Winter Holidays Quiz

What is "winter solstice"?

• The longest night of the year
• The longest day of the year
• When day and night are equal in length
• When the moon eclipses the sun

Thurl Ravenscroft, who sings all the songs in the cartoon version of the Grinch Who Stole Christmas, also voiced which famous cartoon advertising character?

• Tony the Tiger
• Charlies Brown
• Mr. Peanut
• The Jolly Green Giant 

The beloved Christmas special - A Charlie Brown Christmas - first aired on television in what year?

• 1950
• 1968
• 1965
• 1980

The coldest recorded temperature on earth occurred in Russia in 1974. What was the recorded temperature?

• - 50 Degrees
• - 70 Degrees
• - 10 Degrees
• - 96 Degrees

In Eastern Europe it is considered good luck to find a spider web on Christmas morning.

• True
• False

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The menorah is a major part of which winter holiday?

• Christmas
• Hanukkah
• New Years Eve
• St. Bridget's Day

In which year was the New Year's ball first dropped in Time Square?

• 1894
• 1937
• 1903
• 1906

The average American will spend how much money on presents?

• 786 Dollars
• 821 Dollars
• 554 Dollars
• 2013 Dollars

Alabama was the first state to officially recognized Christmas as a holiday.

• False
• True

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The most snow to fall in a single 24 hour period was 60 inches (about 5 feet).

• True
• False