American Traditions
What calendar determines the date of the Chinese New Year?
a) Gregorian
b) Lunar
c) Seasonal
What is Lunar.
What do you toast the New Year with in France?
What is champagne.
What color are the envelopes exchanged for the lunar new year?
What is red.
If you are looking for love in a Latin American country, where do you spend midnight?
What is under the table.
What is the symbol of the new year?
a) bell
b) baby
c) mistletoe
What is a baby.
In Spain, what do people eat at/right before midnight?
What are grapes.
how many years have the western nations celebrated the first of January? (Hint: it is more than 100 but less than 1,000)
What is 400 years.
What color underwear do some people wear for good luck on New Year's Eve?
What is red.
What time does the ball start to drop?
What is 11:59 pm.
What is blown up/set off on New Year's Eve?
What are fireworks.
What is associated with each year of the lunar calendar?
a) food
b) animals
c) colors
What are animals. (2026 is the year of the Horse)
If you want to travel in the new year, what do you bring with you for New Year's Eve (in Latin American countries)?
What is an empty suitcase.
Unscramble: rnlau
What is lunar.
What tradition occurs in Pasadena, California, on New Year's Day?
a) a football game
b) a musical performance
c) a marathon
What is a football game (the Rose Bowl.)
What song is normally sung on New Year's?
What is Auld Lang Syne.
The Babylonian New Year lasted how many days?
a) 5 days
b) 24 days
c) 12 days
What is 12 days.
In Denmark, they break what for good luck?
What are plates.