New Years' Around the World

In Spain, people eat 12 _____ right before midnight. One for each bell strike.

• Chickens

• Grapes

• Loaves of bread

In Belgium, kids prepare rhyming _________ in school for their grandparents and godparents.

• New year's letters

• party favors

• a school musical

People in Finland predict what'll happen in the new year by _____________.

• Melting molten tin into the water and interpreting the shape

• Visiting a psychic to predict the future

• Watching a large illuminated ball drop

What is baked into sweets as a good luck token in Bolivia?

• Coins

• Grapes

• Pieces of tin

In which city in the U.S. do millions of people gather to watch the ball drop at midnight?

• Chicago, IL

• New York City

• Los Angeles, CA

In Russia, people write down wishes on paper. What do they do with them afterwards?

• Burn them, throw it in a Champagne glass and drink it!

• Put them out to sea in a little bottle

• Hide them in the house and hope to find them in 10 years

In Colombia, people believe that _____________ will increase their chances to travel in the new year.

• Leaving the country at midnight

• telling their neighbors all their goals

• Running around the block with their suitcases

Why do Ecuadorians and those from other Latin-American countries burn life-size homemade scarecrows at midnight?

• To burn away the old year and start with a clean slate

• Because they like burning things

• Because it's the best option after fireworks