Holiday Traditions Around the World
This Jewish holiday involves lighting candles on a menorah.
What is Hanukkah?
In the movie Home Alone, Kevin is left behind in this U.S. city.
What is Chicago?
This white, fluffy precipitation is often associated with winter.
What is snow?
This cookie is often shaped like a little person and spiced with ginger during the holidays.
What is a gingerbread cookie?
The first Christmas tree was decorated in this country.
What is Germany?
In Australia, this annual beach celebration is popular on Christmas Day.
What is Christmas on the beach?
This Bollywood film centers around family and love during Diwali celebrations in a small town.
What is Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge?
This natural winter spectacle, also called the Aurora Borealis, lights up the polar skies.
What is the Northern Lights?
In Italy, this sweet bread loaf, often studded with fruit, is a holiday favorite.
What is panettone?
Hanukkah lasts for this many days.
What is eight?
In China, people celebrate this lunar festival with red envelopes and family feasts.
What is Chinese New Year?
In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, these birds are gifted on the first day.
What are partridges?
This game involves rolling large balls of snow and stacking them to create a frosty friend.
What is building a snowman?
This savory pie filled with minced meat and fruits is a traditional British holiday treat.
What is a mince pie?
This African American holiday was first celebrated in 1966.
What is Kwanzaa?
This Hindu festival celebrated in late October or early November is also known as the Festival of Lights.
What is Diwali?
This song is traditionally sung at midnight on New Year's Eve to ring in the new year.
What is Auld Lang Syne?
This bird species is known to mate for life and is often depicted in snowy landscapes.
What are penguins?
Latkes, a traditional food for Hanukkah, are made from this vegetable.
What is a potato?
The New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square first took place this year.
What is 1907?
In Germany, children leave these out on December 5th to be filled with gifts by St. Nicholas.
What are shoes or boots?
This 1947 classic centers around a lawyer and a little girl proving the existence of Santa Claus in a court of law.
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
This Finnish city, home to Santa Claus Village, lies north of the Arctic Circle.
What is Rovaniemi?
In Spain, people eat 12 of these fruits at midnight on New Year's Eve for good luck.
What are grapes?
The first artificial Christmas trees were made from these.
What are goose feathers?