Berlin and performed by Bing Crosby, is the highest-selling single of all time.
What is White Christmas?
This Christmas food tradition adds up to about $189 million annually.
What is putting cookies out for Santa?
This Christmas Day treaty ended America's second continental war.
What was the Treaty of Ghent?
This country in South Asia celebrates the New Year on April 14th.
What is Nepal?
This reindeer, who appeared in the 1998 film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, is Rudolph's main love interest.
Who is Clarice?