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In Mexico, this tradition involves breaking a decorated clay pot filled with candy during Christmas celebrations
(A pinata)
Symbol of everlasting life
(Christmas tree)
What holiday decoration was originally made with strands of silver
(Tinsel)
Song by Mariah Carey that topped the charts 2019, 25 years after its initial release
(What is All I Want for Christmas is You?)
Before these, people used real candles on trees
Christmas lights
Date Greek Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas
Jan 7th
An elderly prophetess from the tribe of Asher, who remained alive just to see the arrival of the young Jesus at the Temple
Anna
How long does it take for a Christmas tree to grow?
Seven years on average
Tchaikovsky’s Christmas Ballet
Nutcracker
People often cut this form of precipitation out of white paper at Christmas time in all different designs
snowflakes
This Italian-American Christmas Eve tradition is known for featuring seven different types of specific food, symbolizing the wait for the midnight birth of Christ.
The feast of the seven fishes
Correlated to the "second day" of Christmas, these were given by Joseph and Mary as Temple offerings for the birth of Jesus
Two turtle doves
Which fairytale were the first gingerbread houses inspired by
What are gingerbread houses?
How many gifts are described in the song "12 days of Christmas"
364
First Advent calendar produced in this country until production was stopped by the Nazis during WWII
Germany
In Iceland, children place shoes in windows during December to receive gifts from these 13 mischievous holiday figures
Yule Lands
This prophet foretold a virgin shall give birth to a son called Immanuel
Isaiah
What type of bird often appears on Christmas cards
Northern Cardinal
We associate “Jingle Bells” with Christmas today, but which holiday did it originally celebrate
Thanksgiving
What Adventus means in Latin
coming or arrival (of Christ)
What did the French give the US as a Christmas gift in 1886?
The statue of Liberty
The order of the wisemen from the East that came to see Jesus, bearing gifts. Double points for names (by tradition)
Magi; Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar
What country is known for the first recorded Nativity scene, created by St. Francis of Assisi?
(Italy)
In Handel's Messiah, This 10-letter word is repeated 167 times in the piece
Hallelujah
What Christmas-themed location has no time zone?
The North Pole