10 Festive Holiday-Themed
World Records.
10. The record for the tallest stack of
Hanukkah donuts was set in Johannesburg,
South Africa, in 2018. Members of the
Jewish Life Center stacked more than 3,100 donuts.
9. The record for the most snowmen
created in an hour was set in Akabira,
Hokkaido, Japan, in 2015. 1,400 people
created 2,036 snowmen to set the record.
8. The record for the most expensive
dreidel was set in Manalapan, Florida, in 2015.
Created by Pedro Maldonado,
the dreidel is worth $14,000.
7. The record for the most expensive
Christmas tree was set in Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates, in 2010. The tree and its
decorations were worth more than $11 million.
6. The record for the largest gingerbread man
was set in Oslo, Norway, in 2009. Made of less
than 10 ingredients, the gingerbread cookie
weighed almost three-quarters of a ton.
5. The record for the most menorahs
lit at the same time was set in
Montgomery, New Jersey, in 2012.
834 people lit their menorahs simultaneously.
4. The record for the longest Santa wish list
was set in Lapland, Finland, in 2012.
Containing almost 76,000 wishes,
the list was 13,000 feet long.
3. The record for the most couples
kissing underneath the mistletoe was
set in Kissimmee, Florida, in 2017.
448 couples set the world record.
2. The record for the most dreidels spinning
at the same time was set in Philadelphia
in 2011. The United Synagogue Youth group
spun 734 dreidels simultaneously.
1. The record for the tallest faux Christmas
tree was set in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2016.
The tree was more than 236 feet tall