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Duplicate of December Holidays & Celebrations
Duplicate of December Holidays & Celebrations
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A historical and cultural quiz on holidays traditionally found in December
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Kwanzaa is Dec. 26th thru Jan. 1st. This is a celebration of what?
American post Christmas appreciation week
heritage and traditions in the African community
American's from immigrants Christmas
heritage and traditions in the African American community
2
Besides the Yule Log, another gift from these ancient Norse people is this fatherly figure...
Father Christmas
Santa
Kris Kringle
Saint Nicholas
3
Fruitcake at Christmas finds its roots where?
Roman Empire
20th Century
19th Century
Middle Ages
4
The Birth of Jesus marks Christmas, but biblical historians now think Jesus is really born in..
May
September
March
November
5
The tradition of giving gifts at Christmas comes from?
Santa and his elves
Gifts given to Christ by the wise men
The 1st Century Christian monks giving alms to the poor
Toy drives for poor and orphaned kids
6
The Jewish tradition of playing dreidels can be described as what?
A spinning top game of math
A spinning top science project
A spinning top game of guessing
A four sided top game of chance
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A winter holiday with very ancient roots connected directly to Christmas is...
Yule, (Midwinter festival)
All Staints Eve (latewinter festival)
Kwanzaa
Winter Solstice
8
The tradition of Christmas songs comes from...
The 50's Age of Television
The 40's Age of Radio
The 90's Age of the Internet
The 30's Age of Vaudeville (live stage)
9
Hanukkah is known as the festival of.....
gifts
lights
dreidels
candles
10
New Year's Eve the last holiday, symbolized by a countdown, fireworks, a ball dropping & what?
an old man & his grand son
Father Time, an hourglass, baby new year
Hourglass, a scythe, a top hat
a magic user and a baby
11
Christmas has it's roots in both Judaism & Pagan Western Europe, which symbols are from Judaism
the stockings, giving cards, gifts
the lights, the presents, the fruitcake
the tree, the gifts, the festive meal
the candle, gifts, sweet baked goodies
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The menorah is the main symbol of Hanukkah, it represents a miracle of what?
harnessing the flame
eight candles, eight miracles
eight days of light burning in the lamp with one days oil
eight days burning of eight lamps burning with no oil
13
Which symbols of Christmas seem to be of Pagan origin?
Candles, lights, wreaths
Stockings, bows, snowmen
A nutcracker soldier
The tree, mistletoe, reindeer
14
Making Christmas cookies is a tradition that traces it's history back to Jewish bake goodies
cupcakes
strudel
pancakes
biscuits
