Holiday Traditions
This tradition involves decorating a tree with lights and ornaments.
What is decorating a Christmas Tree?
This term describes icy conditions on roads and sidewalks.
What is black ice?
This animated character tries to steal Christmas in Whoville.
Who is the Grinch?
This song begins with “You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen…”
What is "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"?
This plant is often hung in doorways and linked to a holiday kiss.
What is mistletoe?
This term describes a long period of extremely cold weather.
What is a cold snap?
This holiday movie is set mostly in a department store.
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
This song mentions chestnuts roasting on an open fire.
What is "The Christmas Song"?
This holiday tradition involves spinning a top during Hanukkah.
What is playing dreidel?
This effect makes cold temperatures feel colder due to wind.
What is wind chill?
This 1988 action film is famously debated as a Christmas movie.
What is Die Hard?
This holiday tune was originally written for Thanksgiving.
What is "Jingle Bells"?
This Scandinavian country is credited with popularizing the modern Christmas tree tradition.
What is Germany?
This instrument measures atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
This 1946 film centers on George Bailey and his angel, Clarence.
What is It's a Wonderful Life?
This song became the first holiday recording inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
What is “White Christmas”?
This ancient Persian holiday celebrates the winter solstice.
What is Yalda Night?
This atmospheric effect causes shimmering lights in polar regions.
What is the aurora borealis?
This actor played six characters in The Polar Express.
Who is Tom Hanks?
This song is traditionally sung on December 26 in the UK.
What is “Good King Wenceslas”?