JEWISH
What is 12 or 13?
This piece of traditional Chinese jewelry is said to provide protection, good fortune, health, and prosperity.
What are jade bangles?
Though originally a long-standing German tradition, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert popularized this for Christmas, helping make it an evergreen practice in the U.S.
What is decorating a tree?
This Chinese game has an Americanized version that is very popular among older retired Jewish women.
What is Mahjong/American Mahjong?
This Jewish language, spoken natively by about 50,000 people today, is mostly derived from Old Spanish
What is Ladino?
This animal represents the year of the Chinese zodiac beginning this Lunar New Year
(Bonus point: Lunar New Year falls on this date this year)
What is the year of the goat?
Bonus point: When is Feb 17?
A newer tradition in China, this red fruit is stamped or carved beautifully and gifted for Christmas because its name in Chinese sounds like the word for Christmas Eve
What is an apple (苹果 píng guǒ)?
The traditional Chinese and Hebrew calendars are both based around this celestial body
What is the moon?
This tradition was added to Chanukkah in the 1950s by Jewish-American women aiming to Americanize the holiday, making it more similar to Christmas
What is giving gifts?
This 1920s movie star was the first ever Chinese-American in Hollywood and a fashion icon
Who was Anna May Wong?
The Christmas story appears in this gospel
What is Luke?
In the 1930s, Jewish-American people began the tradition of going to Chinese restaurants for Christmas in this part of New York City
What is Manhattan (Lower East Side)?
Name a month on the Jewish calendar
Options: Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul
China officially recognizes this many ethnic groups
What is 56?
One of these popular Christmas songs was not written by a Jew:
Rockin' around the Christmas Tree
A Holly Jolly Christmas
Santa Baby
Jingle Bells
What is Jingle Bells?
The first complete and accurate translation of the Hebrew Bible was published this year (fun fact: it was into Chinese!)
What is 1822?