HOLIDAY
December 6th is this day honoring the patron saint of Russia
St. Nicholas Day
Feliz Navidad is a holiday greeting in this language
Spanish
On January 5th "The eve of Epiphany" this country's children are delivered gifts by "Befana", an ugly yet kind old witch.
Italy
In Western culture, children leave milk and ____ for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve
cookies
Tradition in Western culture threatens that a child who behaves badly during the year will receive a lump of ____ in their stocking
Coal
Diwali, Deepavali or Dipavali is the Hindu festival of ______?
Lights
In French, you would wish someone "Joyeux _____"
Noël
Christmas trees in this country are often covered in spider webs. An ancient legend tells of a poor family who grew a Christmas tree from a pinecone that they couldn't afford to decorate. Christmas morning the children discovered that spiders had spun webs of glistening silk around the tree’s branches. Each thread magically turned into silver and gold as the morning’s sun danced upon the tree’s bows
Ukraine
This country celebrates "Hogmanay" which is a loud, joyous occasion celebrating the birth of a new year. One of the most important traditions is called First-Footing. Once midnight strikes and the calendar flips to January 1st, all eyes await the arrival of the year’s first visitor who is said to be a predictor of good fortune in the year ahead
Scotland
This country is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition
Germany
The lighting of the menorah occurs during which Jewish holiday
Hanukkah
Shub Naya Baras means Happy Holidays in this language
Hindi
It is tradition to visit your buried relatives at sunset on Christmas Eve in this country. Many cemeteries and churches hold brief services complete with hymns and moments of reflection while family members lay lanterns and lit candles on the graves to remember departed loved ones
Finland
Name all 9 reindeer
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph
In Japan, Omisoka is celebrated on this day in December, where families clean their homes, eat toshi-koshi buckwheat noodles in the hope that one's life will be stretched out as long as these noodles
31st
Buddhists celebrate this day, observed as the "enlightenment" of Buddha
Bodhi Day
Wesolych Swiat is Merry Christmas in this language?
Polish
From December 12th to the 23rd, this country's children leave a shoe on their windowsill. While they sleep each night, 13 magical Yule Lads climb down from the mountains to leave gifts in the shoes of well-behaved children. Naughty kids end up with a potato instead!
Iceland
Bodhi Day falls on this day in December?
8th
This Canadian province has a long tradition of Mummering – the boisterous practice of visiting neighbourhood homes while dressed in elaborate disguises. Mummers often adopt unique speech patterns, gaits and postures.
Newfoundland
This celebration honors African heritage in African-American culture and is observed from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a feast and gift-giving.
Kwanzaa
The greeting "Habari gani?" meaning, "What's the News?" during Kwanzaa comes from this language
Swahili
This countries folklore teaches that "Krampus" a hairy devilish creature visits children annually, but where Saint Nicholas bestows lavish gifts to all the good children, Krampus does the unthinkable – he unleashes punishment to those on the naughty list. If he discovers a particularly bad child, he bundles him into a sack and carts him away, presumably for a midnight snack!
Austria
The ingredients to make this traditional Hanukkah treat:
Latkes
You can enjoy Puto bumbong (purple coloured rice treat cooked in upright bamboo tubes) and Bibingka (flat cake served on banana leaves topped with butter and grated coconut) in this Country over the holiday season?
Philippines