Holidays around the World
The French Christmas cake, buche de noel, is decorated to look like this piece of nature.
What is a yule log?
This was given on the first day of Christmas in the song 'The 12 Days of Christmas'.
What is a partridge in a pear tree?
This is the name of the main character in "Elf".
What is Buddy?
This Southwest U.S. state capital lies in the Northern Rio Grande Valley at about 7,000 feet above sea level.
What is Santa Fe?
Milk punch is this traditional holiday libation's second name.
What is eggnog?
The Poinsettia is native to this country.
What is Mexico?
This fun Christmas song is the first song to be a number one hit in 4 separate decades.
What is "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey.
His heart is 2 sizes too small--that's why he sets out at night to ruin Christmas in Who-ville in this movie.
What is "The Grinch"?
Home to a lively nightlife & popular with artists, Santa Cecilia is a district in this most populous Brazilian city.
What is Sao Paulo?
*DOUBLE JEOPARDY*
British kids do this with Christmas letters so their wishes will go up the chimney to Father Christmas.
What is burn them?
This European country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree.
What is Germany?
The song "Jingle Bells" was originally written to be sung on this holiday (not Christmas).
What is Thanksgiving?
In "It's a Wonderful Life", these are what George and his friends use as sleds.
What are snow shovels.
The Santa Lucia River provides much of the drinking water for this capital of Uruguay.
What is Montevideo?
In English, it's "O Christmas Tree"; in German, it's "O" this.
What is Tannenbaum?
A nationwide Christmas tradition in Japan involves this American fast food chain.
What is KFC?
*DOUBLE JEOPARDY*
Brenda Lee originally recorded "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" at this age.
What is 13 years old?
Edward Woodward is the Ghost of Christmas Present in a 1984 TV version of this tale set on December 24.
What is "A Christmas Carol"?
The mascot of this UC located in central California is the banana slug.
What is Santa Cruz?
On Christmas Day, 1991, he announced his resignation as Soviet leader, and wished everyone the best.
Who is Gorbachev?
The traditional Czech Christmas dinner makes a star out of this fish.
What is carp?
This well-known Christmas carol became the first song ever broadcast from space in 1965.
What is "Jingle Bells"?
You've gotta "love" the Christmas Eve scene in this movie where Andrew Lincoln declares his love to Keira Knightley.
What is "Love, Actually"?
At the S.E. tip of Italy, Santa Maria di Leuca has been called the "City Between Two Seas", the Ionian & this one to the north.
What is the Adriatic?
This half-goat, half-demon figure is the counterpart to St. Nicholas in his role of punishing children who have misbehaved.
Who is Krampus?