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Winter
100
What is the significance of bathrobes to a Waddoups family Christmas?
Used to dress characters in the reenactment of the Christmas story.
100
The most important Hanukkah observance is:
a. to play dreidel
b. to light the menorah
c. to eat traditional foods
d. to give gifts to family members and friends
b. to light the menorah
100
100
The Muppet characters fit Dickens' characters so well that it would be easy to think he had them in mind while writing.
The Muppet Christmas Carol
100
In fiction, where is the land of talking animals and mythical creatures that one White Witch has ruled for 100 years of deep winter?
Narnia (in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
200
From where did Grandpa read during the reenactment?
Luke and 3rd Nephi
200
Why are Hanukkah meals fried?
a. because it's easy to prepare lots of food for family and friends
b. because they taste amazing
c. to celebrate miracle oil that burned for eight nights
d. have you ever tried to boil a latke?
c. to celebrate miracle oil that burned for eight nights
200
200
It seamlessly blends humor, pain, emotion, human instinct and some great booby-traps all into one little bundle.
Home Alone
200
How many sides or points do all snowflakes have?
Six
300
What was the classiest gift ever received in the Lester family white elephant game?
The statue that Carly snagged her first year.
300
If one lights a public menorah:
a. they need not light again at home
b. they should light again at home but not say the blessings
c. they must light at home and say the blessings
c. they must light at home and say the blessings
300
300
He is memorable and hilarious as the mean green machine who absolutely steals the show.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
300
True or false, no country in the Southern Hemisphere has hosted, or even been an applicant to host, the Winter Olympics?
True
400
Which of the white elephant gifts could kill you if not prepared properly?
The pufferfish -- it's a Japanese delicacy, but contains a deadly toxin if not prepared properly.
400
Why does Hanukkah last for eight days?
a. because a week isn't long enough
b. to mark how long the holy light burned
c. to allow enough time to prepare the food for the final feast
b. to mark how long the holy light burned
400
400
Clearly, the reviewers who panned this wonderful film can no longer hear the ringing of the silver bell.
The Polar Express
400
"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents!" is the opening line of what classic American novel?
Little Women
500
Name the four Christmas tree ornaments that represented each of the siblings.
Shawn -- gray mouse, Sheri -- white mouse, Brett -- reindeer, and Derek -- plastic Santa Claus... if Shawn remembers correctly.
500
The 9th candle on the menorah (used to light the others) is called:
a. the shammash, which means "helper"
b. the gadol, which means "large"
c. the hamaaravi, "western most light" since it faces the west in the synagogue
a. the shammash, which means "helper"
500
500
The landscape unfolds, revealing wonder after wonder--city lights, cruising ships, penguins, aurora borealis--as the music rolls like turbulent winter waves.
The Snowman
500
The Winter War was a military conflict between the Soviet Union and what country?
Finland