Christmas Movies
Mango Lore
Linguistics
Holiday Treats
All in the Family
100

An 8-year-old boy is left to defend his home against burglars in this 1990 holiday classic

Home Alone

100

We recently launched a prototype "alphabet chart" for this language

Japanese (Hiragana)

100

A language is a dialect with these

An army and a navy

100

Reindeer have been known to nibble on these, having been left out by children

Carrots

100

The word 'mango' originated from this language family

Dravidian

200

In the 2003 film Elf, Buddy travels to New York City in order to do this

Find his birth father

200

In the Admin Tool, CT stands for this

Critical Thinking

200

This loaf, studded with candy and fruit, originated from Milan

Panettone

200

Mango has one course from this language family subgroup, known for its many noun classes

Bantu

300

Bruce Willis' played this tough guy character in the 1988 film Die Hard

John McClane

300

When we had an office space, it was affecionately known by this name.

The grove

300

A former Mango would sometimes make this during the holidays (and I just drank some last night at the Christkindlesmarkt!)

Glühwein, or mulled wine

300

The number of language families that we are collectively either native speakers, or heritage speakers of

2

400

In the 2004 film adaptation of the children's book Polar Express, when someone cannot hear the ringing of one of Santa's sleigh bells, it means this.

They don't believe in Santa Claus

400

The Hebrew word תשובה is often translated as this

to repent, or to return

400

The sound of a voiced labiodental affricate

(sound)

400

If you say you're serving this traditional Mexican stew of hominy and meat, you might get asked "Red or green?"

Pozole

400

Five of us live in cities or states with names originating from this language family

Algonquin

500

In the 1946 classic film It's a Wonderful Life, an angel named Clarence shows this to George Bailey.

What it would've been like if he had never been born

500

This is Mango Mindware

A self-guided hypnosis product

500

Mango does not use the traditional writing system (visual clue) for this language

Javanese

500

The etymology of the name of this holiday treat is unclear, though some believe it's related to a term that meant "strong ale" first used in 1693.

Eggnog

500

We offer two languages belonging to this sub-family, and here's one of those languages [Audio clue]

Goidelic, or Celtic