Holiday Music
The most recorded Christmas song of all time is "Silent Night," according to Time, whereas this title holds the Guinness World Record for the best-selling single.
What is "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby?
The annual African-based celebration of Kwanzaa has this many days.
What is seven?
Though sometimes hotly contested which should take center stage on your Christmas dinner menu, Americans eat roughly the same amount of each of these proteins (in total pounds consumed) during the holidays, according to Time.
What are ham and turkey?
Back in 1990, this film brought in $286 million dollars at the box office, making it the most successful holiday movie ever. Even with inflation, which brings its total revenue to $528 million, it still surpasses runner-up Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, according to CNBC.
What is Home Alone?
Santa says goodbye by saying "Merry Christmas to all and . . . ." The next five words are this.
What is "to all a good night."
In the song Frosty the Snowman, this magical item made the snowman come to life.
What is his hat?
Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, has a pillar tradition of lighting candles upon on a holder known as what.
What is a Menorah?
True or false: George Washington loved eggnog.
This one is true! The Founding Father even had his own boozy recipe where he forgot to note the number of eggs needed but included the (albeit important) instruction, "Taste frequently."
Many celebrations occur near the shortest day of the year. A day known more commonly by this name.
What is the winter solstice?
A group of 13 mischievous pranksters who steal from or harass the population and all have descriptive names that convey their favorite way of harassing. They come to town one by one during the last 13 nights before Christmas (Yule). They leave small gifts in shoes that children have placed on window sills, but if the child has been disobedient they instead leave a potato in the shoe.
Who are the Yule Lads?
True or false: The song "Jingle Bells" was written specifically for Christmas.
False. James Lord Pierpont wrote the tune back in 1857 in honor of Thanksgiving, but it became so popular that it was adapted into a Christmas song.
The dreidel, a four-sided spinning top, played during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah was originally used as what.
What is a decoy gambling game?
The first record of candy canes in America goes all the way back to this year when a German immigrant used them to decorate his holiday tree, according to the National Confectioners Association.
What is 1874?
This winter holiday has 16 different spellings in English.
What is "Hanukkah"?
This figure is Italy's equivalent to Santa.
What is the good witch?
This song made the phrase "Merry Christmas" in Spanish more well known.
1. Feliz Navidad.
The Bahamas celebrate Boxing Day with a street parade and festival called what.
What is " Junkanoo"?
Some evidence suggests that gingerbread recipes existed all the way back in 2400 B.C. However, it's this queen that's known for creating the modern-day gingerbread cookie we all enjoy during the holiday season, to impress a group of guests visiting her palace when asking for a series of special gingerbread cookies designed to look like each visitor.
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
This many calling birds were sent in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas".
What is four?
In Holland, instead of stockings Santa fills these.
What are wooden shoes?
This is the traditional New Year's Eve song is typically sung after midnight to ring in the new year.
What is Auld Lang Syne? Originally a Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1788, the poem's Scots title may be translated into standard English as "old long since" or, less literally, "long long ago".
Chinese New Year is celebrated in January or February, on the first new moon of the new year. This time is also known as Spring Festival or Lunar New Year. People wear red clothing, as it is thought to bring them what.
What is good luck?
To honor this third-century saint on December 13, many girls in Sweden dress up as “Lucia brides” in long white gowns with red sashes, and a wreath of burning candles on their heads. They wake up their families by singing songs and bringing them coffee and twisted saffron buns known as what.
What are “Lucia cats”?
This happens every December 21st or 22nd.
What is the first day of winter?
A horned, figure in Alpine folklore who during the Christmas season, scares children who have misbehaved, assisting to Saint Nicholas (the first of three good December men; other two are Santa Claus and Ded Moroz), who rewards the well-behaved on 5 December at night with modest gifts (oranges, dried fruit, walnuts and chocolate) and bad ones with birch rod only.
Who is Krampus?