Festive Foods
This common baked item is shaped into a star or tree for Christmas, but is also baked for Diwali in many Indian households...
What are cookies?
This holiday lasts for eight days and nights and usually occurs in December...
What is Hanukkah?
The custom is that if two people find themselves standing together underneath the this decoration, they are supposed to kiss.
What is Mistletoe?
The Chinese New Year is marked each year by one of 12 different types of these...
What are animals?
What is a button?
During Hanukkah, it's traditional to eat these fried potato pancakes...
What are latkes?
This five-day holiday involves the lighting of small clay lamps to symbolize the victory of good over evil...
What is Diwali?
This is the specific type of evergreen tree often brought inside and decorated for Christmas...
What is a fir tree (or pine tree)?
Many Japanese families make a tradition of eating a Christmas meal at this fast food restaurant...
What is KFC?
In this U.S. state it is illegal to put up Christmas lights before Thanksgiving...
What is Maine?
This is the star ingredient in traditional British Christmas pudding...
What is raisins?
This holiday dates back to 1966 and means "First Fruits" in Swahili...
What is Kwanzaa?
For Chinese New Year, people often hang up decorations of this animal, which symbolizes good luck and power...
What is a dragon?
In Mexico and the Philippines, this colorful star-shaped object is filled with candy and broken open for Christmas celebrations...
What is a Piñata?
This snowy continent is know for its large penguin colonies...
What is Antarctica?
In Britain and Australia, the Christmas meal almost always involves a small, round version of this type of savory baked good...
What is a meat pie?
This holiday falls between January 21st and February 20th...
What is the Chinese New Year?
This holiday symbol holds of 9 candles, with one being lit for each night of Hanukkah...
What is a Menorah?
Some communities across Sweden celebrate the Yule season by creating a large straw version of this animal and then setting it on fire...
What is a goat?
This date is the shortest day and longest night of the year...
What is December 21st? (Winter Solstice)
At Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year), people often give out this round fruit that sounds similar to "luck" or "wealth" in Chinese...
What is an Orange?
On this holiday, historically, servants and tradespeople in the UK would receive gifts from their employers in small containers.
What is Boxing Day?
A Kwanzaa table includes seven of these, representing important principles like unity and creativity.
What are candles?
People in some areas of Europe and China wear this color underwear to in hopes it will bring them luck on New Year's Eve...
What is red?
This mythical, reindeer-like creature from European folklore accompanies Saint Nicholas to punish misbehaving children.
Who is Krampus?