Sleigh Bells or Dinner Bells?
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Past The Traditions (US traditions)
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This Holiday has roots in both harvest festivals and religious observations of gratitude
Thanksgiving!
100
Ho Ho Oh No! In this Holiday Movie Santa Clause suffers a fall and an impromptu replacement is needed
The Santa Clause
100
In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated during the second Monday of this month.
October!
100
This common festive drink often served warm is typically made with milk or cream and whipped eggs.
Eggnog!
100
Every year millions of Americans gather to watch this Thanksgiving event live in New York
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
First started in New York on November 27th, 1924 as the Macy's Christmas Parade
200
In some countries, this Holiday is celebrated by fireworks not snow
Christmas!
Some countries include El Salvador, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru
200
A traditional black and white Christmas Movie starring George Bailey learns what life would be like if he never been born
It's A Wonderful Life
200
This holiday tradition involves eating a feast of seven fishes on Christmas Eve is celebrated by ____ (nationality) - Americans.
Italian!
La Vigilia, or the Feast of the Seven Fishes, is an Italian-American tradition, not a common Italian tradition, celebrated on Christmas Eve as a meatless meal featuring an assortment of seafood dishes
200
These tart red berries are one of only a few fruits native to North America and are a Thanksgiving staple.
Cranberries
The cranberry was first cultivated in about 1820 in eastern Massachusetts with predominately most of its culture confined to the United States. The Wampanoag people, the native Americans present at the 1st Thanksgiving, were harvesters of cranberries for 12,000 years!
200
This American tradition involves making paper chains, popcorn garlands, or oranges with cloves to hang on the Christmas tree. These crafts were popularized during this historical era.
The Great Depression!
300
This Holiday was once officially moved early to possible help boost retail sales during the Great Depression?
Thanksgiving!
Nicknamed "Franksgiving," President Franklin Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving to the second-to-last Thursday in November (Nov. 23, 1939) to extend the holiday shopping season during the Great Depression. This unpopular and controversially change would lead Congress to officially set Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November in 1941.
300
In this 1996 holiday comedy, a workaholic dad scrambles through town on Christmas Eve in a frantic quest to buy his son the season’s most sought-after toy.
Jingle All The Way!
300
Don't come empty handed! In this country a Christmas includes KFC fried chicken.
Japan!
In 1974, KFC introduced the fried chicken party bucket nationally with the slogan "Kentucky is Christmas!" which paired with a mascot similar to Santa himself helped to build the connection between Christmas and chicken in Japan
300
Often confused with a similar orange root vegetable used for the holidays, this vegetable is actually a different species
Sweet Potatos/Yams!
Sweet potatoes and yams are distinct, separate vegetables with yams more common in African and Asian markets compared to Sweet potatoes more common in the US.
300
In the White House, this light hearted ceremony involves parderning a bird from being eaten
The National Thanksgiving Turkey Pardon
400
For many this holiday officially kicks off the winter holiday season
Thanksgiving!
Widely recognized in American culutre although it technically falls in autumn
400
Often seen as one of the most controversial Christmas Movies featuring guns, explosions, and hostages!
Die Hard
400
“Mass of the Rooster,” or Misa de Gallo, is a midnight Mass celebrated leading up to Christmas in which country? (Three options!)
Spain, Phillipines, and Mexico
400
This thick, dense baked good often served on Christmas is notorious for being passed down through generations- often literally!
Fruit Cake
Fruit Cake can stay fresh for months after baking due to its super dense nature acting as a barrier for unappetizing things. The oldest reported fruit cake is 141 years old and passed down in the Ford Family in Michigan
400
This American state holds the record for the earliest official Thanksgiving celebration — dating back to 1619, before the Pilgrims.
Virginia!
The celebration occurred on December 4, 1619, at what is now Berkeley Plantation. The 38 English settlers arriving there were under a mandate from the London Company.
500
This holiday is a cultural mashup, borrowing customs from Pagan and Christian religions.
Christmas
It is believed that when Pope Julius I declared December 25th to celebrate the birth of Jesus, called the "Feast of the Nativity", it was to adopt and absorb the pagan Saturnalia festival.
500
Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment is responsible for animating many iconic festive Christmas specials. How many Christmas specials have they animated?
18!
From 1964, "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" to 1985, "The Life and Adventure of Santa Claus"
500
In this European country, children set out their shoes on December 5th to be filled with candy or coal by good ole Saint Nicholas
Netherlands!
As is Dutch tradition, children set out their shoes next to the fireplace or outside the front door along with a carrot so Sinterklaas (Santa Claus) will leave them sweet treats.
500
Let it Cool First! In the UK, this traditional Christmas dessert is often set on fire before serving.
Christmas Pudding
500
Although it originated in Africa, this holiday is celebrated in the U.S. from December 26 to January 1 and honors African-American culture and heritage.
Kwanzaa