New Year’s Fun Facts | Christmas And New Year’s Movies | Christmas Traditions | Christmas Toys | Christmas Music |
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What is the Mummers Parade?
This parade takes place in Philadelphia each New Year’s.
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What is “A Christmas Story”?
Watch out for the “Red Ryder” air rifle, “you’ll shoot your eye out.”
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What are the Rockettes?
They perform their annual “Christmas Spectacular” every year at the Radio City Music Hall.
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What is a Rubik’s Cube?
1980 - This colored cube is a puzzle and was created by a Hungarian sculptor.
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What is “Feliz Navidad”?
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas,
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas, I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas, From the bottom of my heart. |
Who is Baby New Year?
As Santa Claus is to Christmas, he is to New Year’s.
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What is “The Godfather Part Two”?
The “Kiss of Death” is seen happening at a New Year’s party within this piece of cinema.
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What is the Advent calendar?
Beginning in Germany, this calendar has a window opened every day of the Christmas season.
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What are Transformers?
1984 - Based on an animated series, ________ are vehicles that switch into heroes.
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What is “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer”?
She'd been drinkin' too much egg nog,
And we'd begged her not to go, But she'd left her medication, So she stumbled out the door into the snow. |
What are leafy greens?
On New Year’s, the more of these you eat, the more prosperity you will experience.
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What is “Ocean’s Eleven”?
In this movie, George Clooney’s heist begins on New Year’s Eve.
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What is Vancouver?
This city in Canada had ugly Christmas sweaters become a trend starting in 2001.
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What is a Furby?
1998 - A furry toy that can talk and blink, it is the “electronic friend.”
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What is “Winter Wonderland”?
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
and pretend that he's a circus clown, We'll have lots of fun with mister snowman, until the the other kids knock him down. |
Who is Julius Caesar?
He was the first to declare January 1st a national holiday.
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What is “The Christmas Chronicles”?
Kurt Russell stars as Santa Claus in this flick.
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What is The Great Depression?
Milk and cookies for Santa began during __________.
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What are Bratz?
2001 - Created by Mattel, _________ are very similar to Barbies.
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What is “The First Noel”?
They looked up and saw a star,
Shining in the east beyond them far, And to the earth it gave great light, And so it continued both day and night. |
What is 1907?
The first ball drop happened in this year.
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What is “200 Cigarettes”?
The course of this film spans over New Year’s Eve 1981 and features Kate Hudson.
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What is eggnog?
George Washington had a special recipe for this treat.
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What are Beyblades?
2002 - These spinning Japanese toys battle it out in an arena.
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What is “Coventry Carol”?
O sisters too, how may we do,
For to preserve this day, This poor youngling for whom we sing, "Bye bye, lully, lullay"? |