Let It Snow
"Let It Snow" begins, "Oh the weather outside is" this
What is frightful?
At Subway the signature wraps come wrapped in one of these
What is a tortilla?
Mostly copper & weighing just over a ton, it was cast for the Pennsylvania Statehouse in the 1750s
What is the Liberty Bell?
This Tim Burton movie was made using stop-motion animation
What is The Nightmare Before Christmas?
This eight-night Jewish holiday is often called the Festival of Lights.
What is Hanukkah?
The National Weather Service defines this as snowy winds of 35 mph with 1/4 mile visibility lasting for 3 hours
What is a blizzard?
This 4-letter seaweed that wraps up sushi is actually a type of red algae
What is nori?
Dating to 771 A.D. Korea's Divine Bell of King Seongdeok served as a model for other bells used in this same religion
What is Buddhism?
Oops! The McCallister family leaves 8-year-old Kevin home alone when they go to Paris at Christmas in this 1990 comedy
What is Home Alone?
Pennsylvania chose this bioluminescent pick that lights up summer evenings for its state insect
What is a firefly (or lightning bug)?
From July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999, the Mount Baker ski area in this "Evergreen State" got 1,140" of snow--that's 95 feet!
What is Washington?
According to Luke 2, Mary "brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in" these
What are swaddling clothes?
If you see the "fumata bianca" come through the chimney & hear the bells of St. Peter's Basilica ring, this selection was just made
What is a new pope?
In "The Muppet Christmas Carol" Michael Caine plays this miserly character
Who is Scrooge?
In 1920 Detroit police officer William Potts had the idea to add this signal to make simple stop/go traffic lights safer
What is a yellow light?
Buffalo, New York is familiar with the snowstorm-causing effect named for this type of body of water
What is a lake effect snow?
Pre-butterfly, a caterpillar wraps itself in a cocoon-like this & then digests itself, using enzymes to dissolve its tissues
What is a chrysalis?
The largest bell in the world, the Tsar Bell, sits on the grounds of this fortress at Red Square
What is the Kremlin?
In this Christmas classic, Cousin Eddie explains he won’t go sledding because he once had a metal plate in his head—until a microwave made him forget who he was.
What is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation?
During this Hindu festival, families light diyas—small oil lamps—whose name comes from the Sanskrit word for “row of lights.
What is Diwali?
Flat snow crystals generally have this many sides or arms
What is six?
Take a piece of ferromagnetic material, such as an iron nail, wrap a wire around it, send current through the wire & it becomes one of these
What is an electromagnet?
You'll get some applause if you know that this is the name for the tongue inside a bell that makes it ring
What is a clapper?
Its last line is "If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year's"
What is Die Hard?
This shimmering sky display occurs when charged solar particles interact with Earth’s magnetic field
What is aurora borealis (the northern lights)?