All The Occasions
The main character in this 1993 cult-classic Tim Burton film is Jack Skellington. Hint, the name of a popular holiday is in the title.
What is Nightmare before Christmas?
This holiday single was originally titled “The One Horse Open Sleigh”
What is Jingle Bells? It was written by James Lord Pierpont in 1857.
This "it" toy of 1996 was a Sesame Street character that caused some shoppers to resort to violence to obtain the coveted toy.
What is Tickle Me Elmo?
In "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," this is the magical country that the White Witch put a spell on so that it is always winter but never Christmas.
What is Narnia?
This type of calendar involves opening a little present each day in December leading up to Christmas Day on the 25th.
What is Advent?
Behind Christmas and Valentine’s Day, the third-most greeting card sales annually are for this holiday.
What is Mother's Day?
The festive holiday phrase “‘tis the season” comes from the lyrics of this Christmas carol.
What is Deck the Halls? You will also find “boughs of holly,” “blazing yule,” and 52 “fa la, la, la, las" give or take.
Inspired by this her time as a ballet instructor Arlene Wagner founded a museum with over 7,000 of these types of holiday items.
What are nutcrackers? This museum can be found in Leavenworth, Washington.
He was canonized in the 800s CE and ultimately given his own namesake December holiday four centuries after that.
Who is Saint Nick? He was known for giving gifts to children and the less fortunate.
In Spain, a tradition in the first seconds of the New Year is to quickly eat 12 of these for good luck.
What are grapes?
Literally meaning “new day,” Nowruz is the new year in this country.
What is Iran?
This is Nat King Cole's most famous Christmas song.
What is "The Christmas Song" or "Merry Christmas To You"? The beginning of the song starts with "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..."
This seasonal tune anagrams THE BEDTIME RUM TROLLY.
What is the Little Drummer Boy?
A young boy takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in this classic 1985 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg
What is Polar Express?
Literally meaning “head of the year”, this three-day holiday celebrates the Jewish New Year.
What is Rosh Hashana? In English, it is sometimes referred to as the Feast of Trumpets.
This holiest day of the Jewish year focuses on atonement with a fast, confession, and prayer.
What is Yom Kippur?
She was just 13 years old in 1958 when she recorded "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
Who is Brenda Lee? She made the top the Billboard Hot 100 in 2023 (just before her 79th birthday) with this song.
A holiday taboo to avoid during the Chinese New Year celebration is splitting this green fruit in half.
What is a Pear? It's because it sounds like a homophone of a word meaning to divide or separate.
The name "Boxing Day" comes from comes from this Queen's reign when the rich used to box up gifts to give to the poor.
Who is Queen Victoria? Boxing Day was traditionally a day off for servants - a day when they received a special Christmas box from their masters with money or food.
In this country New Year's Eve is called "Silvester".
What is Germany?
Labour Day in Canada was originally celebrated in the spring, but it was moved to the fall after 1894 after this Prime Minister declared Labour Day a national holiday.
Who is Sir John Thompson? Labour Day and celebrates workers' rights during parades and picnics organized by trade unions.
This Christmas song was first recorded in 1951 and details a poor young boy being summoned by the Magi to Jesus's birth.
What is the Little Drummer Boy? "I played my best for him" and "He smiled at me" are lyrics in the song about it.
The ball that drops to commemorate New Year's Eve in Times Square, NYC, is covered in this many crystal triangles
a) 2700
b) 1700
c) 3700
What is a) 2700?
Accompanied by a ghost, Ebenezer Scrooge looks in on this family having a goose for dinner as a special holiday treat in A Christmas Carol.
Who are the Cratchit family?
The Poinsettia, a popularized plant, and consummate holiday flower is native to this country.
What is Mexico?