Holiday Music
Traditions Around
The World
What's for Dinner?
Movies
100

Everybody knows a turkey and this help make the season bright in "The Christmas Song" made popular by Nat King Cole

What is Mistletoe?

100

This Central European tradition features a dark companion to St Nicholas who punishes bad children rather than bestow presents.

Who is Krampus?

100

This bird is a traditional dinner staple at Christmas in the United States.

What is a turkey?

100

This classic Christmas movie, originally released in 1966 as a Television special, was remade in 2000 starring Jim Carrey.

What is How the Grinch Stole Christmas?

200

This is considered the overall Best Christmas song of all time with over 100 million copies sold world wide.

What is White-Christmas by Bing Crosby
200
During Hanukkah this is lit over the course of eight days to signify the miracle of the oil in the Temple lasting eight days.

What is the Menorah?

200

These fried potato pancakes are a staple food to be prepared during Hanukkah. 

What are Latkes?
200

This 2003 film featured Will Ferrell, whose character travels from the North Pole to find his real father played by James Caan.

What is Elf?

300

This popular Christmas song has a viral game, started in 2016, where players must make it till Christmas Day without hearing the original 1984 version, or lose the game and post on social media they did not make it?

Last Christmas- Wham

Did you survive Whamageddon?

300

What Icelandic tradition is practiced by buying books and gifting them on Christmas Eve?

What is Jolabokaflod- Christmas Book Flood

300

This unlikely food became a traditional Christmas dinner in Japan starting in 1970.

What is KFC?

300

The 1964 Claymation Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer featured this character, the greatest prospector in the North.

Who is Yukon Cornelius?

400

The lyrics ‘City sidewalks, busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style’ can be found in this Holiday Classic.

What is Silver Bells?

400

This week long celebration, from December 26th to January 1st, features seven principles celebrated each day by families and communities together.

What is Kwanza

The seven principles of Kwanza are unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith

400

For Italian-Americans it is customary to celebrate Christmas Eve with a feast of seven different types of this.

What is Fish

The Feast of the Seven Fishes is an Italian-American tradition celebrated on Christmas Eve where the number seven is believed to symbolize the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church. The specific types of fish dishes can vary, but popular choices include baccalà (salted cod), calamari (squid), shrimp, clams, and more.

400

This award winning movie based on a classic children's story was the first all-digital capture film and featured Tom Hanks in multiple roles.

What is the Polar Express?

500

This singer popularized 'A Holly Jolly Christmas' in 1964.

Who is Burl Ives.

500

In Mexico, Latin America, and El Salvador this nine day celebration includes nightly processions reenacting the biblical story of Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem ending in a mass and children breaking open piñatas.

What is Las Posadas
500

This traditional Christmas dessert is made with dried fruits, cooked by boiling in a bag, and topped with brandy which is set aflame.

What is Christmas/Plum Pudding?

500

This fake movie appearing in Home Alone has a real title and features the classic line "Merry Christmas ya' filthy animal, and Happy New Year".

What is Angels with Filthy Souls?