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WorksheetsWinter solstice foods around the world
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
In Latvia based on traditions on New Year's Eve 12 dishes need to be served. How many dishes according to traditions should be served on Christmas?
12
11
10
9
8
According to Latvian tradition what food you need to eat on New Year's eve to maintain beauty?
Apple
Pear
Cherry
Orange
Name the dish in picture, often served on Christmas or New Year in Latvia?
Pork trifle
Dressed herring
Olivier salad
Caesars salad "Latvian" style
In Finland on Christmas eve people eat pork, that has hidden almond in it. What must the person who finds the almond do?
Go to sauna first
Sing a song
Host New Year's Eve party
Run around the house naked
What is the most popular Christmas meal in Japan?
Held on December 24th, it can take up to a week to prepare. Originally it had nine dishes. It was a pagan practice that later expanded to 12 dishes (one for each apostle) when it was appropriated by the Christian church. How is this traditional Lithuanian Christmas dinner called?
Vakarienė
Kūčios
Šventė
Vidurvasarį
Since the Middle Ages, this food – in some form or another – has been an important part of Hanukkah tradition. those are fried potato pancakes cooked in oil. This recognizes that the Second Temple kept the Menorah burning with oil for eight days. What are they?
Kugel
Challah
Rugelach
Latkes
In what country Smalahove is traditional Christmas dish? Smalahove is a dish made from a sheep’s head served with potatoes and rutabaga. It’s traditionally served the Sunday before Christmas and would be an indulgent meal for the poorer population.
Norway
Iceland
Sweden
Denmark
Rich in protein, the Mopane worms are actually the caterpillar of the Gonimbrasia Belina moth, while they’re not strictly regarded as a Christmas food, they are in abundance around the festive period in... The harvest will begin in late November, making them an ideal Christmas treat, especially for the older generations. Name the country?
Chile
Thailand
South Africa
Australia
Back to more traditional foods. Mincemeat is traditionally used around Christmas time in UK. It is mixture of chopped dried fruit, distilled spirits and spices. What traditionally was part of it?
rice
fish skin
buckwheat
beef
Name traditional Northern Italy sweet that has an important role around holiday season, it is cake with candied fruit, chocolate, raisins and nuts?
Panettone
Cannoli
Zeppole
Pandoro
Bûche de Noël is a traditional French dessert, what does it represent?
In Costa Rica this dish is a Christmas tradition and every family has their own "secret" recipe. The basis of the dish is a corn dough, wrapped in a banana leaf or corn husk, and then steamed. Some are stuffed with pork, and some with beef or chicken. Other foods that may be a part of the filling are garlic, onion, potatoes, or raisins.
Casado
Gallo Pinto
Tamales
Chilaquiles
Name the Christmas drink from recipe: 6 large eggs, 1/2 cup superfine sugar, 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract, 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt, 2 cups brandy, 1 cup milk
Wassail
Tom and Jerry
Brandy Alexander
Eggnog
Traditional New Years drink across the world is Champagne, but do you know how much costs the most expensive Champagne bottle (2013 taste of Diamonds)?
$ 2.07 million
$ 275,000
$ 90,000
$ 49,000
The red and white costume of Father Christmas was allegedly first introduced by which drinks manufacturer?
Pepsi
Smirnoff
Coca Cola
Nescafe
Christmas cake is type of cake, often fruitcake, served at Christmas time in many countries. The American-style of fruitcake has been a holiday tradition for families across the country since the late 1800s. It wasn’t until around 1913 that the Americanized version reached audiences abroad with the advent of modern mail-order food companies. When should this cake be made?
Few weeks before Christmas (1-4)
Few months before Christmas (2-4)
A day before Christmas
Christmas (a year before)
Dong Zhi is the “arrival of winter,” is an important festival in China. Most traditional food served during that time is small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with rose petals, sesame seeds, bean paste, jujube paste, walnut meat, dried fruit, sugar and edible oil as fillings.
Tangyuan
Fortune Cookies
Mochi
Congee
Where is pork with sauerkraut and blood sausage a traditional Christmas food?
Germany
Czech Republic
Estonia
Poland
On what day are these traditional Scandinavian pastries usually cooked and eaten?
Christmas Eve
Fettisdagen (Shrove Tuesday)
Valborg (Walpurgis Night)
Saint Lucia Day
Approximately how many candy canes are manufactured during the festive season?
3.9 million
12 million
1.7 billion
1.1 billion
Which country claims this dessert as theirs during Christmas time?
New Zealand
England
America
Japan
Shab-e Yalda is an Iranian Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice festival celebrated on the "longest and darkest night of the year". Pick a traditional feast for this festival.
Who dishes up the figgy pudding in Charles Dickens’ classic 'A Christmas Carol'?
Tiny Tim
The Ghost of Christmas Past
Scrooge
Mrs Cratchit
Seen in a picture is Baked Alaska, a traditional Christmas dessert. What is often the final step to prepare it ?
Flambé
Freeze
Steam
Julienne
