New Year Around the World

Burning a life-sized doll to get rid any bad luck from the previous year is a New Year's tradition in ...

• Vietnam

• India

• Peru

• Scotland

January 1 is the time when ALL countries in the world celebrate New Year.

• True

• False

In celebrating the New Year, Chinese people use the colour of ... because it symbolizes luck and happiness.

• white

• red

• black

• green

This is one of the Jewish tradition in celebrating New Year.

• Eat longevity noodles.

• Eat apples dipped in honey.

• Pour water over the hands of elderly people.

• Bake cakes with coins.

A festival celebrating the traditional Thailand New Year, held in April and marked by the throwing and sprinkling of water is called ...

• Songkran

• Candle Festival

• Yi Peng

• Phi Ta Khon

It is a tradition in ... to eat 12 grapes at midnight because there are 12 months of the year.

• USA

• Ireland

• Greece

• Spain

People in Ireland bang ... on their walls and doors to chase bad luck out of their homes.

• coins

• banana stem

• bread

• furniture

The girls in Tanzania battle each other with banana stems so they do not bring their anger into the New Year.

• True

• False

What year in Chinese zodiac is 2022?

• Rat

• Rabbit

• Tiger

• Ox

People in the Philippines wear clothing covered with polka dots in the New Year because it symbolizes ... in the year ahead.

• luck

• riches

• happiness

• long live