Yay for Yule
During Yule, this item is burned in a fireplace for 12 nights.
What is a yule log?
This sweet drink is often served with marshmallows or whipped cream.
What is hot cocoa? (or hot chocolate)
Hanukkah lasts for this many days and nights.
What is eight?
Christmas happens every year on this day.
What is December 25th?
In the movie Home Alone, the thieves call themselves "The Christmas Capers".
False.
They call themselves "The Wet Bandits".
Yule celebrates the return of the ___.
What is sun?
This treat traditionally features a red and white swirl.
What is a candy cane?
Hanukkah is also referred to as the Festival of ______.
What are lights?
This decoration made of tree branches is usually hung on one's front door.
What is a wreath?
Feliz navidad means merry Christmas in Spanish.
True!
Winter Solstice is the ________ day of the year.
What is shortest?
Some people make houses from this type of delicious cookie.
What is gingerbread?
This is the name of the traditional Hanukkah candelabra.
What is a menorah?
One Christmas tradition involves hanging this item up, sometimes by a fireplace, in hopes that someone will leave presents and treats inside.
What is a stocking?
Christmas trees are usually pine trees.
False
Christmas trees are usually balsam fir or fraser fir.
Yule originated from this region/location.
What is Northern Europe?
This drink is made from milk or cream, raw eggs, and sugar.
What is eggnog?
Children use this 4-sided spinning top for a Hanukkah game.
What is a dreidel?
On Christmas, Christians celebrate the birth of this person.
Who is Jesus Christ?
Scrooge's first name is Ebenezer.
True!
Yule celebrates this winter event.
What is the Winter Solstice?
This Hanukkah treat is a potato pancake fried in oil and eaten with applesauce or sour cream.
What is a latke?
this is the name of the middle candle on a Hanukkah candelabra. It is Hebrew for "helper".
What is shamash?
As of December 18, 2024, this was the most popular Christmas song in the United States.
What is "All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey?
Candy canes were invented in England.
False.
They were invented in Germany!