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WorksheetsNew Years' Around the World
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 5mins
In Spain, people eat 12 _____ right before midnight. One for each bell strike.
Chickens
Grapes
Loaves of bread
In Belgium, kids prepare rhyming _________ in school for their grandparents and godparents.
New year's letters
party favors
a school musical
People in Finland predict what'll happen in the new year by _____________.
Melting molten tin into the water and interpreting the shape
Visiting a psychic to predict the future
Watching a large illuminated ball drop
What is baked into sweets as a good luck token in Bolivia?
Coins
Grapes
Pieces of tin
In which city in the U.S. do millions of people gather to watch the ball drop at midnight?
Chicago, IL
New York City
Los Angeles, CA
In Russia, people write down wishes on paper. What do they do with them afterwards?
Burn them, throw it in a Champagne glass and drink it!
Put them out to sea in a little bottle
Hide them in the house and hope to find them in 10 years
In Colombia, people believe that _____________ will increase their chances to travel in the new year.
Leaving the country at midnight
telling their neighbors all their goals
Running around the block with their suitcases
Why do Ecuadorians and those from other Latin-American countries burn life-size homemade scarecrows at midnight?
To burn away the old year and start with a clean slate
Because they like burning things
Because it's the best option after fireworks
