Winter Phrases
You’re on thin ____
What is Ice?
The hot sweet drink is a wintertime favorite for children and adults.
What is Hot chocolate?
Nice children get presents, while naughty ones get coal. What holiday is this?
What is Christmas?
What do Bears, Bats and Snails all do in the winter to prepare for Spring?
What is Hibernate?
Light snow falling for short durations. Snow doesn't stay on the ground.
What are flurries?
What winter activity involves throwing cold spheres?
What is a Snowball fight?
This country has won a gold medal at every Winter Olympics.
Russia or USA
What is the United States?
I'm feeling "under the weather" means this
Feeling sick
What spice grows underground and is commonly used in gingerbread cookies?
What is Ginger?
Children get 8 nights of gifts. What holiday is this?
What is Hanukkah?
What dapper animal looks like it is wearing a tuxedo?
What is a Penguin?
This form of precipitation is mix of rain and snow.
What is Sleet?
This winter activity involves gliding on ice wearing special shoes.
What is Ice skating?
This Olympic sport involves a sled, high speeds and a mountain track that looks like a frozen water slide.
What is Luge or bobsledding?
I slept so well last night, I was out __________.
What is Out Cold?
Christmas candy made for 300 years and used as a sweet treat or decoration.
What is a Candy Cane?
For the Chinese New Year, young people are given money in what color envelopes?
What is Red?
These white, huge, and furry animals withstand the cold temperatures, and advertise soda.
What is a Polar Bear?
What are dangerous winter storms, snow accumulation and blowing snow and wind with low visibility.
What is a Blizzard?
What do you create when you lie on snow and flap your arms?
What is a Snow angel?
How often are the Winter Olympics held?
What is every 4 years?
That’s just the tip of the __________.
What is Iceberg?
A winter drink is made with egg, milk, and a lot of sugar?
What is Egg nog?
UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand celebrate with gifts on December 26th; the day after Christmas!
What is Boxing day?
What happens to the arctic fox's fur during winter?
What is turns white?
This type of storm results in at least a 1/4” of ice on exposed surfaces. It can be dangerous to walk or drive.
What is an Ice Storm?
Dogs are essential for this winter sport. A famous race in Alaska was based on the story of Balto!
What is Dog sledding?
This sport includes jumps called a lutz and an axel, and is done on ice. The athletes wear fancy clothing and music is played.
What is figure skating?
I’m no good at meeting new people, I can never seem to __________.
What is Break the ice?
This traditional Christmas desert is named after something you'd find on the ground in the woods.
What is a Yule Log?
This holiday was made official in 1966, lasts for 7 days, and celebrates African American culture.
What is Kwanzaa?
This endangered feline species cannot roar, lives in mountains in Asia, has a fluffy tail, and has paws that are natural snow shoes.
What is Snow Leopard?
This temperature measurement is based on how fast your skin will get cold from the wind.
What is Wind chill?
This is the most efficient way to travel over deep snow over long distances?
What is Snow shoeing?
This country hosted the first Winter Olympics.
Switzerland France United States Germany
What is France?
Why are you wearing a bathing suit? It's the __________ of winter!
What is Dead of Winter?
This Christmas desert is famous for sounding delicious but being unpopular. Probably because the fruit in it isn't fresh.
What is fruit cake?
In Spain, eat 12 of these on New Years Day to make sure you have good luck.
What are Grapes?
What slow moving mollusk goes underground during the winter when the temperature goes below the freezing level?
What are Slugs?
This is what happens when you can't see because of sunlight reflecting off of snow on the ground.
What is snow blindness?
Those who love four wheeling can do this winter activity instead.
What is Snowmobiling?
This was the year of the first Winter Olympics.
1924 or 1939
What is 1924?
She totally ignored me! She's giving me the _____ _____!
What is the Cold shoulder?
In which country is it now traditional to eat at KFC for Christmas dinner?
United States Japan China Russia
What is Japan?
What Asian holiday takes place in Winter and is celebrated with fireworks?
What is Chinese New Year?
Instead of a nest, where do emperor penguins put their egg to keep it warm?
Armpit on their feet burried in the snow
What is on their feet?
Sunsets in the winter time can be extra colorful because there is less of this in the air.
What is humidity?
This Winter team sport is played on ice.
Ice hockey
This country has the highest all-time total medal tally at the Winter Olympics.
What is Norway? (368 medals: 132 gold, 125 silver, and 111 bronze)