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This potato pancake is traditionally eaten during the celebration of Hanukkah.
What is a latke?
During St. Lucy's Day, a designated "Lucy" wears a crown made of this illuminating item.
What are candles?
The Dreidel Song ("I have a little dreidel...") is associated with this holiday.
What is Hanukkah?
On some calendars, December 8 is observed as Bodhi Day, the religious holiday that honors Siddhartha Gautama, who achieved enlightenment to become this well-known religious figure.
Who is the Buddha?
The Christmas celebration of Las Posadas in Mexico often culminates in the celebratory breaking of these items, colorful figures in the shape of animals that are filled with treats.
What are pinatas?
This brined vegetable is traditionally hidden within the branches of a Christmas tree in Germany, with a special gift given to whoever can find it.
What is a pickle?
During the celebration of Three Kings Day in Mexico, many bakeries make rosca de reyes which is a sweet bread meant to represent this item of a royal wardrobe.
What is a crown?
Puerto Rican musician Jose Feliciano wrote and recorded the first rendition of this popular tune in 1970, containing words in both Spanish and English.
What is Feliz Navidad?
The world's largest Hannukah menorah makes an appearance in this city every year.
What is New York City?
According to an Italian-American Christmas song of the same name, Dominic is a farm animal of this species who helps Santa Claus bring presents to children in Italy due to the reindeer being unable to climb the mountainous terrain.
What is a donkey?
This food is eaten on New Years Day in the American South for good luck in the coming year.
What are black-eyed peas?
New clothes are traditionally worn during this five-day Hindu festival, also referred to as the "festival of lights" and celebrated as an official holiday in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
What is Diwali?
In 1892, the Christmas ballet "The Nutcracker," written by this composer, premiered at a theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Who is Tchaikovsky?
Marking the celebration of the winter solstice, this four-letter holiday is one of the world’s oldest winter celebrations and is widely observed by Wiccan and neo-pagan spiritual communities.
What is Yule?
This scary, horned mythical figure from Alpine folklore follows St. Nicholas and terrorizes naughty children.
Who is Krampus?
This food is traditionally eaten on Christmas Day in Japan following a successful fast food marketing campaign in 1974.
What is fried chicken?
People in some areas of Europe and China don this color of underwear to bring them luck on New Year's Eve.
What is red?
At midnight on New Year's Day in Japan, Buddhist temples ring this instrument 108 times to represent purification.
What are bells?
The word "Kwanzaa" originates from this East African language, and translates to "first fruits."
What is Swahili?
This animal is associated with the upcoming Chinese New Year, beginning on February 17th.
What is a horse?
These are traditionally eaten on Christmas with special toppings in certain communities in South Africa.
What are fried caterpillars (or mopane worms)?
This fearsome creature is said to eat children not wearing their new holiday clothes in Iceland.
What is the Yule Cat?
What is Scotland?
Junkanoo is a holiday celebration that features lavish parades with intricate costumes and floats. These parades — often the talk of the community — take place on Boxing Day and New Year’s, and originated in this island nation.
What are the Bahamas?
Scandinavians celebrate a variation of the Santa Claus legend, in which he rides this animal instead of a sleigh.
What is a goat?