New Year Traditions
New Year's Eve Waterford Crystal Ball drop began in 1907 in this section of New York City.
What is "Times Square"?
Three of the top five most popular New Year resolutions (according to a 2024 Forbes health survey).
What is --
The weight of New York's Waterford crystal ball.
What is 11,875 Pounds?
The 2022 Waterford Crystal Ball is 12 feet in diameter.
In some countries, they do this with Christmas trees on New years day.
What is "Cut and Make Bonfires"?
New Year Countdown is done on an elevator in this city.
What is "Seattle"?
The tower is called "The Needle".
A song often sung at New Years means "Time long past".
What is "Auld Lang Syne"?
Name the most popular New Year's Day parade held in Pasadena in the Los Angeles area.
What is "Tournament of Roses" or the "Rose Parade"?
The crystal ball begin lowering in Times Square at this time.
What is "11.59 PM" EST.
EST - Eastern Standard Time
A pine cone is dropped on New Year's Eve in this city/state.
What is "Flagstaff, Arizona"?
New Year's eve is a public non-working holiday in these countries besides US.
What is "Argentina", "Brazil", "Germany" and "Philippines".
The New Year is celebrated on 1st January as per this calendar.
What is the "Gregorian Calendar"?
This country celebrates the New Year between April 13 to April 15 by throwing water.
What is "Thailand"?
In the ancient Roman calendar, New Year began on this day and month.
What is "01st March"?
The tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Years Day is believed to do this.
a. Bring prosperity for the next year
b. Return loved ones from war
c. Bring a year of peace into a household
d. Relieve constipation
What is "a. Bring prosperity for the next year"?
This was the original name of New York City.
What is "New Amsterdam"?
The name change took place in 1664.
In Spain, eating 12 of these bring you good luck in the New Year.
What are "Grapes"?
Ancient Persians gave this to each other as New Year's gift.
What are "Eggs"?
The practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism celebrate New Year's during these months (depending on the lunar calendar).
"What is "February & March"?
In ancient Egypt, this event dictated the timing of New Year's celebrations.
A. Pharaoh's birthday
B. Flooding of Nile
C. Solar eclipse
D. Exact alignment of stars with Great Pyramid
What is "B. Flooding of the Nile"?
January was named after this Roman God.
Who was "Janus"?
People in this country fill all the dishes in the house with water on New Year’s Eve and then throw the water into the street to wash away all their sins.
What is "Cuba"?
In Bolivia, _____are baked into sweets and whoever finds the ____has good luck for the following year.
What are "Coins"?
This activity is known to be performed on New Year's day to bring you good luck in the coming year. It involves a body of water.
What is "The Polar Bear Swim" or "The Polar Bear Plunge"?
Smashing a peppermint version of this animal is considered good luck in Saratoga, New York.
What is a "Pig"?
The peppermint pig is a hard candy made with sugar and peppermint.
This is the Flower For January.
What is "Carnation"?