Winter Expressions
You're on thin ___________.
What is ice?
Traditional Christmas flavored hard candy shaped like a cane:
What is a peppermint candy cane?
On this holiday, nice children get presents, while naughty ones get coal.
What is Christmas?
Some animals do this in the winter to conserve resources when food is scarce.
What is hibernate?
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, originated from early medieval British.
What is egg nog?
This holiday celebrates the miracle of one night's oil burning 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?
Houses are frequently made out of this type of cookie.
What is gingerbread?
The holiday that is observed from December 26th to January 1st and ends in gift giving and a big feast. During this week long celebration, 7 candles are lit.
What is Kwanzaa?
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 made from roasted & ground beans, usually topped with Marshmallows.
What is hot chocolate (or cocoa)?
Lunar or Chinese New Year is marked each year by one of 12 of these.
What are Animals?
Squirrel found solely in the North America. It can lower its body temp to below freezing during hibernation!
What is an arctic squirrel?
Condition when it is snowing so much one cannot distinguish the ground from the sky.
What is a white-out?
This activity involves a sled pulled by one or more dogs 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/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.
What is 32F or 0C
Sport of sliding down snow-covered slopes and artificial-ice-covered chutes.
What is sledding or tobogganing?
Snug as a ________ in a rug.
What is bug
This treat is sometimes given as a holiday gift. It is made from sugar, butter, and milk. It can come in different flavors like maple, peanut butter, and candy cane.
What is fudge?
Marks the moment in time when the Old Sun dies and when the Sun of the New Year is born (shortest day)
What is the Winter Solstice?
These animals live in frigid environments. You will find them around the beaches of Antarctica and the Arctic. Some dig burrows under the snow to survive the freezing winters. These animals are friendly and content as long as they can spend their lives in cold water. When they are on normal, dry land, they become extremely hostile.
What is a harp seal?
A dangerous condition when skin, especially hands and feet, gets so cold it could be damaged.
What is frostbite?
Activity involving walking over snow with the assistance of 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?
It is usually cooked over a firepit. People like to eat this treat on a cold, winter night or when they are camping. It has marshmallows in it.
What is a s'more?
The animal we watch on February 2nd to see if it sees its shadow.
What is a Groundhog?
A large, powerful owl of the high Arctic tundra, colored for camouflage during northern winters.
What is a snowy owl?
A dangerous condition in which the body's temperature is abnormally low.
What is hypothermia?
Sport popular in Canada where players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target
What is curling?