Resolution Realities
Year after year, this is the most common New Year’s resolution among Americans.
What is losing weight or getting healthier?
In a popular Spanish New Year’s tradition, people eat this at midnight for good luck.
What are 12 grapes?
Eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day is a long-standing tradition in this country, especially in the South.
What is the United States?
The Chinese zodiac features this many different animals, each representing a year in a repeating cycle.
What is 12?
This is the most common color worn in Brazil on New Year’s Eve to attract good luck and peace.
What is white?
True or False: Most New Year’s resolutions last longer than six months.
What is false? (Most are not continued after three months.)
In Denmark, people sometimes smash this item on neighbors’ doorsteps for good fortune.
What are plates?
In some Greek households, this vegetable is hung on the porch for good luck in the coming year.
What is an onion?
True or False: In a non-leap year, January 1 and January 31 always fall on the same weekday.
What is true?
This U.S. city drops a giant peach instead of a ball at midnight to ring in the New Year.
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
Studies show that only about this percentage of people successfully keep their New Year’s resolutions for the entire year.
What is about eight to ten percent?
The country some people jump off chairs at midnight to “leap” into the new year.
What is Germany?
Many Americans, especially in the Southern U.S., eat these leafy greens to symbolize prosperity.
What are collard greens?
This was the first year the Times Square ball dropped to ring in the New Year in New York City.
What is 1907?
This country’s New Year celebration includes throwing water on people for good luck.
What is Thailand?
This is the most common reason people abandon their New Year’s resolutions.
What are unrealistic goals?
This person is considered lucky if they’re the first to cross your threshold after midnight on New Year’s in Scotland.
Who is the first-footer?
Italians often eat this legume on New Year's Eve to symbolize wealth in the coming year.
What are lentils?
What is 24?
This gemstone is the birthstone for the month of January.
What is a garnet? (deep red color, symbolizes protection, friendship, and trust)
This ancient civilization is credited with starting the tradition of making promises or resolutions at the beginning of the year.
What are the the Babylonians?
In Mexico, some people place this item in their champagne glass for luck.
What is a gold ring?
Families in this country celebrate the New Year with “Osechi Ryori,” beautifully arranged bento boxes filled with symbolic foods.
What is Japan?
This country celebrates the New Year first because of its position in the earliest time zone.
What is Kiribati? Specifically the Line Islands, the first to celebrate the New Year due to its UTC+14 time zone.
The word “January” comes from the name of this Roman god.
What is Janus? (The god of beginnings and transitions)