New Year Celebration around World

IIn what country do they go ice fishing and do a “Polar Bear Swim”?

• Canada

• Scotland

• Spain

• Mexico

Where do they believe the first step in the new year should be taken with the right foot?

• Columbia

• Austria

• Belgium

• Brazil

In what country do they open the back door at midnight to let the old year out and invite a dark-haired man in?

• England

• Scotland

• Spain

• France

Where is it customary to walk around the block carrying an empty suitcase?

• Columbia

• Mexico

• Spain

• Italy

Where is it customary to eat 12 grapes on the stroke of midnight?

• England

• China

• Spain

• Mexico

What country calls the New Year “Hogmanay” and strangers who come in the house are thought to bring good luck?

• England

• Wales

• Scotland

• Canada

Where do the celebrate La Festa di San Silvestro on New Year’s Eve?

• Spain

• France

• Canada

• Italy

Where do they celebrate New Year on Feb. 10 and eat earth cake? The ladies also wear red and yellow, the men wear black.

• China

• Korea

• Vietnam

• Japan

Where do the parents give their children money on the holiday of Shougatsu?

• Japan

• China

• Vietnam

• Korea

Where do the children write special new year’s letters to their parents?

• France

• Austria

• Belgium

• England