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Holiday Songs
Holiday Foods
Worldwide Holiday Traditions
100

Who is the BEST AED?

Who is Ron Garriga?

100

In the song “Frosty the Snowman”, this makes Frosty come to life.

Answer: What is an old silk hat?

100

This dish was served by Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol and is also mentioned in the song “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”

What is Figgy Pudding?

100

The most commonly accepted explanation for the name of this holiday dates back to the olden days of the British aristocracy when rich land owners would give 'gifts' (often some leftover food from the main Christmas feast) to those who worked and lived on their land. Later on, it became traditional that servants got this day off to celebrate Christmas with their families.

What is Boxing Day?

200

The original team name for Team Garriga.

What is Team Garriga?

200

Finish this lyric – “With a corncob pipe and a…”

What is a button nose?

200

This chocolate cake is commonly eaten in France at Christmas and is sometimes called a “Bûche de Noël.”

What is a Yule Log?

200

This 7-day festival starting on December 26th and ending on January 1st, was created in 1966 to celebrate family, community, and culture.

What is Kwanzaa?

300

On Team Garriga, this person has worked at ERAU the longest.

Who is Jenni Heslop?

300

This is the best-selling single ever by Bing Crosby.

What is White Christmas?

300

As the clock chimes midnight to ring in the New Year, a Spanish tradition involves eating twelve of what, one for each chime.

What are Grapes?

300

In Austrian tradition, St. Nicholas rewards nice little boys and girls, while this person is said to capture the naughtiest children and whisk them away in his sack.

Who is Krampus?

400

This person fell off the roof and blamed the ladder.

Who is Ron Garriga?

400

In the song “Jingle Bells”, what do "bells on bobtails make"?

What is spirits bright?

400

This type of sweet bread loaf, which originated in Milan, is traditionally eaten at Christmas in Italy and many other European countries.

What is Panettone?

400

This country has a new “tradition” in recent years – a Christmas Day feast of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

What is Japan?

500

This person blew up a fried turkey and hit his/her neighbor’s car with it.

Who is Jim Pepin?

500

In the song “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”, this “incriminating” evidence was found on Grandma’s back.

What are Claus Marks?

500

Visions of this sweet food danced in children’s heads as they slept, according to Clement Clarke Moore’s poem “Twas the Night before Christmas.

What are Sugar-Plums?

500

Since 1979 in this capital city, a giant nine-meter Menorah has been raised for the eight days and nights of Hanukkah. The ceremony is marked with speeches, music, activities for kids, and, of course, the lighting of the Menorah.

What is Washington DC?