Hanukkah
Kwanzaa
Miscellaneous
Christmas
New Year
100

Hanukkah is also known as the festival of ____.

What is the festival of lights. 

100

Is Kwanzaa a relatively old celebration or ancient tradition?

What is a newer celebration?

100

Many celebrations occur near the shortest day of the year. What is this day called?

What is Winter Solstice?

100

According to Dutch tradition, how does Sinterklaas deliver gifts?

What is through the chimney?

100

Why do folks wear red to celebrate the Chinese New Year?

What is good luck?

200

What is a Driedel? 

What is a four sided top Children use to gamble with during Hanukkah?

200

Kwanzaa is a weeklong celebration. When does it start?

What is Dec 26th?

200

In Romania, carolers dress in ____ costumes and dance on New Year’s Eve in order to drive away evil spirits and help enrich the soil for the new year

What is bear?

200

The average american spends around this much at christmas. (just have to be within 200 hundred dollars of the numbers)

What is $900.00?

200

16 days before the Chinese new year is what festival?

The Lantern Festival

300

How many candles does a menorah hold?

What is 9 candles? 
300

Kwanzaa was first developed in which American city?

Los Angeles 

300

What date is St. Nicholas Day celebrated?

December 5th, 6th or 19th (depending on where you live)

300

What three gifts did the three wise men bring with them?

What is frankincense, gold, and myrrh?

300

January 1st is the start of the new year in the ________ calendar?

What is Georgian? 

400

What sorts of food would you eat when celebrating Hanukkah?

What is fried foods? Like donuts or latkes!

400

When was the first Kwanzaa?

What is 1966?

400

Snowflakes usually have how many sides?

6 sides 

400

Which tree is most often used as a Christmas tree? 

What is a fir tree?
400

Tuesday, February 1st 2022 marks the beginning of the year of the ____ in the chinese zodiac.

What is Ox?

500

What does Chanukah (as in Hanukkah) mean in Hebrew?

What is dedication?

500

Kwanzaa is based on the "first fruits" festival the Nguni peoples of southern Africa celebrate in December/January. What is being celebrated?

What is the summer solstice? 

500

In which country is the snowiest city in the world?

What is Japan? (the city of Aomori)

500

What day comes at the end of the 12 days of Christmas?

What is the epiphany (or three kings day)?

500

Before firecrackers were invented this item was burned to during chinese new year? 

What is Bamboo?