‘Tis the Season
1. Voted on by committee and presented in the presence of the King of Norway, what is awarded on December 10 each year?
2. Primarily known as a “shopping holiday”, what is usually celebrated on December 26 in several countries including New Zealand, the UK and Canada?
3. Created in 1965 by writer Dan O’Keefe, and depicted in the 1997 Seinfeld episode, “The Strike”, what holiday includes an aluminum pole and practices such as the “Airing of Grievances” and the “Feats of Strength”?
4. Because it is the day with the least daylight in the northern hemisphere, on what date did we celebrate the winter solstice this year?
5. Christmas, as we know, is a single day. Hanukkah lasts for 8 days. How long is the celebration of Kwanzaa?
1. In 2007, the Rockafeller Center Christmas tree went “green,” employing LED lights. After being taken down, the tree was used to furnish lumber for housing construction by what non-profit organization?
2. What actor, who appeared as Alfred in Batman Begins, played Scrooge in 1992’s The Muppet Christmas Carol?
3. There’s a plant that we see every year around Christmas in grocery stores. It’s a green plant whose leaves turn red and look like huge petals. How do you spell its name?
4. In the song The 12 Days of Christmas, what was the gift on the eleventh day?
5. How many total gifts would get if you actually received all the gifts in that song?
1. What restaurant chain, whose motto is “Mmmm… Toasty,” has a green and red logo?
2. The hemoglobin in human blood turns red when it comes in contact with oxygen. In the Star Trek universe who has green blood?
3. Of the nine professional teams in the four major men’s sports in North America whose team name does not end in the letter S, one has a logo which is promarily red and green. Which is it?
4. Of the 12 birthstones, two are red (one being ruby) and two are green (one being emerald). Name one of the other two.
5. Running from 1991-2006 and earning the title of longest running live-action scripted comedy in the world, what Canadian TV comedy depticts a lazy handyman who trusts the majority of his work to duct tape?
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1. In 1930, the Mars family introuced its second product, a candy bar which was named after the family’s favorite horse. Name that product.
2. What fruity candy was originally an adult breath mint marketed as an alternative to smoking, and comes in a dispenser?
3. Made from white and milk chocolate and topped with pieces of peppermint candy, what delicious holiday treat is sold by Williams-Sonoma and Ghirardelli?
4. Of the 8 colors of M&Ms that have existed since the candy was first introduced in 1941, only three have been in production the entire time. Name two.
5. What country lifted its 12-year ban on chewing gum in 2004 after pressure from US manufacturers?
1. On what 90’s sitcom, in an episode called Xmas Story, did Santa want to kill Phil Hartman’s character Bill McNeal?
2. On this year’s Christmas episode of The Office, Michael gets upset when Jim promises that who can be the office Santa?
3. According to Friends, who is Santa’s representative for all the southern states and Mexico?
4. On one brilliant sitcom, the patriarch, George, was released from prison for one day, Christmas Eve, to take part in the Living Classics paegant, where he and his grandson were to portray Michaelangelo’s The Creation of Adam. Name that sitcom.
5. Scheduled to appear on ABC Family for the 5th time this year on Christmas Eve, what is the name of the 1974 claymation classic that features the Heat Miser and Snow Miser?
1. The third largest of all rodents, what round and slow nocturnal animal, which can be any of 27 species, is attracted to roads in areas where rock salt is used to melt ice and snow, and is known to gnaw on vehicle tires or wiring coated in road salt?
2. Orbiting at a distance of approximately 25,000 light years from the galactic center of the Milky Way, and over 2.5 billion miles from the formerly-known-as-a-planet Pluto, what celestial body completes one clockwise orbit every 225–250 million years?
3. Completed in the Czech Republic in 1905, what body part, which has unmyelinated nerve endings sensitive to touch, temperature and chemicals, but has no blood vessels, did day laborer Alois Glogar receive from 11-year-old Karl Brauer in the first documented human tissue transplant?
4. Stemming from the plural of the Latin word for “dregs,” what is often used to diagnose the presence or absence of a medical condition?
5. What was the Catholic tribunal established in 1478 and definitively abolished in 1833, intended to ensure the orthodoxy of recent converts?
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The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)
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Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas)
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Santa Baby
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Last Christmas
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas