Christmas
Hanukkah
Kwanza
International & Ancient
Myths, Foods, and Festivities
100

The number of reindeers pulling Santa's sleigh

What is 9?

100

A Hanukkah menorah holds this many candles

What is 9?

100

The name of the candleholder used during Kwanzaa

What is a kinara?

100

This holiday, sometimes in November and sometimes in December, is known as the "Festival of Lights"

What is Diwali?

100

This flower is traditionally associated with Christmas

What is poinsettia?

200

He wrote the famous Christmas story A Christmas Carol

Who is Charles Dickens?

200

The traditional food fried in oil to celebrate Hanukkah

What are latkes?

200

This is what the word “Kwanzaa” means in Swahili

What is "first fruits"?

200

This ancient festival celebrated the winter solstice in Scandinavia

What is Yule?

200

This is the name of the mythical creature that punishes naughty children in some European Christmas traditions

Who is Krampus?
300

In the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” this gift is given on the seventh day

What is Seven swans a-swimming?

300

The name of the spinning top played with during Hanukkah

What is a dreidel?

300

The number of principles of Kwanzaa

What is 7?

300

This holiday, celebrated on December 26th, originates from the United Kingdom

What is Boxing Day?

300

This animal is celebrated during the Buddhist December festival of Bodhi Day

What is elephant?
400

This country is credited with starting the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree

What is Germany?

400

This is what the word “Hanukkah” mean in Hebrew

What is "dedication"?

400

These are the colors of the candles used in the kinara

What are black, red, and green?

400

This country celebrates Las Posadas, a reenactment of Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter

What is Mexico?

400

This kind of bird is traditionally eaten during Christmas dinner in the United Kingdom

What is turkey?

500

The name of the little girl who befriends the Nutcracker in the famous ballet

Who is Clara?

500

This is what the dreidel’s four Hebrew letters (Nun, Gimel, Hei, and Shin) stand for

What is “A great miracle happened there.”?

500

This is the first priniciple of Kwanzaa

What is Umoja (unity)?

500

This famous December holiday celebrates the victory of the Maccabees over the Greeks

What is Hanukkah?

500

The name of the traditional Mexican drink made with corn dough and masa during the holidays

What is atole?