Winter Holidays Part 1
The Christmas tree tradition supposedly started in this country.
What is Germany?
These two colors are symbolic of the holiday of Christmas
Green and Red
The first tree at Rockefeller Center was put up in this year.
What is 1931?
What are carols?
This Christmas-themed ballet premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1892.
What is The Nutcracker?
This eight day celebration often includes lighting a Menorah, spinning a Dreidel, gelt, and gifts.
Hanukkah
This Canadian holiday is celebrated the day after Christmas day.
What is Boxing Day?
This local gas station is a quick stop for locally made ice cream any time of year.
What is Stewarts?
According to the song, this food is "roasting on an open fire."
What are chestnuts?
These spices are commonly used in gingerbread cookies. (Name at least 2)
What are ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and cardamom?
New Year's Eve was first celebrated in Time Square, NYC, in this year.
What is 1904? (The ball dropped for the first time in Time Square in 1907).
These three colors represent the holiday of Kwanzaa.
What are red, green, and black?
This Poughkeepsie holiday tree has more lights on it than the Rockefeller Christmas tree. Where is it?
In this 1985 song, what large animal did singer Gayla Peevey "want for Christmas"?
What is a hippopotamus?
This animal helps us to decide whether we will have "6 more weeks of winter" in early February.
What is a groundhog?
Family unity, self determination, and cooperation are some of the values celebrated during this holiday
Kwanzaa
This red star-shaped plant is used to decorate at Christmas.
What is the Poinsettia?
The single-day record for total snowfall in Poughkeepsie is this many inches...
What is 21 inches? (on 2/14/14)
The song commonly played at midnight on New Year's Eve, was written by Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788.
What is "Auld Lang Syne"?
Sunsets are typically more colorful in winter for this reason.
What is clearer air with less humidity?
In the Jewish community, an alternative name for the celebration of Hanukkah is...
What is the Festival of Lights?
What are Samoa and Kiribati/Christmas Island/
On January 21, 1961, Poughkeepsie endured this temperature, which is its coldest temperature on record to date.
What is -30 degrees Fahrenheit?
These are the names of the famous reindeer of the holidays. (There are nine)
What are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph?
The crystal-covered ball that drops in Times Square every New Year's Eve weighs approximately how many pounds?
What is 11,875 pounds?