Dates and Seasons
This holiday is on January 1st. Many people make "resolutions" to change their lives.
What is New Year's Day?
This item is sweet and is usually given as a gift on Valentine's Day.
What is candy? What is chocolate?
People often wear this color at weddings.
What is white?
To walk in a large group on the street with music, floats, and dancers.
What is a parade?
This holiday often includes gifts, a tree, and Santa Claus.
What is Christmas?
This holiday is celebrated in late April or June to honor young people.
What is Children's Day?
This is a large bird usually eaten during a special dinner in November in the U.S.
What is a turkey?
These are the special clothes people wear for Carnival or Halloween.
What is a costume?
You do this when you move your body to music.
What is dancing?
Families give children Red Envelopes with money during this holiday.
What is Chinese New Year? / What is Lunar New Year?
The date changes depending on the country, but on this day people give cards, flowers, and gifts to the women who raised them.
What is Mother's Day?
People often eat this sweet dessert on their birthday.
What is cake?
This is a long, beautiful piece of cloth worn by women in South Asia for weddings.
What is a Sari?
This is the act of wearing special clothes to look like a superhero, an animal, or a famous person.
What is dressing up? / What is wearing a costume?
This holiday honors mothers and is celebrated in many countries.
What is Mother's Day?
This is the night of December 31st. People stay awake until midnight to count down.
What is New Year's Eve?
This food is often grilled outside at summer parties.
What is barbecue?
This is something you wear to look formal.
What is a suit? What is a dress?
You do this when you come together with friends and family?
What is get together?
This holiday celebrates Irish culture. People often wear green.
What is Saint Patrick's Day?
This season is very cold and sometimes snowy.
What is winter?
This sweet food is frozen and popular in the summer.
What is ice cream?
You wear this to keep your head warm in the winter.
What is a hat?
To formally agree to get married
What is engaged?
A public festival often in February or March characterized by parades, costumes, and masks
What is Carnival?