New Year around the world customs and traditions

1. In which country do they eat 12 grapes as the clock strikes midnight (one each time the clock chimes) on New Year's Eve?

• Canada

• Vietnam

• Spain

• The USA

2. In which country do some people eat long noodles to wish for a long life?

• Italy

• Japan

• Argentina

• China

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In which country do people go to the beach to jump seven waves and throw flowers in the sea while making a wish?

• Italy

• Spain

• Brazil

• Thailand

4.In which country does a bell ring 33 times?

• Laos

• Korea

• Puerto Rico

• Colombia

In which country do people eat noodles while listening to a bell ring 108 times?

• Japan

• Greece

• Germany

• England

In which country do people who want to travel take a suitcase and carry it around the house on New Year's Eve?

• The United States

• Venezuela

• The Philippines

• France

In which country do people wear white clothes in order to have good luck during the new year?

• France

• Papua New Guinea

• Brazil

• China

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In which country do families dress a stuffed male doll with old clothes from each member of the family and then burn it, symbolizing forgetting all the bad things of the old year?

• Hungary

• Colombia

• Angola

• Russia

In which country do they pound rice into a glutinous form using a huge hammer?

• Thailand

• Japan

• Indonesia

• Korea

In which country do people wear masks to burn on December 31 to drive away bad luck?

• Spain

• Ecuador

• Nigeria

• Argentina