Holiday Knowledge Competition - 1st Grade Enrichment

Chinese New Year was recently renamed ​_____ New Year.

Match the following SYMBOLS to their HOLIDAYS!

• Diwali

• 
• Kwanzaa

• 
• Lunar New Year

• 
• Las Posadas

• 
• Hanukkah

• 

Reorder the following in the order they occur!

• Kwanzaa

• Christmas

• Las Posadas

• Santa Lucia

The holiday ​ (a)   started in Sweden but now is celebrated in Denmark, Norway, and Finland!

• Santa Lucia
• Las Posadas
• Kwanzaa

​ (a)   ends the day BEFORE Christmas, and ​ (b)   begins the day AFTER Christmas!

• Las Posadas
• Kwanzaa
• Diwali
• Lunar New Year

Label the holiday these symbols represent.

d

f

a

b

Hanukkah

Las Posadas

Kwanzaa

Diwali

Lunar New Year

Santa Lucia

For which holiday do people wear RED SASHES and WREATH CROWNS?

• Kwanzaa

• Santa Lucia

• Hanukkah

• Diwali

Organize these TRADITIONS into the correct HOLIDAY

Groups:

(a) Las Posadas

,

(b) Kwanzaa

,

(c) Hanukkah

• Lighting the Kirana

• Gift giving

• Procession (parade) through the streets

• Playing Dreidel

• Eating foods cooked in oil

• Child dressed as an angel

Which holiday is an INDIAN celebration?

• Lunar New Year

• Las Posadas

• Hanukkah

• Diwali

The Lunar New Year begins on the first ​ (a)   and ends with the ​ (b)   Festival.

• new moon
• Lantern
• sunrise
• Caroling