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This holiday TV special features a green character whose heart grows three sizes.
What is How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
This holiday figure is known for his list of who’s naughty or nice.
Who is Santa Claus?
In Mexico, families celebrate this holiday tradition by reenacting Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter.
What is Las Posadas?
This evening marks the start of Christmas celebrations and falls on December 24th. It also happens to be some special individuals' birthday.
What is Christmas Eve?
This form of precipitation, common in winter, forms when water vapor freezes into crystals.
What is snow?
This 1965 animated special stars a boy who picks a tiny Christmas tree for his friends.
What is A Charlie Brown Christmas?
This is what Santa Claus is known as in the United Kingdom.
What is Father Christmas?
This Swedish holiday on December 13th features young girls wearing crowns of candles.
What is St. Lucia’s Day?
This Christian season of preparation for Christmas begins four Sundays before December 25th.
What is Advent?
This type of icy decoration forms when water drips and freezes at the edge of roofs.
What is an icicle?
This stop-motion classic follows a reindeer and an elf who dream of independence.
What is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
In German tradition, this horned figure accompanies St. Nicholas to punish naughty children.
Who is Krampus?
In Japan, it’s a popular tradition to eat this American fast food on Christmas Day.
What is KFC?
This day, falling on the day after Christmas, is a public holiday in the UK and other Commonwealth countries.
What is Boxing Day?
The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth, −128.6°F, occurred on this continent.
What is Antarctica?
This long-running sitcom’s Christmas episode features a character dressed as the “Holiday Armadillo.”
What is Friends?
This mythical Christmas character from Italian folklore delivers presents to children on Epiphany Eve.
Who is La Befana?
This country’s tradition of hiding brooms on Christmas Eve comes from the belief that witches might steal them.
What is Norway?
This Christian holiday, celebrated 12 days after Christmas, commemorates the visit of the Magi to the baby Jesus.
What is Epiphany?
This famous 1969 animated character was brought to life by a magical hat.
Who is Frosty the Snowman?
This "Christmas Party" episode features a chaotic Secret Santa exchange that turns into a full-blown Yankee Swap.
What is The Office
In Russian folklore, this winter figure, often accompanied by her grandfather Ded Moroz, brings gifts to children.
Who is Snegurochka (or the Snow Maiden)?
In Iceland, children leave shoes in windows to be filled with treats from these mischievous Christmas figures.
Who are the Yule Lads?
This Advent feast, celebrated on December 8th, honors the Virgin Mary’s conception without sin.
What is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception?
The scientific name for this natural phenomenon that creates bright, colorful patterns in the winter skies of polar regions. It is also known as "the northern lights."
What is the aurora borealis?