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100

This sport involves an ice rink, skaters, a puck, and special sticks.

What is hockey.
100

Candles are lit on this holiday to celebrate the Festival of Lights.

What is Hanukkah / Chanukah

100

We often make houses out of this spiced baked good.

What is gingerbread

100

These hang from rooftops when it is very cold outside.

What are icicles.

100

This is how you say "Merry Christmas" in Spanish.

What is Feliz Navidad.

200

One of the most famous places to do this activity is by Rockefeller Center in New York City.

What is ice skating.

200

This song is traditionally sung at midnight on New Year's Eve.

What is Auld Lang Syne

200

This colorful dessert is often jokingly saved and re-gifted each year because of its long shelf-life.

What is fruit cake

200

The name for a bad snow storm, as well as a frozen treat you can get at Diary Queen!

What is a blizzard.

200

In Australia, this holiday is celebrated on December 26th.

What is Boxing Day.

300

This snow sport began in the 1960s, but wasn’t allowed in many resorts until the 1980s.

What is snowboarding.

300
Most people think of this as a Christmas song, but it was originally written for Thanksgiving as a way to commemorate sleigh races.

What is Jingle Bells.

300

The main course served for a traditional Christmas dinner includes these two foods.

What is turkey and stuffing.

300

This is how often the Winter Olympics occur.

What is every 4 years.

300

The shortest day of the year, often celebrated around the world with festivals.

What is Winter Solstice.

In some places, people light candles or bonfires to coax back the sun.

400

The World Record speed in this sport is 158mph.

What is downhill skiing.

400

There are seven symbols and seven principles related to this holiday.

What is Kwanzaa.

400

Some people hang an ornament of this food on their Christmas tree.

What is a pickle.

400

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The largest one of these ever recorded was 15 inches wide.

What is a snowflake (record is from 1887 in Montana!)

400

In this country, children's clogs are filled will candy and treats on December 5th.

What is the Netherlands.

500

Covering 1,000 miles, this race goes through jagged mountain ranges, frozen rivers, dense forest, desolate tundra, and miles of windswept coast.

What is the Iditarod?

500

Santa's whereabouts are tracked each year by this organization, which is responsible for protecting the skies over the US and Canada.

What is NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) - located in Colorado Springs at Peterson Air Force Base.

Call 1-877-Hi-NORAD for updates!

500

During Hanukkah, these potato-based pancakes are cooked up and served.

What are latkes

500

The snowiest city in the world is in this country.

What is Japan (Aomori City - yearly average of 26 feet!)

500

In this county, it is tradition to eat 12 grapes on New Year's Eve – one at each stroke of the clock at midnight.

What is Spain.

Each grape represents good luck for one month of the coming year.