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Today is....
Christmas
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100

This religious group is known for not celebrating any holidays or birthdays. 

Jehovah's Witnesses 
100

Saint Patrick was mostly known for evangelizing to this country in the 5th century. 

Ireland

100

Today only comes once every four years. 

February 29th

100

Santa's sled is led by this red-nosed reindeer. 

Rudolph

100

This holiday resulted in a short ceasefire during World War 1. 

Christmas

200

The Hindu festival of lights is known by this name.

Diwali

200

Saint Valentine, of which Valentine's Day was named after, was martyred in what Italian city on the 14th of February, c.270. 

Rome

200

Today is the day we honor our Veteran's. 

November 11th. 

200

The country credited with decorating a Christmas tree first. 

Germany

200

The Halloween movie, Hocus Pocus, is set in what American city. 

Salem, Massachusetts 

300

Ramadan is a month of fasting, prayer, and self-reflection observed by this religious group. 

Islam

300

He is one of the patron saints of children and of sailors and he is known by many names. 

Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle

300

Today is a holiday named after a famous civil rights leader. 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

300

Selling more than 50 million copies, Bing Crosby sings the best-selling Christmas song of all time. 

"White Christmas" 

300

This food is traditionally eaten during St. Patrick's Day. 

Corned Beef and Cabbage

400

Yom Kippur or "The Day of Atonement" typically occurs in one of these two months every year.

September or October

400

St. Patrick was originally from Roman Britain, and he ended up in Ireland because of what. 

He was abducted by pirates at the age of 16 and brought to Northern Ireland as a slave.

400

Today is the 19th of June, which is also know by this name, which marks the end of slavery in the United States. 

Juneteenth

400

Tinsel was once outlawed in the United States because it contained this poisonous substance. 

Lead

400

This holiday is considered the busiest day of the year for restaurants. 

Mother's Day

500

The country that visits a shrine at the beginning of the year to wish for health, prosperity, and good fortune, usually between January 1st and 3rd. 

Japan

500

Halloween is derived from "Hallow E'en" or All Hallows Eve, which denoted the evening before this Christian holiday honoring saints celebrated on November 1st in Western Christianity.

All Saints' Day

500

Today is the day many thought the world would end in 2012 because of the Maya Long Count calendar. 

December 21st

500

This country considers finding a spiderweb in your Christmas tree a sign of good luck. 

Ukraine

500

This holiday, celebrated primarily in Mexico, commemorates the defeat of the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. 

Cinco de Mayo

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