Merry Movie Moments
This holiday film stars Kevin McCallister defending his house from burglars.
What is Home Alone?
These frozen crystals fall from the sky in winter.
Snowflakes
“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.”
What is Elf?
Frosty comes to life thanks to this object.
What is a magic hat?
In Home Alone, the hot doorknob burns Harry’s hand due to this form of heat transfer.
What is conduction?
In Elf, Buddy’s favorite food groups include candy, candy canes, candy corn, and this
What is syrup?
Snowflakes form from this state of water turning directly into ice.
What is water vapor?
“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!”
What is A Christmas Story?
Santa traditionally has this many reindeer before including Rudolph.
what is 8?
In Elf, the North Pole stays frozen year-round because it receives limited amounts of this.
What is sunlight?
In How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), the Grinch’s heart grows this many sizes.
What is three sizes?
This rare type of winter precipitation occurs when snowflakes partially melt and refreeze into clear, solid ice pellets.
what is sleet?
“No one’s walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas!”
What is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation?
Donner and Blitzen’s names come from German words meaning these two weather phenomena.
What is thunder and lightning?
In The Santa Clause, Santa falls off a roof due to this scientific force acting downward.
What is gravity?
In The Santa Clause, the hot cocoa served by Judy the elf takes exactly this many years to perfect.
What is 1,200 years?
A blizzard must have winds of at least this speed, sustained for three hours or more.
What is 35 miles per hour (56 km/h)?
“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.”
What is It’s a Wonderful Life?
In folklore, this icy character paints frost patterns on windows overnight.
Who is Jack Frost?
In Frozen, Elsa creates ice instantly. Scientifically, instant freezing happens when water reaches temperatures below 0°C but remains liquid — until disturbed. This is known as this phenomenon.
What is supercooling?
In The Polar Express, the train ticket of each child is punched with a message. The words on Billy’s ticket are.
What is "DEPEND ON"?
The exact branching pattern of a snowflake is determined by this combination of two environmental factors.
What are temperature and humidity?
“Seeing isn’t believing. Believing is seeing.”
What is The Santa Clause?
According to NORAD Santa Tracker–style mythos, Santa travels at approximately this speed to deliver presents worldwide.
What is over 1,800 miles per second?
In The Polar Express, the train stays on the ice despite cracks forming because the ice sheets spread the weight across a wide surface area. This physics concept explains why the train doesn’t fall through immediately.
What is distributed load / pressure distribution?