Foreign Traditions
Boxing Day is a British holiday that celebrates this kind of action.
What is charitable giving?
The traditional New Year's Eve song that is sung after midnight.
What is Auld Lang Syne?
They were the three spirits who visited Scrooge on Christmas Eve.
Who are the Ghosts of Christams Past, Present and Future?
This is what Christians in America celebrate on Christmas day.
What is the birth of Christ?
This happens every December 21st or 22nd.
What is the winter solstice? / What is the first day of winter?
This famous Wonder of the World is thought to be associated with ancient Winter Solstice celebrations.
What is Stonehenge?
In one holiday song, a boy claims all he wants for Christmas are these.
What are my two front teeth?
Dickens' classic crippled character in A Christmas Carol.
Who is Tiny Tim?
The most symbolic number related to Kwanzaa.
What is seven?
The mystical uncle who presents his niece with a Nutcracker doll in the classic holiday ballet.
Who is Drosselmeyer?
The best-selling Christmas single of all time.
What is White Christmas?
This many calling birds were gifted in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas".
What is four?
The name of the celebration of the Jewish New Year, the holiest days of the Jewish year.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
This holiday became popular after it was featured on an episode of Seinfeld.
What is Festivus?
This Spanish winter holiday celebrated on January 6th, otherwise known as the Epiphany, and is a huge gift-giving and family-oriented day.
What is Los Tres Reyes? / What are the Three Kings?
This classic winter holiday song was not written specifically to celebrate Christmas.
What is Jingle Bells?
In the The Gift of Magi, the wife sells this in order to purchase a gift for her husband.
What is her hair?
The dreydl was first created to allow Jews to come together and do this when it was forbidden.
What is a pray?
These plants were first introduced into this country in 1828 by the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Joel Poinsett, and are now symbolic of the winter holiday season.
What are poinsettias?
This colorful character is Santa Claus's helper who judges which children were bad during the year in the Netherlands.
Who is Black Peter?
The original singer of "Santa Baby".
Who is Earthra Kitt?
The nine days of Las Posadas honor Mary for doing what?
What is being pregnant with the baby Jesus?
This famous emperor chose January first as New Year’s Day.
Who is Julius Caesar?