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100
What is the name of Ukrainian Santa Claus?
Did Moroz or Father Frost
100
On Christmas Eve (Бъдни вечер, Badni vecher), only lean dishes may be served. How many dishes should be served? (name at least one option).
7, 9 or 11
100
There is a fun tradition that has been popular for centuries in Poland called the kulig. What is it?
Sleigh rides
100
One constant of all Christmas meals in this country is the dried fruit and desserts like panettone, torrone, and pandoro. Which country is this?
Italy.
100
Please share with us where and how you celebrated New Year 2020.
Thank you!
200
What dish is one of the must-have attributes of New Year celebration in central and eastern Ukraine?
Olivier salad
200
What is the name of a traditional Bulgarian food prepared by layering a mixture of whisked eggs and pieces of cheese between filo pastry (a paper-thin sheets of dough) and then baking it in an oven?
Banitsa
200
Is Wigilia is the name of a Christmas Day in Poland?
Actually, no. Wigilia is a Christmas Eve.
200
In which country's culture, it is common to welcome the new year with a bowl of soba noodles in a ritual known as toshikoshi soba, or year-crossing noodles.
In Japanese culture.
300
What is the name of traditional Christmas puppet theater in Ukraine?
Vertep
300
Name at least two the most common dishes/products in Bulgaria for New Year’s dinner.
pork with cabbage, steaks, roast turkey or rooster, rice, other vegetables and fruits. Onion, garlic, corn, dried fruits, wallnuts, pickles and wheat are a must!
300
Why does Polish Christmas Eve dinner consist of 12 dishes?
12 dishes one for each of the 12 apostles
300
In which country there is a unique activity known as Bleigießen or lead pouring?
In Germany.
400
Name at least 2 activities people in Ukraine do during Christmas and New Year holidays.
dress up in traditional clothes (Vyshyvanka), visit their relatives, sing Christmas carols (e.g. Kolyadka), and have festive dinners with the family.
400
What does “survakane” mean?
Another really important part of welcoming the New Year is “survakane”. This is one of the most famous rituals in Bulgaria. It starts in the early morning of January 1st. Group of children gather together and go from house to house and use the “survachka”, richly decorated wooden stick, to lightly beat relatives and friends on the back while saying a special poem with wishes for health and wealth.
400
What is happening during the Feast of the Three Kings or Trzech Kroli on January 6th?
It is the official end of Christmas.
400
Every year, about two million people gather in New York City’s Times Square to watch the famous tradition. Please name this tradition.
It is a “ball drop.”