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1
What is Santa Claus called in Portugal?
Papa Noel
Babba Natale
Pai Nel
Papai Noel
2
What does Hanukka mean in Hebrew?
Dedication
Eight
Victory
Day of lights
3
What was the first US city to close public schools to observe the major Muslim holidays (Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha)?
New York City
Chicago
Seattle
Detroit
4
Which holiday is referred to as the "festival of lights" due to the celebration consisting of lighting small clay lamps?
Christmas
Diwali
Kwanzaa
Winter Solstice
5
A common holiday toy created to help Jewish people study the Torah after religious persecution of a Greek King?
A candle holder with string
playing coins or gelt
Dreidel
The Bible
6
Shabe Yalda is a winter solstice festival that is commonly celebrated in all of the following countries except ______.
Iran
Armenia
Afghanistan
Albania
7
A New Year's Eve tradition in Brazil is to offer white flowers, soaps, combs, or more to Iemanjá, the mother of _______.
Water
Prosperity
Sun
Earth
8
Which holiday is 9 days and consists of a procession that moves from house to house with a candle inside a paper lamp?
Hanukka
Las Posadas
Diwali
Kwanzaa
9
What day does Kwanzaa start?
January 15th
December 15th
January 1st
December 26th
10
Winter solstice is celebrated globally on December 21st. It's the longest day of the year and we get the most sunlight.
False
True
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What does the 'X' in Xmas stand for?
Cross
It means Christmas. Christmas is just to long to write on cards and gifts
Christ
December 25th
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What holiday was created in 1966 to celebrate the harvesting season and community for African American and black people?
Kwanzaa
Krismasi
Majira ya Baridi
Mavuno