What do you know about NEW YEAR holidays and customs around the world?

The 2024 Chinese New Year will be the "YEAR OF THE DRAGON". Chinese students will have about __ days off of school.

In this country, the New Year involves standing on chairs, then "leaping" off into January, for good luck!

The Jewish New Year is celebrated on a holiday named?

Here, people predict the coming year by casting molten tin into water, then interpreting the shapes the metal takes.

Meaning ‘to move’ or ‘movement’ in Sanskrit, Songkran is a New Year celebration that takes place in what country?

What country celebrates Enkutatesh, (Gift of Jewels) a festive, week long, September, New Year celebration?

Grandfather Frost & The Snow Maiden are a part of the Russian New Year's Eve celebrations, and they bring gifts!! Right?

Why do some Hindus leave their doors and windows open, and light lamps during the 5 days of Diwali?

This country has round shapes everywhere on New Year’s, to represent coins and symbolize prosperity in the coming year.

In Denmark on New Year's Eve, a special tradition takes place using the crockery (plates). What is it?

Many Asian cultures celebrate the Lunar New Year, a date that changes due to the lunar cycles. What day marks the start?

This Jewish holiday is also called the Day of Atonement and calls for fasting for 25 hours.

A New Year's bonfire! Where do folks swing giant fireballs on poles, symbols of the sun, to purify the upcoming year?

Historically, what group of people were the first to start the tradition of New Year celebrations?

What is the name of the Islamic New Year? Not a celebration, but more of a serious, religious, observance day.

There is one day during Diwali, that is considered the official start of the New Year. What day of the five, is that?

This Hindu lunar celebration, centered around "starting afresh", is a five day festival of lights! What is the name?

Songkran festivals include water games & battles, to wash away any bad luck for the upcoming NEW YEAR. What country?

This Jewish holiday celebrates the New Year. Apples and honey are traditional foods served.

Like the US, Scotland has a New Year's tradition of linking arms and singing the words of ...

In the US, doing this at midnight on New Year's Eve, is supposed to banish loneliness in the coming year. What is it?

For Scottish Hogmanay, “first-footing” is the first person who crosses a threshold after the New Year. That person must-

Vaisakhi is a Sikh _________________ Celebration

In Spain, families enjoy a meal and are to eat how many grapes before the bells stop ringing at midnight?

In Panama for New Year's, dolls are made to symbolize all that should be left behind. What happens to these dolls?

The Iranian/Persian New Year, called NOWRUZ marks the first month of the Iranian solar calendar. In Farsi, it means?

New Year celebrations are …

Also called the « Festival of Lights », this holiday is a very important, 5 day yearly festival for Hindus.

This is hung on doors, and tapped on kids' heads to wake them in Greece, as a symbol of rebirth for the New Year.

Fasting, or personal sacrifice, is a part of many different holidays for different religions. Or is it?

The Chinese New Year celebration is 16 days long with dinners & gift giving, where money is given in this way...

In hopes of a travel-filled NEW YEAR, residents of this South American Country carry empty suitcases around the block!

Which holiday listed below is NOT a celebration of the New Year?