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World Wide Holiday Hootenanny
World Wide Holiday Hootenanny
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Find out some fun ways our friends around the word celebrate differently this season!
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1
So, is KFC really a big Japanese Christmas tradition
Yes! Isn't it everybody's tradition?
Yes! since the 70s apparently
2
Pulling from many African Harvest ceremonies, and 7 principles reflecting African culture, when was Kwanzaa created?
1963 - Washington, DC
1955 - Montgomery, Alabama
1966 - Long Beach, California
1961 - Honolulu, Hawaii
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How does this happy little Catalan Log bring joy to the children of eastern Spain
It holds the door open for Father Christmas on Christmas Eve
It reports behavior back to Father Christmas.
Children toast New Years cakes over its burning body.
It poops out candy.
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Starting at home! According to the Poem by Clement Clarke Moore "A Visit from St. Nicholas," who pulls St Nick's sleigh
Three White Arabian Horses
Dominick the Donkey
9 Reindeer, Don't forget Rudolph
Eight Tiny Reindeer
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Gambling during Diwali ensures good luck in the coming year. Ritually, which player always wins?
the youngest
the woman
the man
the oldest
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Diwali, The Festival of Lights, is not a major religious festival in which religion?
Jainism
Judaism
Hinduism
Sikhism
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Why does Hanukkah begin on different days each year?
The winter solstice falls on different days
Get it? Latkes are round, not long!
No one knows exactly when King Antiochus reigned
It's based on a combined lunar-solar calendar
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How long have the people of China been celebrating DongZhi (Winter Solstice)?
Since July 1921
Since around 1250 AD
For a long long time
Since around 220 BC
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Coming back to America, which important acts are performed during the Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony?
Giving thanks to the gods
Purifying the community
Naming ceremony for newborns
Healing of the sick and afflicted
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What's Russian Santa's name?
St. Nick
Ded Moroz (aka Gradfather Frost)
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FASTER!! Who pulls Ded Moroz?
8 Reindeer who fly
3 horses who are really, really fast
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Which food (ushering spring and fertility) takes center stage at the Hopi tribe's winter solstice festival?
Eggs
Cordial Chocolate Covered Cherries
Bean Sprouts
Red herring
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Ready for the
Russian Santa
Lightning Questions?
Yes
Lightning Questions?
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Coca-Cola advertising is given credit for canonizing Santa Claus's iconic look.
True
False
15
What's the best things about the winter holidays?
Family/Friends
Festivities
Food
Free time (for some)
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How many candles are lit during hanukkah
Asked the waiter if my latkes would be long. He said no, they’ll be round.
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44
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When does Ded Moroz bring presents?
December 24th
New Years Eve
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Anything else?
Ded Moroz has a long beard!
Ded Moroz has a magic staff!
Ded Moroz is communist!
Ded Moroz can wear either red or blue!
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Olentzero, the Basque Christmas Giant, was raised by an old childless couple. Where did he come from?
Left behind when other giants fled in fear of the Christ Child.
He ate too much after falling into a Christmas cookie jar.
The baby giant wandered off the edge of a cloud, landing on a pile of coal.
Found in a space pod from Krypton.
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Who helps Ded Moroz?
A bunch of singing elves
His magical granddaughter, Snegurochka (aka Snowmaiden)
