Snow
What color is snow?
Translucent or Clear
(It looks white because of the way that light bends when it hits individual crystals!)
People celebrate this Christian holiday in different ways around the world by going to church, giving gifts, and sharing the day with their families. In some parts of Europe, “star singers” go caroling—singing special songs—as they walk behind a huge star on a pole.
Christmas
Brazil makes it easy to choose your New Year's Eve outfit — it's tradition for everyone to wear this color for good luck and peace.
White
This type of activity is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India.
Yoga
What is your favorite winter time activity in NYC?
* Answers will Vary*
: )
About how long does it take for a snowflake to reach the ground after it has left its cloud?
Approximately 1 hour
For eight days each November or December, a special candle holder called a menorah is lit. It is done to remember an ancient miracle in which one day’s worth of oil burned for eight days in the temple. Many people also eat special potato pancakes called latkes, sing songs, and spin a top called a dreidel to win chocolate coins, nuts, or raisins.
Hanukkah
In this country, Omisoka (or New Year’s Eve) is the second most important holiday of the year, following New Year’s Day, the start of a new beginning. Families gather for a late dinner around 11 PM, and at midnight, many make visits to a shrine or temple. In many homes, a bell is struck 108 times, symbolizing desires believed to cause human suffering.
Japan
A response to certain external or internal stimuli, this is a physical reaction in humans usually consisting of rhythmical, often audible contractions of the diaphragm and other parts of the respiratory system resulting most commonly in forms of "hee-hee" or "ha-ha".
Laughter
Name one thing that happens in Rockefeller Center during the holidays.
The huge lighted tree; ice skating; shopping; and dining
This begins to form when an extremely cold water droplet freezes onto a pollen or dust particle in the sky. which creates an ice crystal. As the ice crystal falls to the ground, water vapor freezes onto the primary crystal, building new crystals.
Snowflake
Christmas falls during Australia’s summer, where it is popular to go camping or to the beach over the holiday. Some Australians decorate a “Christmas ______,” a native Australian tree with small green leaves and flowers that turn red during the summer.
Bush
In Spain, with 12 seconds remaining until the New Year, people eat 12 of these fruits to bring good luck in the coming year. It’s thought to be bad luck if you can’t eat them all by the final midnight chime. But gobble them down in time and 12 months of good fortune will come your way.
Green Grapes
What is considered by many pop culture polls to be the most popular cartoon in the world today?
SpongeBob Squarepants
What is the average weight in pounds of a Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree?
24,000 pounds
(Bonus! How many TONS is that??)
What state holds the record for the most snow to fall in a single calendar day?
Colorado
(On December 4, 1913, 63 inches of snow fell on Georgetown, Colorado!)
Its name means “First Fruits” and is based on ancient African harvest festivals. It celebrates ideals such as family life and unity. During this spiritual holiday, celebrated from December 26 to January 1, millions of African Americans dress in special clothes, decorate their homes with fruits and vegetables, and light a candle holder called a kinara.
Kwanzaa
It's a common New Years Eve superstition that keeping these open will easily let the old year out, and the new year in.
Doors and Windows
What fraction of their lives do most humans spend sleeping?
One-Third!
The world famous tower lights atop this iconic skyscraper will celebrate the holiday season this year with a technicolor light show with the spirited sounds of beautiful music every night leading up to Christmas day—Saturday, Dec 19 to Friday, Dec 25.
Empire State Building
What percentage of Earth’s freshwater is found in snow and ice, including glaciers?
75%
(Glaciers cover 10 percent of the planet’s entire surface!)
This is the shortest day of the year. People all over the world participate in festivals and celebrations. Long ago, people celebrated by lighting bonfires and candles to coax back the sun.
Winter Solstice
(December 21)
To celebrate this, many children dress in new clothes to celebrate and people carry lanterns and join in a huge parade led by a silk dragon, the symbol of strength. According to legend, the dragon hibernates most of the year, so people throw firecrackers to keep the dragon awake.
Chinese New Year
These kinds of exercises are one of the simplest relaxation strategies, and can effectively calm your stressed-out body and mind anywhere at any time.
Breathing
Both the Manhattan and Brooklyn Grand Army Plazas host competitors in the race for the "World’s Largest" of this over 32-foot-high, gold-colored, 4,000-pound steel holiday icon.
Hanukkah Menorah