New Years Traditions Around the World

In this country, kids try to jump as high as they can at midnight to grow taller in the next year.

• Philippines

• Spain

• Scotland

• South Africa

Why do people in Columbia walk around the block with an empty suitcase on New Years? 

• They hope money will appear in the suitcase

• They hope to travel that year

• No one really knows, it's just a tradition

• They hope to move away from Columbia. 

What does it mean if the rooster eats your pile of corn in Belarus on the New Year?

• You will lose weight

• You will have success 

• You will have a baby soon

• You will be married soon

Brazilians jump over waves ____ (#) times at midnight on New Year's Eve for good luck. 

Which country cracks an egg at 11pm and then uses it to tell their fortune for the year in the morning? 

• Argentina

• El Salvador

• Peru

• Chile