Tenants Jingled and Mingled at Tech Square Holiday Party
In early December, as a way to wrap up (see what we did there?) the end of the year, we hosted our annual Tech Square holiday party for all of our community members and tenants as a small token of our appreciation.
Our Jingle & Mingle winter wonderland was the perfect way to spread some holiday cheer while attendees enjoyed a live quartet, a 360-video booth, seasonal sweets, festive libations, and a hot chocolate and mac and cheese bar!
Guests were able to galavant all over Tech Square too, as the activities were happening at both the Centergy lobby and The Clubhouse. There was even themed trivia made possible by Kahoot, a platform we learned about at our TEDxGeorgia Tech Open Mic Night earlier in the year. Participants were able to choose from three different themes and then the results were displayed in real-time on our large projection screen for all to see.
No surprise to us, as we’ve hosted a few different music-focused events like our Peer Check-In: Making More Than Music, Cocktail Talk: The Ultimate Tech Square Playlist, and TEP Tunes: The Formative Years, our community members did best in the “holiday music” category:
Prizes were plentiful for those who participated, with the following deemed the lucky winners via raffle tickets:
Prizes | Name of Winner
Beats Solo 3 Headphones | Aditya Dubey
Google Home | Maansi Jain
Google Home | Isabel Ramos
Amazon Echo Show | Loppe
Snowman Waffle Iron | Eesha Parasha
KODAK Printomatic Digital Instant Print Camera | Isha Darshane
Taget Giftcard | Shyla Tolani
Target Giftcard | Ryan Szabo
Target Giftcard | Nicole
Target Giftcard | Poojan Mehta
Starbucks Giftcard | Revanth Tiriveedhi
Starbucks Giftcard | Shruti Vedula
Visa Giftcard | Vishal Rachapudi
Connect 4 | Rick Ray
And for anyone interested, below are all of the questions and correct answers:
HOLIDAY MUSIC TRIVIA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: WHO SINGS THE CHRISTMAS HIT “ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU?”
A: MARIAH CAREY
Q: ARRANGE THE WORDS TO REVEAL A CHRISTMAS HIT!
A: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER
Q: WHICH CHRISTMAS SONG IS WHAM! KNOWN FOR?
A: LAST CHRISTMAS
Q: IN THE DREIDEL SONG, WHAT MATERIAL IS THE DREIDEL MADE OUT OF?
A: CLAY
Q: WHAT IS THE CORRECT NAME FOR THE CHRISTMAS HIT SUNG BY ELVIS PRESLEY?
A: BLUE CHRISTMAS
Q: WHO ORIGINALLY SANG 'WHITE CHRISTMAS'?
A: BING CROSBY
Q: WHEN WAS 'HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS' RELEASED?
A: 1944
Q: TRUE OR FALSE: “FELIZ NAVIDAD” IS A FAMOUS CHRISTMAS SONG WHICH HAS BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH LYRICS.
A: TRUE
Q: WHICH CHRISTMAS HIT BEGINS LIKE THIS: “SLEIGH BELLS RING, ARE YOU LISTENING?”
A: WINTER WONDERLAND
Q: TRUE OR FALSE: ADAM SANDLER WROTE A HANUKKAH SONG AND PLAYED IT ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.
A: TRUE
Q: WHAT IS THE FIRST LINE OF NAT KING COLE'S “THE CHRISTMAS SONG?”
A: CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE
Q: FINISH THIS SONG TITLE: “I SAW MOMMY KISSING…”
A: SANTA CLAUS
ULTIMATE HOLIDAY TRIVIA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: THE CHRISTMAS TRADITION OF DECORATING TREES CAME FROM WHERE?
A: GERMANY
Q: IN SCOTLAND, NEW YEAR’S EVE IS CALLED WHAT?
A: HOGMANAY
Q: ALL OF THESE ARE WINTER FESTIVALS EXCEPT WHICH?
A: CHUSEOK (KOREAN)
Q: WHAT DID MY TRUE LOVE GIVE TO ME ON THE 11TH DAY OF CHRISTMAS?
A: 11 PIPERS PIPING
Q: WHAT DOES THE WORD "HANUKKAH" ACTUALLY MEAN?
A: DEDICATION
Q: WHAT HAPPENED IN BOSTON FROM 1659 TO 1681?
A: CHRISTMAS WAS COMPLETELY OUTLAWED
Q: WHAT ARE THE COLORS OF THE BERRIES ON A MISTLETOE PLANT?
A: WHITE
WINTER TRIVIA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: ACCORDING TO PEW RESEARCH CENTER, OUT OF 10 PEOPLE, HOW MANY AMERICANS CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS?
A: 9
Q: IT WAS THE ____ SETTLERS WHO BROUGHT THE SANTA CLAUS TRADITION TO AMERICA.
A: DUTCH
Q: WHAT TYPE OF PLANT IS THIS?
A: MISTLETOE
Q: WHERE IS TODAY'S SANTA'S HOME SAID TO BE?
A: NORTH POLE
Q: THE NAME OF THE BIG JEWISH FESTIVAL THAT IS CELEBRATED AROUND DECEMBER IS SPELLED AS…?
A: HANUKKAH
Q: TRUE OR FALSE: IN RUSSIA, SERBIA, AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES CHRISTMAS IS CELEBRATED ON JANUARY 7.
A: TRUE
Q: HOW MANY DAYS DOES KWANZAA CELEBRATION LAST?
A: 7
Q: PUT THESE REINDEER IN THE ORDER THAT THEY ARE MENTIONED IN THE SONG "RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER."
A: PRANCER, VIXEN, CUPID, DONNER
Q: DURING THE CELEBRATION OF LAS POSADAS, THESE ARE SET UP OUTSIDE.
A: LUMINARIAS
Q: HOW MUCH DO AMERICANS SPEND ON HOLIDAY SHOPPING ON AVERAGE (NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION)?
A: $900-$1000
The celebrations continued all throughout the evening, making it a not so silent night.
DID YOU KNOW?
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