Holidays Around the World
This holiday is celebrated on the first day of the lunar calendar.
What is Lunar New Year?
This is the name for frozen rain that forms ice pellets.
What is sleet? OR What is hail?
This term describes singing without instrumental accompaniment.
What is a cappella?
This drink is often served hot and topped with marshmallows or foam.
What is hot chocolate?
This term describes unfinished work carried into the new year.
What is backlog?
This holiday marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the winter solstice?
Water freezes at this temperature in Celsius.
What is 0°C?
This instrument is traditionally used to ring in the New Year.
What are bells?
This type of drink contains no alcohol.
What is a mocktail?
This metric is often reviewed at year-end to measure success.
What is performance? (Accept: KPIs, revenue)
This holiday is celebrated with oil lamps and is known as the “Festival of Lights.”
What is Diwali?
This type of bear hibernates during winter.
What is a brown bear? (Accept: black bear)
This country is the origin of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach, whose music is often performed in winter concerts.
What is Germany?
This drink is traditionally raised during celebrations and toasts.
What is champagne? (Accept: sparkling wine)
This planning activity typically happens at the start of the new year.
What is goal setting?
This country is famous for eating fried chicken on December 25.
What is Japan?
This hemisphere experiences winter in December.
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
This musical term refers to gradually getting louder.
What is crescendo?
This spice is commonly added to winter drinks for warmth and flavor.
What is cinnamon?
This is the most limited resource teams want more of next year.
What is time?
In Sweden, December 13 is dedicated to this holiday figure.
Who is St. Lucia?
This phenomenon causes shorter days and longer nights in winter.
What is Earth’s axial tilt?
This tempo marking means “slow.”
What is adagio?
This process involves heating a drink with spices without boiling it.
What is mulling?
This common phrase means delaying a decision until later.
What is “kick the can down the road”?