Winter Holidays

Question 1

What holiday were slaves permitted to disrespect their masters and a time for free speech?

Accepted Answer

Saturnalia

Question 2

Which holiday first started passing out holiday cards?

Accepted Answer

Christmas

Question 3

What were Christmas trees first decorated with?

Accepted Answer

apples

Question 4

What holiday burns a large log (which might take up to 12 days)?

Accepted Answer

Yule

Question 5

Which holiday celebrates 7 principles?

Accepted Answer

Kwanzaa

Question 6

Which culture started the tradition Christmas trees?

Accepted Answer

German

Question 7

Who was born on December 25th from a virgin mother?

Accepted Answer

Mithra

Question 8

Who was pulled in a chariot by two goats?

Accepted Answer

Thor

Question 9

What spinning top game is played during Hanukkah?

Accepted Answer

Dreidel

Question 10

What day was Jesus born?

Accepted Answer

No one knows

Question 11

Which holiday celebrates the Feast Day of the Nativity?

Accepted Answer

Christmas Day

Question 12

Apples were the first Christmas tree ornaments because?

Accepted Answer

They represented the Garden of Eden.

Question 13

Which holiday lasts from December 26 to January 1st?

Accepted Answer

Kwanzaa

Question 14

What holiday was celebrated on December 17th-23rd in the Roman and Greek Empires?

Accepted Answer

Saturnalia

Question 15

True or False, Hanukkah is Jewish Christmas?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

What holiday is celebrated on December 6th?

Accepted Answer

Saint Nicholas Day

Question 17

What holiday was the first to have an evergreen tree inside of the house?

Accepted Answer

Yule

Question 18

Kwanzaa is a?

Accepted Answer

cultural holiday

Question 19

Saturn is the god of?

Accepted Answer

agriculture

Question 20

Did the Puritan settlers of colonial America celebrate Christmas?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 21

What holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth (Jesus Christ)?

Accepted Answer

Christmas Day

Question 22

Who started Kwanzaa?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Maulana Karenga

Question 23

Which popular symbol represents Yule in Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, and Finland)?

Accepted Answer

Goat

Question 24

What do Jews light during Hanukkah?

Accepted Answer

Hanukkiah Menorah

Question 25

What holiday do you put out wooden shoes or stockings?

Accepted Answer

Saint Nicholas Day

Question 26

Kwanzaa is a Swahili word that means?

Accepted Answer

first harvest or first fruits

Question 27

What is lit during Kwanzaa

Accepted Answer

Kinara

Question 28

What holiday is known as the "Festival of Lights?"

Accepted Answer

Hanukkah

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