New Years Around the World
New Year's Eve is called this in most of the Spanish-speaking world.
What is Nochevieja?
Hanukkah lasts this many days and nights.
What is 8?
The Feast of this saint, traditionally celebrated on December 6th, used to be a primary day of gift giving in the early Christian Church.
Who is Saint Nicholas?
This "Big Three" American sport is played in the Winter Season in High Schools and Colleges.
What is basketball?
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Silent Night
China, 200 BCE
The town of Gävle, Sweden has built a giant straw statue of this animal to celebrate Yule since 1966. It has been destroyed (usually via arson) 42 out of 59 times it’s been put up. What animal is the statue of?
Goat
This 12-day Germanic winter celebration gave rise to many modern Christmas traditions, including Christmas trees and burning logs/log shaped cakes.
What is Yule?
What two sports are in a biathlon?
Shooting and skiing
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Jingle Bell Rock
The second full moon after the winter solstice corresponds with which holiday?
The Lunar New Year of Chinese and many other East Asian cultures occurs each year to coincide with this event.
This winter holiday, invented in 1966 to celebrate Panafricanism, runs from December 6th to January 1st.
What is Kwanzaa?
Hanukkah celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple of Jerusalem and the reconquest of Israelite lands from this empire.
What is the Seleucid ("Greek" accepted) empire?
Where was the first Winter Olympics held?
France
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Santa Baby
With more than two million people participating in public celebrations, the largest New Year's Eve celebration usually happens in this country.
What is Brasil? (Rio de Janiero)
This second day of Christmastide celebrated in Britain was once a day of charitable giving, but is now primarily a day for shopping and watching football matches.
What is Boxing Day?
The Roman Holiday Saturnalia, which occurred (or started) on December 17th (Julian calendar), replaced an earlier Greek festival. What was the name of the Greek equivalent of "Saturn"?
Kronos (the holiday was called Kronia)
Since 2022, the Superbowl has been played on this day.
What is the second Sunday of February?
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Most wonderful time of the year
This (along with two others, only one name needed) is the first country that celebrates the New Year each year.
What is [Kiribati/Samoa/Tonga]?
Before 2024, this was the most recent year in which Christmas Day and the first day of Hanukkah coincided.
What is 2005?
How long is the pole that the singer wouldn’t touch Mr. Grinch with?
39 1/2 feet
Three out of the five Winter Olympians with the highest Olympic medal counts come from this country.
What is Norway?
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Hark the Herald Angels Sing