Holiday Trivia

What is another name for Hanukkah? 

• The Festival of Lights

• Passover

• Purim

• Tu B'shevat

What is the first name of Mr. Scrooge in the novel, A Christmas Carol?

• Ebenezer

• Tiny Tim

• Jacob

• Bob

Which reindeer is not mentioned in The Night Before Christmas?

• Donner

• Cupid

• Rudolph

• Dancer

Who wrote “Christmas doesn’t come from a store, maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more?”

• Charles Dickens

• Dr. Seuss

• Chris Van Allsburg

• St. Nicholas

What holds the candles when celebrating Hanukkah?

• Two hands

• Maccabees

• A dreidel

• A menorah

In what year was Kwanzaa first celebrated?

• 1966 AD

• 1699 AD

• 300 BC

• 1974 AD

In A Christmas Carol, what is the last ghost?

• The Ghost of Christmas Past

• The Ghost of Christmas Present

• The Ghost of Taxes

• The Ghost of Christmas Future

In what culture were the yule log and mistletoe first used to celebrate a winter holiday?

• German/Prussian when they introduced the Christmas tree

• Druids/Celts for the winter solstice

• Polish

• Irish

In the song Twelve Days of Christmas, what is given on the 7^th day?

• 7 maids a-milking

• 7 singers singing

• 7 swans a-swimming

• 7 lords a-leaping

What are the annual dates of Kwanzaa?

• December 12 - 24

• January 1 - 7

• December 20 - 26

• December 26 - January 1