Christmas
This red‑nosed reindeer first appeared in a 1939 booklet written for Montgomery Ward.
Who is Rudolph?
This city’s Times Square ball drop has been a New Year’s Eve tradition since 1907.
What is New York City?
This December holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus and is one of the most widely observed winter holidays worldwide.
What is Christmas?
This 1990 film features a little boy defending his house from two bumbling burglars during Christmas break.
What is Home Alone?
(DAILY DOUBLE)
This classic Christmas tradition began when children hung everyday clothing items by the fireplace to dry.
What are stockings?
This sparkling beverage is the most commonly toasted drink in the U.S. at midnight on New Year’s Eve.
What is champagne?
This red‑and‑white striped candy is one of the most popular Christmas treats and is often hung on trees.
What is a candy cane?
This Pennsylvania town celebrates New Year’s by lowering a giant, lit‑up Hershey’s Kiss at midnight.
What is Hershey, Pennsylvania?
This December holiday celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple and is known for lighting candles on a menorah.
What is Hanukkah?
(DAILY DOUBLE)
This 2004 holiday film is known for its groundbreaking motion‑capture animation and features a magical train that transports children to the North Pole.
What is The Polar Express?
The Day Orthodox Christmas is celebrated (Must get exact date for points).
What is January 7th?
This upbeat Spanish holiday hit, released in 1957, features a singer asking for a specific gift because they “want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart.”
What is “Feliz Navidad”?
This European country is credited with popularizing the modern decorated Christmas tree tradition in the 16th century.
What is Germany?
(DAILY DOUBLE)
This Asian country celebrates New Year with the world’s largest annual human migration, known as Chunyun, as millions travel home for the holiday.
What is China?
(DAILY DOUBLE)
This African American cultural holiday, created in 1966, celebrates community values like unity, creativity, and purpose. A Kinara (Candle Holder is representative of this holiday)
What is Kwanzaa?
This long‑running sketch comedy show airs an annual holiday episode featuring musical guests and recurring seasonal sketches.
What is Saturday Night Live?
This warm drink became a winter holiday favorite after being introduced to Europe by explorers returning from the Americas.
What is hot chocolate?
This plant, often hung in doorways during Christmas, is actually a parasitic species.
What is mistletoe?
(DAILY DOUBLE)
This English author’s 1843 novella, written in just six weeks, helped revive Christmas traditions in Victorian Britain and popularized the holiday’s modern spirit of charity. (Name the Author and work for Double points)
Who is Charles Dickens? (The work is A Christmas Carol.)
This Pacific nation celebrates New Year first each year, thanks to its position near the International Date Line.
What is Kiribati?
This East Asian festival, often falling in late January or February, marks the start of a new lunar year and is celebrated with lion dances, firecrackers, and red envelopes.
What is Lunar New Year?
This holiday Christmas classic, first recorded in the 1940s, became the best‑selling single of all time, with over 50 million copies sold worldwide.
What is “White Christmas”?
This creamy winter drink became popular in the American colonies and was often made with rum, brandy, or whiskey.
What is eggnog?
Since 1971, this Canadian province has sent Boston its official Christmas tree each year as thanks for the city’s aid after the 1917 Halifax Explosion.
What is Nova Scotia?
This U.S. territory or state is known for having the world’s longest Christmas season, beginning in September and ending in January with the Feast of the Three Kings.
What is Puerto Rico?
Before the Times Square ball drop began in 1907, New Yorkers gathered at this downtown holy location to celebrate the New Year.
What is Trinity Church? (At Wall Street and Broadway.)
This ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the longest night of the year, honors the triumph of light over darkness.
What is Yalda Night?
(DAILY DOUBLE)
This 1965 classic animated TV special was the first to feature a jazz soundtrack for a Christmas program, becoming a holiday staple.
What is A Charlie Brown Christmas?
This ancient Roman god, depicted with two faces looking forward and backward, inspired the name of the month of January.
Who is Janus?
This December day marks the shortest period of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere and is celebrated in many cultures with fire or light.
What is the winter solstice?
This ancient Roman festival, celebrated December 17–23, is often cited as influencing early Christmas traditions.
What is Saturnalia?
In this Mediterranean country, people smash pomegranates on their doorstep at midnight to bring good luck for the coming year.
What is Greece?
This ancient Celtic festival, marking the winter solstice, was celebrated with bonfires and evergreen decorations long before Christmas traditions emerged.
What is Yule?
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, this holiday movie features a department store contest where customers compete to find a rare toy, leading to chaotic shopping scenes.
What is Jingle All the Way?
This fruit, often placed in Christmas stockings, became a symbol of generosity during the Great Depression.
What is an orange?
(DAILY DOUBLE)
This country is known for its December 24th tradition of eating KFC as a Christmas meal.
What is Japan?