Ukrainian/US Holiday Traditions
Food
Music
Popular Culture
100
The US state known as the "Christmas tree capital of the world"
Oregon
100
This savory dish made from ground meat, breadcrumbs, and spices is often enjoyed during holiday meals
Stuffing
100
The type of tree the partridge was in in the song "Twelve Days of Christmas"
Pear Tree
100
The name of Mariah Carey's 1994 hit Christmas song
"All I Want for Christmas is You"
200
The name of the Ukrainian tradition where people go from house to house, sing carols, and receive treats
Koliadky or Kolyaduvannya
200
The deep-fried potato pancakes traditionally eaten during Hanukkah
Latkes
200
This holiday song features the lyrics, "chestnuts roasting on an open fire"
The Christmas Song
200
The last animal that squeezes into the mitten during a cold winter in the Ukrainian folk tale "Rukavychka" or "the Mitten."
A bear
300
The date of Malanka (Ukrainian New Year's Eve)
January 13
300
This spicy warm dark drink made with wine, citrus, and spices often enjoyed during Christmas in Europe
глінтвейн or Mulled wine
300
Finish the lyric: "Have yourself a merry little Christmas, let your heart be light".................
Next year all our troubles, will be out of sight
300
Where the McCallisters are planning to go on vacation for Christmas in the movie "Home Alone"
Paris
400
A Ukrainian Christmas decoration made from a sheaf of wheat
Didukh
400
The traditional Ukrainian Christmas drink made from fermented wheat
Kompot
400
The musical instrument commonly used in Ukrainian Christmas celebrations especially during caroling
Bandura
400
The Ukrainian Christmas decoration that Kevin encounters in the hotel lobby in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York"
A giant Christmas tree adorned with Ukrainian pysanky (Easter eggs)
500
The estimated number of daily visitors to the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree located in New York City
500,000
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500
Name three ingredients in Kutia
Cooked wheat, honey, and poppy seeds
500
The name of the Ukrainian song that the popular Christmas carol "Carol of the Bells" is based on
Shchedryk (Bountiful Evening)
500
What Ukrainian Christmas decoration does Monica hang up in her apartment in the tv show "Friends"
Tinsel (A Christmas Spider Web) or дощик
