Music
Name the X-Mas classic song by Jose Feliciano that is recognized worldwide.
What is Feliz Navidad?
Latino/e/x Christmas celebrations don't happen on the 25th, they happen on the 24th. What is December 24th known as?
What is Nochebuena?
Many Latin American countries eat 12 of these at midnight of New Year's Eve / New Year's Day for good luck.
What are grapes?
Is Chicago too cold for you this holiday season?! Well you're in luck, as there are nine countries in Latin America where you can spend the festivities in the summer sun! Name at least three of these countries.
What is (possible answers include) Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and/or Colombia.
This German market in The Loop is a staple to any Chicago Holiday season.
What is the Christkindlmarket?
This Christmas song mentions an animal heading to Bethlehem.
What is El Burrito Sabanero?
This holiday is celebrated on January 6 in many Hispanic households.
What is Three Kings Day?
Name the dish of shredded beef served alongside lechon for Noche Buena popular in (and the national dish of) Cuba.
What is Ropa Vieja?
This Church service is otherwise known as the "Midnight Mass," originating in Spain and now a staple across Latin America and the Philippines.
What is La Misa de Gallo?
This week of the academic quarter marks the time when the Winter lights in the Quad "should" be up.
What is 8th week?
Common in Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico, these are the Latin American equivalents of "Christmas carols" in the Anglophone world.
What are villancicos?
I start on the 16th night,
With candles glowing bright.
Through the streets, we sing and roam,
Seeking shelter far from home.
A reenactment, joyful and true,
Of a journey old, but celebrated anew.
What am I?
What are Las Posadas?
These wrapped delights, made with masa and filled with meats, cheeses, or sweets, are a staple of Mexican and Central American feasts, often prepared in large batches by the whole family.
What are Tamales?
This is the name of the flower that is a popular Christmas decoration and originated in Mexico.
What is the Poinsettia (La Flor de Nochebuena)?
This is the name of Chicago's metro cars that are decorated for the weeks surrounding Christmas and New Year's.
What is the CTA Holiday Train?
Typically sung by parrandas, families or groups of people generally, this traditional carol genre is most popular in Puerto Rico and Venezuela (Feliz Navidad is one of these songs).
What is Aguinaldo?
This wooden roasting box – used for preparing a whole pig – is the centerpiece for almost any Cuban, Dominican, or Puerto Rican Holiday celebration.
What is La Caja China?
In Puerto Rico, this festive drink made with coconut milk, condensed milk, and spices is a holiday favorite.
What is coquito?
This city has the largest Christmas Tree in Latin America (and the largest floating tree in the world).
What is Rio de Janeiro?
2016 (into 2017) marked the last year that this "thing" was dropped to ring in the New Year in Chicago.
What is a star?
Name this Christmas song sung by – of all people – El Alfa JAJAJAJAJA.
What is Prende El Arbolito?
This Brazilian beach is home to the first major NYE Party in Latin America, where all attendees wear white as they run into the ocean at midnight.
What is Copacabana?
This sweet bread shaped in a ring and decorated with dried fruits is traditionally eaten during Christmas in Mexico.
What is Rosca de Reyes?
This country is believed to have had the first Christmas celebration in Latin America in 1535.
This year in the early 20th century marked Chicago's first tree-lighting ceremony?
What is 1913?