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What is a Christmas Story
You'll shoot your eye out kid
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What is Boxing Day
This holiday originated in the UK and is celebrated the day after Christmas.
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What is Yorkshire Pudding
This common English side dish sounds more like a dessert?
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Who is Ebenezer Scrooge
A cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas
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What is Curling
A sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area
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What is It’s a Wonderful Life
This holiday movie classic starred Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed
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What is Hanukkah
A “festival of lights” which commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem
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What are Gingerbread Men
These “men” were banned from a coffee shop in Scotland’s capitol over concerns that their name perpetuates sexism
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What is Christmas Eve
Studies show heart attack risk rises 37% on this Eve
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What is skiing
Although the name comes from the Old Norse, the earliest evidence of this sport was found in the Altaic region of China and northern Russia
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What is National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Even when a home is ravaged by both a squirrel and a SWAT team, nothing can take the spirit out of a loving family
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What is July
Similar to our Independence Day, Canada Day is celebrated in this month.
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What is Figgy Pudding
This dessert is rudely demanded in the popular Christmas carol “We Wish you a Merry Christmas”.
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What is Florida
This AP state came in at #48 in a Christmas Spirit survey
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What is Luge
This sport for has a rider/lunatic lying on their backs on a sled and hurtling down a slope of ice
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Who is the Grinch
With his loyal dog Max, this character tries to keep Christmas from coming
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What is Ramadan
The ninth month of the Islamic calendar,[3] and is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting
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What is Turkey
Eating this holiday mainstay may cause you to become sleepy.
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What is UPS
In a now deleted tweet, UPS wrote: "If your child addresses a letter to the North Pole, you can leave it with us, we do shredding."
One of the world's biggest delivery companies has said sorry for its apparent bah-humbug approach to letters for Santa
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What is Dog Sled Racing
The Alvin’s pack led by Koda would be great at this sport
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What is Miracle on 34th Street
Although this movie is about a man name Kris Kringle who believes he is Santa Claus it was released in May of 1947
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What is Diwali
The Hindu festival of lights which symbolizes the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance
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What is Wassail
This hot, mulled punch is often associated with Yuletide.
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What is China
Authorities in this huge, densely populated, Asian nation take a tough stance on anyone who celebrates Christmas in public
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What is figure skating
While this sport includes skills like jumps, spins and death spirals participants are also judged on their choreography and artistic performance
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