HANUKKAH
NEW YEARS EVE
HISTORY & ORIGINS
BY THE NUMBERS
NAUGHTY OR NICE
100
When fully lit, this is the number of candles on a menorah, a candelabrum used in Jewish worship.
What is 9?
100
On New Year's Eve people make ________ .
What are resolutions?
100
The amount of "rent-a-santa's" rented on average per year? A) 10,000 B) 30,000 C) 100,000 D) 20,000
What is (D) 20,000?
100
The amount of Christmas cards sent annually in the United States.
A) 1.3 to 1.6 billion
B) 300 million
C) 1 million
What is a) 1.3 - 1.6 billion?
100
What you get in your stocking if you have been good.
What are candy or oranges?
200
The direction in which Hanukkah candles lit.
What is right to left?
200
The symbol of New Year.
What is a baby?
A baby symbolizes the New Year because it represents rebirth, renewal, and new beginnings, a tradition dating back to ancient Greece and Egypt where infants were paraded to honor fertility gods like Dionysus, signifying the year's fresh start and the promise of a new cycle
200
How long Christmas trees have to grow on average before they are cut down A) 5 years B) 10 years C) 15 years D) 20 years
What is (C) 15 years?
200
The amount in total Americans have spent for the entire holiday season (gifts, food, decor).
A) One Trillion
B) 500 Billion
C) 500 Million
What is A) One Trillion?
300
The name of the potato pancakes enjoyed on Hanukkah called?
What are Latkes?
300
The colour that is supposed to bring good luck if eaten.
What is green?
Eating green foods like collard greens for New Year's is a tradition symbolizing
wealth and prosperity because the leafy greens look like folded paper money, promising a financially fortunate year, often paired with black-eyed peas (coins) and cornbread (gold) for extra luck, rooted in Southern American and European folklore.300
When St. Nicholas become known as Santa Clause A) 1773 C.E. B) 890 C.E. C) 1902 C.E. D) 340 C.E.
What is (A) 1773 C.E.?
300
The year that Christmas was officially established as a holiday in the U.S? A) 1870 B) 1776 C) 1654 D) 1902
What is (A) 1870?
400
The name of the special jelly donuts Jews in Israel eat during Hanukkah?
What are Sufganyot?
400
This song is normally sung on New Years Eve.
What is Auld Lang Syne?
400
The amount the average person spends Christmas shopping? A) $720 B) $1030 C) $304 D) $903
What is (A) $720?
400
According to Facebook, this is the most popular thing to happen two weeks before Christmas?
A) Engagements B) Marriages C) Reunions
D) Break-ups
What is (D) break-ups?
500
The amount of days that Hanukkah lasts.
What is eight?
500
What you are "supposed" to do at midnight.
What is kiss?
500
The year Santa got a Mrs. Claus.
What is 1849?
500
Three wise men gave Baby Jesus these three gifts.
What are Gold, Frakincense and Myrrh?
500
This magical household figure moves from room to room, helping Santa by making sure children are being good.
What is Elf on a Shelf?
