Holiday Traditions
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 each month.
Answer: What is Spain?
This sweet, spiced cake, often decorated with icing and shaped like little men, is a classic treat during the Christmas season in the United States.
What is gingerbread (or gingerbread cookies)?
What character's nose was made of a button?
Who is Frosty?
?This winter holiday was created in 1966
What is Kwanzaa?
During the Chinese New Year, it's common to give these things containing money, known as "hongbao," to symbolize good luck.
What are red envelopes?
During the festival of Diwali, Indians enjoy this sweet, deep-fried treat made from flour, sugar, and ghee, often shaped into spirals.
What is Jalebi?
In this country, people celebrate the New Year by smashing plates against the doors of friends and family for good luck.
What is Denmark?
In this festival, people exchange gifts and decorate their homes with lights during Diwali.
What is the Hindu Festival of Lights?
In this country, children leave their shoes out on December 5th to be filled with treats by St. Nicholas.
What is the Netherlands?
This beet soup, traditionally served on Christmas Eve in Poland, is known for its vibrant red color.
What is Barszcz (or Borscht)?
During the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, it is customary to play a game with spinning a what which has four Hebrew letters on its sides.
What is a dreidel?
A seven lamp candle for the Jewish Holiday
What is a Menorah?
On Christmas Eve in Poland, families share this thin wafer before the meal, symbolizing the breaking of bread at the Last Supper.
What is the Oplatek (or Christmas wafer)?
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, people across Asia enjoy these round pastries filled with lotus seed paste or red bean paste.
What are Mooncakes?
Candy canes originated in this country.
What is Germany?
What are the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd continents to celebrate New Years (Jan 1st)?
1st - Oceania (Australia)
2nd - Asia
3rd- Europe
During the festival of Diwali, Indian families light these small clay lamps filled with oil to signify the triumph of light over darkness.
What are Diyas?
In many South American countries, this sweet bread, often filled with fruit or cream, is a Christmas favorite and shares its name with a type of panettone.
What is Pan Dulce?
Name 6 of Santa's reindeers.
Who is Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and Rudolph?
In what country did our tradition of putting up Christmas trees for Christmas originate?
What is Germany?