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12.21.2023

12 December Holiday Clues to Test Your Brainpower

Deck the Halls With These Holiday-Themed Clues Jeopardy!

Whether you’re looking to spread a little holiday cheer or simply want to keep your mind sharp, we’ve got the perfect quiz for you! Give these festive clues from the Jeopardy! Vault a go and get into the spirit of the season.

Quiz Rules: Respondents do not have to answer in the form of a question. Moderate spelling errors will receive consideration. No prizes, but big-time bragging rights.*

COUNTDOWN “The 12 Days of Christmas” gifts: 7. Swans a-swimming 6. Geese a-laying 5. These

TATER TOTS Ma & pa were proud of their spudlings when they were made into these Hanukkah potato pancakes

HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD Kwanza, an African-American holiday, means "first fruits" in this language

SPEAK OF THE DICKENS Dickens wrote several holiday books besides "A Christmas Carol", including the tale of this insect "on the Hearth"

WINTER WONDERLAND In the song "Winter Wonderland", these "ring, are you listening"

PIECES OF 8 Hebrew for "candlestick", its candles are lit for 8 nights during Hanukkah

CHRISTMAS HISTORY Before we kissed under it, ancient Europeans believed this plant held magic powers to bestow life & fertility

CHRISTMAS HISTORY Christmas trees originated in Germany; they stood for the garden of Eden and so were hung with this fruit

2 PARTS MAKE A WHOLE One of Santa's reindeer + a festive social gathering = this doomed group of American pioneers

HOLIDAY & OBSERVANCES In December Mexico's festival Las Posadas commemorates these 2 people's search for shelter

PLAYING SANTA People magazine called Edmund Gwenn "the gold standard for cinematic Santa Clauses" after he worked up a "Miracle on" this

VARIETY This saint associated with Christmas has his feast day on December 6

Jeopardy! Clues