Which Holiday
History
The Food
Traditions
Celebration Of...
100

Hanukkah is also commonly known as this

What is the Festival of Lights

100

Valentine's Day celebrates a saint who was made into a martyr in this empire

What was Rome

100

Children commonly receive and eat this during Halloween

What is candy

100

Many people decorate their homes with one of these for Christmas, often decorated with ornaments and tinsel

What are Christmas trees

100

Christmas is the celebration of this

What is the birth of Jesus Christ

200

This holiday, usually celebrated by staying up until midnight, is celebrated in nearly every country

What is New Year's

200

This Catholic holiday, celebrated before Lent, has a gigantic celebration in Brazil that attracts people around the world

What is Carnival (Rio Carnival)

200

Latke is the name of the potato pancake that is traditionally prepared to celebrate this holiday

What is Hanukkah

200

Children commonly search for eggs as an activity on this holiday

What is Easter

200

Many Latin American cultures celebrate this to pay respects and remember friends and family members who have died 

What is Día de los Muertos 

300

This holiday, a seven-day holiday that celebrates family, community, and culture, originates in African-American culture

What is Kwanzaa

300

This holiday dates back thousands of years to the Celtic New Year's festival, Samhain, a pagan religious celebration marking the end of summer and the beginning of the new year 

What is Halloween

300

During Passover, there is a plate called this which contains the symbolic food eaten during the meal

What is the Passover Seder plate 

300

Ramadan is a holiday in which Muslims do this

What is fast

300

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is celebrated during this holiday

What is Easter 

400

In this holiday, adults often give out red envelopes to children which are filled with cash

What is Chinese New Year

400

Mardi Gras originated here even though it is most commonly incorrectly thought to originate in New Orleans

Where is Mobile, Alabama

400

People most often eat Mooncakes on this holiday

What is the Mid-Autumn Festival

400

During Diwali, designs made using this are thought to bring good luck 

What is rangoli sand

400

Simchat Torah is a celebration of this

What is the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle 

500

This holiday is celebrated during the __ month of the Islamic calendar

What is the 9th month

500

Yule logs can be traced back to the tradition of burning logs during this time period

What is the Iron Age

500

This food, traditionally eaten on Burns Night is a type of pudding composed of the liver, heart, and lungs of a sheep (or other animal), minced and mixed with beef or mutton suet and oatmeal and seasoned with onion, cayenne pepper, and other spices which is then packed into a sheep's stomach and boiled

What is haggis

500

This country has a tradition of eating KFC on Christmas

What is Japan

500

Diwali is the celebration of this

What is the victory of Lord Krishna's destruction of the demon Naraka