Winter Holidays: Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa

Which winter holiday typically lasts 8 days?

• Las Posadas

• Christmas

• Diwali

• Hanukkah

Which winter holiday involves lighting a menorah and playing a game called dreidel?

• Kwanzaa

• Christmas

• Hanukkah

• Diwali

Which winter holiday involves decorating your home in red, green, and black?

• Kwanzaa

• Christmas

• Diwali

• Las Posadas

Which winter holiday involves celebrating African heritage, family, and community for 7 days?

• Hanukkah

• Christmas

• Diwali

• Kwanzaa

Which winter holiday is celebrated over 9 days as a Christian holiday in Mexico and Central America?

• Las Posadas

• Kwanzaa

• Christmas

• Diwali

Which winter holiday has a tradition where children dress up and walk from house to house reenacting a scene from the Bible?

• Christmas

• Las Posadas

• Kwanzaa

• Hanukkah

Hanukkah commemorates a time when

Jews saved a temple and its candle burned for

seven days.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Hanukkah commemorates a time when

Jews saved a temple and its candle burned for

EIGHT days.

What happens during Kwanzaa?

• People celebrate and learn about African

  culture and heritage.

• People watch fireworks and celebrate

  American independence.

• People spin dreidels and give out gelt, or gold

  coins.

• People dress up in costumes and go door to

  door for candy.

Christmas celebrates the birth of ___

• Saint Nicholas

• The Wise Men

• Jesus Christ

• Jack Frost

When do many people play games with a

dreidel?

• during Hanukkah

• on New Year's Day

• on the day after Christmas

• on the last day of Kwanzaa