Winter Snacks
This holiday treat is great roasted on an open fire, and is perfect to snack on while jack frost nips at your nose.
What are chestnuts?
This man theorized that lightening was electricity, and he tried to prove it by flying a kite in a thunderstorm.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
He is Puerto Rican, he performed at the Super Bowl LIV halftime show along with JLO and Shakira, and he recently became the first non-English language singer to be Spotify’s most streamed artist of the year.
Who is Bad Bunny?
One of Robert Frost’s most famous poems ends with the stanza: ”The woods are lovely, dark and deep, / But I have promises to keep, /And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.” The title of this poem contains this description for “Evening."
What is "snowy"?
Legend has it that this treat, which is shaped like a shepherd’s crook, was invented in 1670 to keep children quiet in church.
What is the candy cane?
Chanukah is the Jewish festival of lights. Jews light a menorah and celebrate the miracle of one-day supply of this substance lasting for eight days.
What is oil?
This song by The Weeknd is Spotify’s most-streamed song of the year. It held out strong after being the second most-streamed song of the summer, with almost 1.6 billion streams this year.
What is "Blinding Lights"?
Emily Dickinson wrote that because she could not stop for _________, he kindly stopped for her. In the HBO series entitled “Dickinson,” Wiz Khalifa plays this character.
What is Death?
Red squirrels make a particularly unique “jerky” to prepare for the cold winter months by drying out these fungi.
What are mushrooms?
This Latin name for the Northern Lights is derived from the name of Roman goddess of dawn.
What is Aurora Borealis?
BTS lit up 2020 with their historic English-language single, which marked the first song by an all-South Korean group to blast in atop the Hot 100.
What is "Dynamite"?
The Beatnik poet Allen Ginsberg wrote “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked” in his poem with this title.
What is Howl?
This boozy holiday drink once caused an infamous riot at West Point Military Academy.
What is eggnog?
This festival of lights celebrated in Hindu culture usually last five days and takes place between mid-October and mid-November. The festival symbolizes the victory of light over darkness.
What is Diwali?
This Taylor Swift song is currently sitting at #1 on Apple Music’s Top 100: Global Chart.
What is "Willow"?
This poet won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. The fierce, asserting nature of her poetry is often noted by critics.
Who is Louise Glück?
This holiday treat was actually designed to last all year long, as they were historically baked at the end of a harvest season, and then saved to be eaten at the beginning of the harvest season the following year.
What is fruitcake?
This Danish concept for creating a feeling of coziness – a trend that has been gaining popularity here in the U.S. – can be achieved with simple rituals such as lighting a candle or a lamp to give a room a warm glow.
What is hygge?
The music video for this Justin Bieber feat. Quavo song reveals a charitable component: Justin Bieber raised $200,000 for the Alexandria House in L.A. to support women and children struggling with homelessness.
What is "Intentions"?
In her poem “One Art,” Elizabeth Bishop proclaims that the art of _______ is not hard to master.
What is "losing"?