Songs
Christmas
Kwanzaa
Hanukkah
Happy New Year!
100
The holiday where children play with a spinning toy and sing "Dreidel, Dreidel."
What is Hanukkah?
100
Though most historians believe he was actually born in the Spring, the date December 25th (CHRISTMAS) has been celebrated as his birthday for 1,700 years.
Who is Jesus?
100
There are this number of principles in the Kwanzaa tradition.
What is seven?
100
The number of days that the Hanukkah festival lasts.
What is eight?
100
The country where people greet the New Year by throwing old plates and glasses against the doors of family and friends to banish bad spirits. They also stand on chairs and jump off of them together at midnight to “leap” into January in hopes of good luck.
What is Denmark?
200
You may associate Jingle Bells with Christmas, but it was actually written to celebrate this holiday.
What is Thanksgiving?
200
Jesus's mom and dad.
Who are Mary and Joseph?
200
This is the name of the candleholder in Kwanzaa.
What is the kinara?
200
This is the name of the candle holder in Hanukkah.
What is the menorah?
200
We celebrate the New Year on January 1st because we use a solar calendar, which tracks a solar year as 365.25 days. Some cultures (Chinese) and religions (Hinduism and Islam) mark time by following the phases of the moon. This is called a _________ calendar.
lunar
300
George Michael gave you this last Christmas.
What is his heart?
300
This Christmas tradition exists to remind us during the cold, dark winter, that Spring will return.
The use of evergreens during the Winter Solstice dates back to ancient Rome.
300
The principles of Kwanzaa are called this and they serve to remind African Americans of the struggles of the past, and also to focus on present-day achievements and goals for the future.
What are the Nguzo Saba?
300
The word Hanukkah is Hebrew for this, because a band of Jewish rebels named Maccabees defended their temple from Greek-Syrian invaders.
What is "dedication"?
300
In Brazil, as well as other Central and South America countries like Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela, it is thought to be lucky to wear special ___________ on New Year’s Eve. The most popular colors are red, thought to bring love in the New Year, and yellow, thought to bring money.
What is underwear?
400
The Spanish Christmas song about a donkey from the savannah walking to Bethlehem.
What is "Mi Burrito Sabanero"?
400
He is based on Saint Nicholas, a generous man who gave away all of his wealth to the poor and rescued children and women from dire circumstances.
Who is Santa Claus?
400
Therefore there is one black candle, which stands for _____________, three red candles which stands for ____________, and three green candles, which stand for ____________.
What are people, their struggle, and hope?
400
Legend says that a small amount of this substance miraculously lasted eight days, hence the eight lights used to symbolize this holiday.
What is oil?
400
In many Spain and many Latin American countries, a tradition on New Year's is to eat 12 of this fruit as it is supposed to bring good luck in the coming year.
grapes
500
The holiday celebrated in this verse:
"Seven nights to celebrate _______
Seven candles that you will light
Red and green and black are the colors
A symbol that’s a beautiful sight.
Red is for the blood of the people,
Green is for the hope of new life,
Black is for the face of Africa,
Remembering the pain and strife. "
What is Kwanzaa?
500
On January 6th, Christian people in Latin America celebrate this day, which commemorates when the three Wise Men arrived to give presents to the Baby Jesus after his birth. The night before, children leave grass for the camels of these three guests, and when they wake up, they receive a gift, just as Jesus did.
What is Three Kings Day (El Dia de los Tres Reyes Magos)?
500
This is the first principle of Kwanzaa and it means "unity."
What is umoja?
500
These holidays are actually more important to the Jewish religion than Hanukkah (name one).
What are: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Passover, and Shavuot?
500
What places on earth celebrate the New Year FIRST?
Samoa, Tonga and Kiritimati (Christmas Island)