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12.20.2021

Get in the Holiday Spirit With These Clues

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

In the spirit of the holidays, we’ve rounded up some festive clues just for you. We hope you have a jolly good time with our quiz!

*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.*

WINTER HOLIDAYS On December 13 Scandinavians celebrate this female saint; young girls wear white & wear lighted wreaths on their heads

CHRISTMAS MOVIES In this film Santa tells Buddy there are 30 Ray’s Pizzas in NYC: “They all claim to be the original, but the real one’s on 11th”

CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY Based on the 1954 film, a musical called this composer’s “White Christmas” livened up the holidays in 2008 & 2009

TV ANIMATION J.K. Simmons voices a toymaker who becomes a Christmas legend in this 2019 Netflix cartoon with a 5-letter title

ENDS IN THE SAME VOWEL TWICE The double-vowel spelling of this African-American festival matches the 7 principles it’s based on

KEEP THE FAITH In 2021 this Jewish holiday begins at sunset on November 28 & ends at nightfall on December 6

HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS In some Decembers, 2,000,000 have found themselves, like in the song, walking in this destination in London’s Hyde Park

FUNNY TV SONGS Donald Glover & Danny Pudi sang “Baby Boomer Santa” on a Christmas episode of this comedy

SLEIGHING SONGS “Dashing through the snow in” one of these, “o’er the fields we go, laughing all the way”

HOLIDAYS FOODS For Kwanzaa you might serve groundnut stew or this Jamaican dish of chicken seasoned with allspice & peppers