Winter
Santa
Traditions
Hanukkah/Kwanzaa
New Year's
100

The shortest day of the year

Winter Solstice

100

It is tradition to leave these two things out for Santa on Christmas Eve

Cookies and milk

100

You're supposed to do this when you find yourself under the mistletoe with someone

Kiss

100

This Hanukkah toy was used as a decoy after learning the Torah was outlawed

The dreidel
100

A 12-foot ball is dropped to celebrate the New Year in this tourist location in the US

Times Square

200

This US State has the most snow days per year

Alaska

200

Naughty children get this from Santa for Christmas

A lump of coal

200

This Christmas-themed ballet premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1892

The Nutcracker

200

Hanukkah lasts for this many nights

8
200

This is the most common New Year's resolution

Get healthier/exercise more

300

Winter starts in this month in the Southern Hemisphere

June

300

He helped guide Santa through a stormy night

Rudolph

300

In Austrian folklore, this horned figure punishes naughty children during the holiday season

Krampus

300

These fried potato pancakes are eaten during Hanukkah

Latkes

300

In Spain, it is tradition to eat 12 of this fruit to celebrate the New Year

Grapes

400

This dogsled race goes from Anchorage to Nome, every year in early March

The Iditarod

400

Santa has this many reindeer

8

400

This country created eggnog

England

400

Kwanzaa celebrations start on this day

December 26th

400

The first Times Square New Year's ball drop happened in this year

1907

500

The only country to have won a medal at every Olympic Winter Games

The United States

500

Santa Claus is based on this real-life person

The Christian bishop St. Nicholas

500

In Russia, children are given presents on this day instead of Christmas Day

New Year's Day

500

These three colors are found on the Kwanzaa flag

Red, black, green

500

This country will celebrate New Year's day on April 14, 2025 in a holiday called "Naya Barsha"

Nepal

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