New Year's Traditions
The location of the traditional New Year's Eve ball drop
Mary Shelley's famous monster novel, which was released on January 1st, 1818
What is Frankenstein?
This country celebrates with Christmas piñatas
What is Mexico?
The year that George Washington guided 24,000 troops across the Delaware River on Christmas morning
What is 1776?
The holiday traditionally celebrated on December 26th
What is Boxing Day?
The East Coast town that drops a giant chocolate kiss on New Year's Eve
What is Hershey (Pennsylvania)?
The Roman ruler who made January 1st New Year's Day (46 B.C.)
Who is Julius Caesar?
This country celebrates Saint Nicholas' day on December 5th
What is Germany?
The familial relationship between John the Baptist and Jesus
What is a cousin?
The French holiday that marks the start of the French Revolution
What is Bastille Day?
A good luck token baked into a New Year's cake in Greece
What is a coin?
The decree issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1st, 1863
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This country likes "Yule goats" instead of reindeer
What is Sweden?
The year of the famous "Christmas truce" between British and German troops
What is 1914
The Indian holiday known as the Festival of Lights
In Spain, people eat twelve of this fruit when the clock strikes the New Year
What are grapes?
This place is named for the month the Portuguese landed there (January 1502)
What is Rio de Janeiro?
This country was the first to make fruitcake (fruitcakes were even buried with the dead)
What is Egypt?
The traditional names for the three wise men/kings
Who are Melchior, Balthazar, and Caspar?
The country from which poinsettia plants originate
What is Mexico?
The country in which New Year's cards are an important tradition
What is Japan?
This U.S. federal prison opened on January 1st, 1934
What is Alcatraz?
This Central American country has adopted the orchid as its official Christmas flower
What is Costa Rica?
The first Holy Roman Emperor, who was crowned on Christmas Day 800 A.D.
Who is Charlemagne?
The country where Halloween originated
What is Ireland?