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100

In addition to Christmas, BMO celebrates multicultural winter holidays, including this week-long Jewish festival of lights

What is Hanukkah?

100

The world’s largest natural ice-skating rink appears each winter on this Canadian city

What is Ottawa?

100

This football player’s Christmas game went viral after fans hoped Taylor Swift would appear in the broadcast

Who is Travis Kelce?

100

This four-sided spinning top feature Hebrew letters that form an acronym meaning “A great miracle happened there”

What is a Dreidel?

100

The annual surge of online shopping during this season is often called…

What is Cyber Monday

200

BMO sponsors a holiday event in Canada where visitors can skate outdoors while listening to this type of season entertainment

What is live holiday music?

200

In this Scandinavian country, Christmas traditions include lighting candles on the St. Lucia Day Festival each December

What is Sweden?

200

On Friends, Ross dresses up as this unusual character to teach his son about Hanukkah

What is a Holiday Armadillo?

200

In Australia, this landmark becomes the centerpiece of one of the world’s first major New Year’s Eve firework displays

What is the Sydney Harbor Bridge?

200

Every December, this online multiplayer hosts winter events featuring snowball fights, holiday skins and limited-time loot

What is Fortnite?

300

BMO is known for sponsoring this iconic Toronto holiday attraction, which features a giant Christmas tree and an outdoor skating rink

What is Nathan Phillips Square?

300

This city-state is known for its dazzling Christmas light display along Orchard Road

What is Singapore?

300

This boyband release “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays” in the 90s

Who is *NSYNC?

300

The Lunar New Year rotates through 12 symbolic animals; 2025 is the year of this animal, known for intelligence and resourcefulness

What is the Snake?

300

This device helped transform holiday music listening with digital playlists and downloadable songs

What is the iPhone?

400

BMO employees and branches frequently participate in this holiday activity, supporting local communities through donations or volunteering

What is a holiday charity drive?

400

You'll find the town of North Pole, which processes Santa's holiday mail, in the country's massive far north known for glaciers and long winters

What is Alaska?

400

This Christmas movie gave us the iconic line “To me, you are perfect,” delivered on cue cards

What is Love Actually?

400

In many European countries, Santa is said to enter homes through this place

What is the Front Door?

400

Some modern tech-savvy trees have been built in, allowing them to change colors, sync with music, and even be controlled via an app

What is Smart Christmas Tree?

500

Some BMO branches display community donation trees where ornaments represent pledge contributions. This style of fundraising is know as this type of "symbolic giving"

What is a giving tree?

500

The tallest Rockefeller Center’s Christmas Tree recorded was a Norway spruce from this US state

What is Pennsylvania?

500

The viral “Defrosting Mariah Carey” meme originally came from this type of retro media footage

What is a VHS interview clip?

500

In this country, it’s tradition to hide a decorative pickle on the tree, with a small reward for the first child to find it

What is Germany?

500

In 2014, this company released a “smart” holiday-themed device that can read a story to children and sing Christmas songs, sparking the era of connected toys

What is Amazon: Echo Dot Kids Edition?