God Jul
Saturnalia
Kwanzaa
Christmas
Christmas Movies
100

The origins of the Julbock (or this) decoration come from the animals pulling the Norse god Thor's chariot.  They go by the names Tanngrisnir, and Tanngojostr.  

Yule Goat

100

Festivals were held in honor of this god, who was the god of agricultural bounty.  

Saturnus/Satyros the god of chaos.  

100

Kwanzaa lasts for how many days?

Seven

100

Christmas is celebrated on what day?

December 25th

100

Kevin pats his face with aftershave and screams in this 1990 Christmas Movie

Home Alone

200

Yule is the celebration of what?

The rebirth of the sun.  

200

Saturnalia is this culture's equivalent to a Bacchanal.  

Roman

200

Kwanzaa is an pan-African celebration of this.  It lasts from December 26th until January 1st.  

Life, family, community, and culture.

200

The modern image of this man was created as an advertising campaign for the Coca Cola company

Santa Claus

200

Despite there being only one major Christmas scene in it, this movie is still a holiday favorite. 

It's a Wonderful Life

300

This, taken from a fallen Ash, was lit from the community fire and brought into the home for warmth through the cold winter months.  A portion was saved for the next season.  

Yule log

300

The week long celebrations included drinking heavily, eating heartily, and this.

Gift Giving

300

Zawadi are these.  They are only given to children and always have cultural and historical meaning. 

Gifts. 

300

Christmas celebrates the alleged birthday of this religious figure. 

Jesus Christ

300

This stop motion character declares "This year, Christmas will be OURS!" 

Jack Skellington 

400

In the long darkness of winter, evil spirits and mischievous elves were believed to lurk about.  So pagans hang these on their trees and doors to scare away the negative entities.  

Bells

400

These gifts, called Cerei, were common gifts given during Saturnalia.  They signified the returning of the sun.  

Candles. 

400

The feast day of Kwanzaa falls on this day.  It is held on the day of Kuumba (Creativity) and is celebrated with artistic, musical, poetic, and culinary creativity.  

The Sixth Day

400

While the majority of Christmas icons come from pagan roots, this shepherd's hook shaped confection is purely Christian.  

Candy Canes

400

The main setting for this cult classic holiday movie is Vermont.  It must be beautiful this time of year, all that snow.   

White Christmas

500

We honor this plant during Yule because Frigga asked all the plants to swear fealty to protect her son Baldur from harm.  She overlooked this one, and it was his downfall. 

Mistletoe

500

A saturnalicius princeps was chosen to be this.  He would hide objects in cakes, insult guests, wear crazy clothing, etc.  

Lord of Chaos and Misrule. 

500

On the seventh day of Kwanzaa, New Year's Day, the people do this and reflect on the questions "Who am I?"  "Am I really who I say I am?" and "Am I all I ought to be?"

Meditate

500

The Three Wise Men brought these three gifts to baby Jesus. 

Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh. 

500

Ralphie gets this message from his Little Orphan Annie secret decoder pin in A Christmas Story. 

Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.