WINTER Expressions
You’re on thin __________.
What is Ice?
The item seen here and its traditional flavor:
What is a peppermint candy cane?
On this holiday, nice children get presents, while naughty ones get coal in their stockings.
What is Christmas?
Certain animals, such as bears, do this in the winter to conserve resources when food is scarce.
What is hibernate?
A spike of ice formed when water falling from an object freezes
What are icicles?
The winter activity that involves hitting people with cold, white spheres.
What is a Snowball fight?
In the __________ of winter.
What is Dead?
A winter drink made with egg, milk, and a lot of sugar, which originated from the early medieval British “posset.”
What is egg nog?
This holiday celebrates the miracle of one night's oil burning for 8 nights by lighting a special Menorah and giving children gifts for 8 nights.
What is Hanukkah?
This animal looks like it is wearing a tuxedo or suit.
What is a penguin?
The number of points a snowflake has.
What is 6?
This winter activity involves sliding on the ice wearing special shoes that have blades.
What is ice skating?
That’s just the tip of the __________.
What is Iceberg?
The type of cookie this house is made out of.
What is gingerbread?
The holiday that celebrates love but originated as a liturgical feast to celebrate the decapitation of a third-century Christian martyr.
What is Valentine's Day?
What happens to the arctic fox in winter if it spends a lot of time in the snow.
What is, its fur turns white?
A severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility.
What is a blizzard?
What you create when you lie on a snowy surface and flap your arms and legs.
What is a snow angel?
I slept so well last night, I was out __________.
What is Cold?
This sweet drink, a favorite of children and adults alike, is made from roasted & ground beans.
What is hot chocolate (or cocoa)?
Lunar or Chinese New Year is marked each year by one of 12 different ones of these.
What are Animals?
Type of ground squirrel native to the Arctic and Subarctic of North America and Asia.
What is an arctic squirrel?
(It can lower its body temperature to below freezing during hibernation!)
The condition in which it is snowing so much the driver can not see the road or distinguish the ground from the sky.
What is a white-out?
What activity is called where a sled pulled by one or more sled dogs is used to travel over ice and through snow.
What is Dog sledding?
I’m no good at meeting new people, I can never seem to __________.
What is Break the ice?
A traditional food people eat for Lunar (Chinese) New Year.
Sweet rice cake, Dumplings, Sweet Rice Balls, Tangerines and Oranges, Whole Fish or Chicken, Noodles
The month in which winter ends in the Northern Hemisphere
What is March?
The color of a polar bear's skin.
What is black? (Their FUR is colourless and transparent, their SKIN is black.)
At this temperature it is cold enough for snow to form in the atmosphere, though it might be warmer at ground level.
What is 32 deg. (F, or 0 C)
The activity on which a rider sits and raises their legs while on a small plastic disk
What is sledding or tobogganing?
It's a brass _______ winter.
What is monkey
This Swedish drink is made from red wine, orange, gingerale , and spices such as cinnamon, with almonds and raisins placed in the bottom of the cup.
What is glögg?
The special name given for the shortest day of the year
What is the Winter Solstice?
One of the smallest species of whale. Their distinctive color and prominent foreheads make them easily identifiable.
What is a beluga whale?
A dangerous condition when skin, especially hands and feet, gets so cold it could be damaged.
What is frostbite?
The activity involving walking over snow with the assistance of special shoes, a type of outer footwear that features a wide frame to distribute the weight of the person over a larger area.
What is snow shoeing?
To not talk to someone is to give them the __________.
What is Cold shoulder?
What Clarence the Angel ordered at Nick's bar
What is mulled wine?
The animal we watch on February 2nd to see if it sees its shadow - if so, 6 more weeks of winter!
What is a Groundhog? (or Who is Punxsutawney Phil?)
Needing insulation from Arctic temperatures, this owl has a lot of feathers. This makes them one of the heaviest owl species in North America.
What is a snowy owl?
A dangerous condition in which the body's temperature is abnormally low.
What is hypothermia?
This activity, popular in Canada is a team sport, played on ice, where two teams take it in turns to slide stones made of granite towards a target.
What is curling?