New Year Traditions
A common activity people do on New Year's Eve
What is...
1) Stay up until midnight?
2) Count down?
3) Watch fireworks?
January was named after this Roman God
Junas
Thor
Janus
Who is Janus?
This country celebrates New Year first because of its time zone.
What is New Zealand?
The word “resolution” in New Year’s resolution originally means a firm...
What is decision?
In most parts of the world, this season is when New Year occurs.
What is winter?
Many people write these at the start of the New Year.
What are New Year's resolutions?
Under this calendar, New Year's Day is Jan. 1
a. Julian Calendar
b. Gregorian Calendar
c. Chinese Calendar
What is the Gregorian Calendar?
This city is famous for its New Year’s Eve ball drop.
What is New York City?
January is known for being the _________ month of the year.
What is coldest?
The phrase “New Year, New Me” implies personal ...
What is change / transformation?
One of the largest annual New Year's Eve celebrations
a. New York City
b. Sydney, Australia
c. Paris, France
What is New York City?
The first New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square happened in this year.
a. 1899
b. 1907
c. 1918
What is 1907?
This is the month most people stop following their New Year resolutions.
What is February?
The tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Years Day is believed to do this.
a. Bring prosperity for the next year
b. Return loved ones from war
c. Bring a year of peace into a household
What is bring prosperity for the next year?
The number of years humans been celebrating New Year.
What is at least 4 thousands years?
In Spain, eating 12 of these are to bring you good luck in the New Year.
a. Grapes
b. Churros
c. Tacos
What are grapes?
New Year was originally celebrated in this month in ancient Rome.
a. February
b. March
c. April
What is March?
The number of people that gather in front of the ball drop in New York City on New Years Eve.
a. 500,000
b. 800,000
c. 1 Million
What is 1 Million?
In some countries they do this to Christmas trees on New years day.
What is make bonfires?
The phrase “turning over a new leaf” is often connected to the New Year and means ...
What is starting again / making a change?
This is known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival
a. Moon Year
b. Dragon Celebration
c. Chinese New Year
What is Chinese New Year?
This person introduced January 1st as the start of the New Year.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The most common New Year resolution worldwide.
What is exercise more / be healthier?
In ancient Egypt, this event dictated the timing of New Year's celebrations.
a. Pharaoh's birthday
b. Flooding of Nile
c. Solar eclipse
What is flooding of Nile?
This is the Flower For January.
a. Carnation
b. Rose
c. Tulip
What is carnation?