Test Your Knowledge of Holiday Celebrations and Traditions around the World!

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Global Holiday Celebrations Quiz

Test your knowledge of holiday celebrations and traditions from around the world! This quiz covers a variety of cultural festivities, from Christmas to Hanukkah to the Lunar New Year and much more.

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Each year on December 8th, Buddhists celebrate this day that Siddhartha Gautama achieved enlightenment through meditation

Venka day

Bodhi day

Budda Day

Higan-e Day

On 12 February 2021, this celebration will mark the start of the lunar new year, which is when there is the start of a new moon

Dragon Festival

Festival of Lanterns

Chinese New Year

Qingming Festival

More than 160 countries celebrate this Christian Holiday on December 25th each year.

Epiphany

Christmas

Lent

Ascension Day

Muslims fast from sunrise to sundown during this time which is the most anticipated of the Islamic holidays.

Eid-al-Fitr

Ramadan

Eid ul-Adha

Profits Day

Hindus celebrate this major five-day festival of lights that is observed yearly, but the date is different every year.

Holi

Rama Navami

Diwali

Onam

This 8 day celebration which means "dedication" in Hebrew, begins on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar and usually falls in November or December.

Yom Kippur

Rosh Hashanah

Hanukkah

Sukkot

This celebration honors African heritage and is observed December 26th through January 1st. It is celebrated with a feast and gift exchange.

Ondunde Festival

Kwanza

Gerewol

African Heritage Day

This beloved tradition, also called plum pudding, actually dates back to the middle ages. The name is a misnomer though, since the original version didn't involve plums and the consistency is believed to have been more akin to stew

Plum pudding

Yule Log

Christmas Pudding

Upside down cake

Throughout Scandinavia, especially Sweden, Norway and Finland, locals celebrate a variation of the Santa Claus legend, which involves him riding "this animal", instead of a sleigh pulled by a reindeer.

Bear

Goat

Horse

Sheep

The Christmas Market held in this country is the original and oldest market which can be traced back to medieval times.

Slovakia

Austria

Germany

Estonia

This country's ancient maritime tradition means boats have always been an integral part of their culture, so they were decorated long before the Christmas tree came along. St. Nicholas is also considered the patron saint of sailors.

France

Spain

Greece

Australia

This celebration is a raging New Year's Eve bash with massive parties that last until January 2nd. It is one of the largest celebrations, starting with an enormous torchlight procession on Dec. 30th.

Sydney Harbor, Australia

Hogmany, Scotland

Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland

Moscow, Russia

In Russia each year an ancient figure from Slavic mythology also called Father Frost, brings gifts to children during this celebration, except he delivers them on New Year's Eve

Morozko

Ded Moroz

Snegurochka

Leshy

On January 6, this day is celebrated in much of the Spanish-speaking world, making the occasion when three wise men visited the baby Jesus on the 12th day of Christmas, bringing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh

Galette des Rois

Three Kings Day

Saturnalia

St. Nicholas Day

The Snow Festival in this country is an annual thematic winter festival and is the largest ice and snow festival in the world.

Iceland

China

Russia

Canada

What is the #1 Christmas Movie Ever?

Elf

Miracle on 34th Street

It's a Wonderful Life

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

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