Holiday Traditions
This candle-lighting holiday is celebrated for 8 nights and includes playing with a dreidel.
What is Hanukkah?
These fried potato pancakes are a traditional Hanukkah treat.
What are latkes?
This Hanukkah song is about a spinning top made of clay.
What is "I Have a Little Dreidel"?
This classic 1990 movie features Kevin McCallister defending his home from burglars during Christmas.
What is "Home Alone"?
Question: In this country, people celebrate New Year's Eve by eating 12 grapes at midnight, one for each stroke of the clock, to bring good luck for the coming year.
What is Spain?
This holiday, celebrated by Christians worldwide, includes traditions like the Advent calendar, the Midnight Mass, and the Nativity scene.
What is Christmas?
This sweet bread is often enjoyed during Christmas in Italy.
What is Panettone?
This upbeat Christmas song by Mariah Carey, released in 1994, has become a perennial holiday favorite and is often played on repeat during the season.
What is "All I Want for Christmas Is You"?
This 2003 movie features Adam Sandler voicing a character who learns the meaning of Hanukkah.
What is "Eight Crazy Nights"?
In this country, people ring in the New Year with a special television program called "Dinner for One," which has become a cult classic.
What is Germany?
This holiday, beginning on December 26th, celebrates African heritage and includes seven core principles known as the Nguzo Saba
What is Kwanzaa?
This traditional Kwanzaa dish made from black-eyed peas, rice, onions, and sliced sausage is believed to bring good luck and prosperity.
What is Hoppin' John?
This Christmas song, famously sung by Bing Crosby, dreams of a snow-covered holiday.
What is "White Christmas"?
This 2004 movie features Will Ferrell as a human raised by elves in the North Pole.
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What is "Elf"?
In this country, many people celebrate the New Year by smashing plates and other dishes on the doorsteps of friends and family to bring good luck.
What is Denmark?
This Hindu festival, known as the Festival of Lights, lasts five days and involves lighting oil lamps, setting off fireworks, and sharing sweets and gifts to celebrate the victory of light over darkness.
What is Diwali?
These jelly-filled doughnuts, traditionally eaten during Hanukkah, are fried in oil to commemorate the miracle of the oil that lasted eight days.
What are Sufganiyot?
This song, recorded by Bing Crosby in 1942 and written by Irving Berlin, is considered the best-selling single of all time and is widely regarded as the most famous holiday song in the United States.
What is "White Christmas"?
This animated movie tells the story of a young boy who takes a magical train ride to the North Pole.
What is "The Polar Express"?
In this South American country, it’s a tradition to burn effigies, often representing politicians and celebrities, to symbolize the burning away of the old year.
What is Ecuador?
This ancient winter solstice celebration, observed by various Germanic, Scandinavian and pagan cultures, involves traditions such as the burning of a Yule log, the decoration of evergreen trees, and the honoring of the rebirth of the sun.
What is Yule? Or what is Winter Solstice?
This traditional Christmas pudding, often referred to as "figgy pudding," is made with suet, molasses, and dried fruits, and is sometimes set on fire before serving.
What is Plum Pudding?
This songwriter co-wrote and performed the humorous holiday song "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer," which has become a novelty Christmas classic.
Who is Randy Brooks?
This 2006 movie features a young boy discovering his family's African heritage and learning the importance of Kwanzaa through magical adventures.
What is "The Night Before Kwanzaa"?
In this country, people celebrate the New Year by jumping off chairs at the stroke of midnight, symbolizing leaping into the new year with good luck.
What is Denmark?