LearnEnglish Kids Winter Festivals Sandra Cózar Ropero W hat do you know about W inter Festivals around the world? Try this quiz! This is a useful website to help you: www.geocities.com/carolmdieter/xmas.htm
True or False? 1.Christmas has always been celebrated on December 25 th . TRUE 2. In Holland children put out their shoes to receive Christmas presents. FALSE. 3. The W inter Solstice is celebrated on the longest day of the year. FALSE 4. A ‘Yule Log’ was burnt on a huge bonfire to celebrate the W inter Solstice. TRUE 5. In Tibet there is a 4 day festival to celebrate the dying year, where people dance around a magic pole. TRUE 6. In Italy the kind witch delivers presents to good children and coal to bad children on the 1 st January. TRUE 7. In Pakistan the W inter Solstice is celebrated with a festival of singing, dancing, bonfires and feasting. TRUE 8. In Ethiopia a special game called ‘Ganna’ is played with sticks at Christmas. TRUE 9. In England a game called ‘Snap Dragon’ (eating raisins on fire!) is stil popular. FALSE
10. In Oaxaca, Mexico on December 23 rd there is a Festival of Radishes, where people carve pictures into radishes. TRUE