Winter Holidays Part 1
Whose birth is celebrated on Christmas?
Jesus Christ
This red star-shaped plant is used to decorate many homes during Christmas.
Poinsettia
Clark Griswold was expecting to buy his family this with his Christmas bonus.
Swimming pool
Carols
The Nativity Fast is observed how many days before Christmas?
What is 40?
This multi-day celebration hopefully includes plentiful amounts of gelt.
Hanukkah
These are the three colours of Kwanza.
Red, Green, Black
Where did the McCallister family travel when they left Kevin behind?
Home Alone
According to the song, these are "roasting on an open fire"?
Chestnuts
On what date does the Krampus appear for Krampusnacht?
December 5
Family unity, self determination, and cooperation are some of the values celebrated during this holiday.
Kwanzaa
Tangyuan is traditionally eaten on this day in December.
What is the Dongzhi Festival
(close: Winter Solstice/extreme of winter)
What holiday film starred Morris Chstnut, Taye Diggs, and Regina Hall?
The Best Man Holiday
The song goes, "Dashing through the snow, in a _____ _____ ______ _______."
"...one horse open sleigh..."
December 13 is a popular feast day in Sweden for this third-century saint.
St. Lucia
This individual from folklore punishes children on Santa's naughty list.
Krampus
The Day of Enlightenment on December 8th is known as this Day.
Bodhi
In the 2004 Christmas comedy Christmas with the Kranks, what country does the Kranks' daughter leave for on the day after Thanksgiving, causing them to decide to forego Christmas festivities?
Peru
"Deck the halls with _______ _______ ________."
"...boughs of holly..."
Zamenhof Day is a holiday reunion celebrated by speakers of which language?
Esperanto
What day will the Night of Forty have many eating pomegranates, watermelons, and nuts while reading poetry into the midnight?
Dec 20/21/22
(Shab-e Yalda / Shab-e Chelleh) / Winter Solstice also okay
This Seleucid king of Syria was driven out of Jerusalem before the menorah of the Second Template was lit.
Antiochus III
George Bailey lives in this town in the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life.
Bedford Falls
These are the nine famous reindeer who guide Santa's sleigh.
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder (Donner), Blitzen, Rudolph
What does Dies Natalis Solis Invicti stand for?
Day of the birth of the unconquered sun (Latin)