Christmas Around the World
What is Tannenbaum?
The word "Kwanzaa" is derived from this language
What is Swahili?
Hanukkah is celebrated for this number of nights.
What is eight?
Bodhi Day commemorates the enlightenment of whom?
Buddha (Siddhartha Gautauma)
What is Bethlehem?
One of the ways Mexicans traditionally celebrate Christmas is through pastorelas, which are reenactments of this husband and wife's search for an inn.
Who are Joseph and Mary?
Kwanzaa begins on this date every year, also the same day of another holiday celebrated by giving gifts to the poor.
What is December 26th?
This game was played to fool foreign rulers when they came to find Jews who were illegally studying the Torah.
What is Dreidel?
Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) lived in what is now this country.
What is India?
Christmas was originally a Christian holiday to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. December 25th was chosen by the Catholic Church in the 300s it matched a celebration of the rebirth of this empire's Sun God.
What is the Roman Empire?
This holiday is celebrated primarily in Sweden on December 13th and is named after the patron saint of the blind.
What is St. Lucia's Day?
During the week of Kwanzaa, a new candle is lit on the kinara each day. There are seven candles made of these colors.
What are red (3), black (1), and green (3)?
During the battle that inspired Hanukkah, this was supposed to last only one night; however, it lasted much longer.
What is oil?
The Four Noble Truths realized by Buddha when he reached Nirvana all deal with this emotion - Yoda said it came from hate.
What is suffering?
The original St. Nicholas lived in this country - home of the largest Christian church for almost 1000 years until the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore was completed in Florence in the 1400s
What is Turkey?
The first recorded use of a tree being decorated for Christmas was in what is now one of these two baltic countries.
What is Latvia or Estonia?
Kwanzaa was started during this decade
What were the 1960's
During the conflict that inspired Hanukkah, this Jewish family led the rebellion.
Who were the Maccabees?
Buddha achieved enlightenment at this time of day, probably right after before his breakfast.
What is as the morning star rose in the sky in the early morning?
The first Nativity scene was displayed in 1223 by what notable Italian saint?
Who was St. Francis of Assisi?
In Syria, Christian children traditionally receive their gifts from this animal.
What is a camel?
The first President to issue a presidential declaration celebrating Kwanzaa.
Who was Bill Clinton?
In the Hanukkah story, the Jewish nation was under rule of an empire from one of these two countries.
What is Syria or Greece?
The word "Buddha" means this - fitting for one who felt he had left the darkness of sleep of his previous ignorant life.
What is the Awakened One or Enlightened One?
According to popular folk tradition, the first person in history to decorate a fir tree with Christmas candles was this man. (Perhaps the 95 candles represented his 95 theses.)
Who was Martin Luther?