True/False
True OR False:
There is an International Hair Freezing contest in Canada every winter
TRUE
This sweet drink is a wintertime favorite for children and adults alike.
What is it?
Hot Chocolate!
How do you make it?!
You can put shapes of snow together to make this creature
What is it?
A Snowmen!
What can you use to make the snowman more realistic?
What are Christmas Trees also called?
A) Yule-tree B) The Song Tree
A) Yule- Tree
In Sweden, rather than a yule- tree, they use an animal as their Christmas symbol.
A) Yule- Goat OR B) Yule- Dog
A) Yule- Goat,
the goat is more than 42 feet high, 23 feet wide, and weighs 3.6 tons. Each year, the massive straw goat is constructed in the same spot
True OR False:
Ski Ballet was once a sport in the Winter Olympics
True! It was introduced in 1970s and removed in 2000
A nice hot bowl of this can knock the chill off in the winter time.
What is it?
SOUP!
What is your favourite type of soup?
This winter activity involves sliding on the ice wearing special shoes that have blades.
What is it?
Ice Skating
Have you ever learnt? How old? Who taught you?
The original Christmas pudding recipe had meat in it!
Can you guess what kinds of meat was included?
In the 14th century, Christmas pudding was a type of porridge made using mutton and beef with spices, wines, raisins, currants. Over time, people slowly added more alcohol alongside eggs and dried fruit until we eventually ended up with the Christmas pudding
In Iceland, each night before Christmas, Icelandic children are visited by the 13 Yule Lads. After placing their shoes by the window, will head to bed.
If they are good- receive candy BUT if naughty receive?
In the morning, they'll either have received candy (if they're good) or be greeted with shoes full of rotten potatoes if they're bad
True or False:
Most of our body heat is lost through our heads
True,
how can we prevent this?!
This popular winter/holiday drink is made with egg, milk, sugar.
What is it?
Egg nog!
Do you like it? Have you ever made it?
What is something you may mix with it?
In the first Winter Olympics, what was the only Sport that women were allowed to participate in?
In the first Winter Olympics, women were only allowed to compete in figure skating.
If you were to grow a Christmas Tree, how many years do you think it takes on average?
On average it takes 15 years to grow a Christmas Tree!
In Poland,
On Christmas Eve, many families share oplatek (an religious wafer), each person breaking off a piece as they wish each other Merry Christmas. Dinner may not begin until the first _____ appears in the night.
Dinner may not begin until the first star appears in the night sky and, traditionally, an extra setting is left at the table should someone show up uninvited.
True OR False:
Candy Canes were invented in Germany?
TRUE
This is a classic type of holiday cookies, it involves warm spices and can be used to build a house!
What is it?
Ginger Bread!
What are the warm spices?
Have you ever built a ginger bread house?
Ready for curling? Then you must know that the object of the game is to get your stones closer to this spot:
The button, The hammer, OR The hack ?
The button — or the middle of the bullseye you see on the ice. The hammer is the name given to the last stone that is thrown each period. The hack is where you start your throw.
Finish the Lyrics:
On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me .....
Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves
And a partridge in a pear tree.
What date is Christmas Day?
A) January 1st OR B) January 7th?
In Ukraine,
Christmas Day on January 7 by dressing in traditional garments and walking through town singing carols
True OR False:
Jingle Bells was not originally a Christmas song?
TRUE!
The song was actually first performed at a Thanksgiving church service and was never intended to be a Christmas staple
Something that you crack during winter season? Not by hand but by utensil!
What is it?
Nuts!
What are different types of nuts?
Only one person has ever won gold in both the Winter and Summer Olympics.
What sports do you think he won in?
American Eddie Eagan, won gold in boxing 1920 won and in bobsledding in 1932
Finish the Lyrics:
Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale they say
He was made of snow but the children
know how he came to life one day.....
....there must have been some magic in that
old silk hat they found
For when they placed it on his head
he began to dance around
In Ireland,
They place an object in their front window overnight.
What do you think it is?
The Irish leave a tall red candle in a front window overnight, a welcoming symbol of warmth and shelter for the holiday season. Traditional Christmas fare in Ireland often includes homemade roast goose, vegetables, cranberries, and potatoes.