New Year Scavenger Hunt

Using the websites that follow, answer the following questions about celebrating the New Year holiday.

Website #1: Understanding the Chinese New Year
http://www.new-year.co.uk/chinese/index1.htm

When is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
How long does the celebration last?
What happens on midnight of the eve of Chinese New Year?
How does the Chinese New Year end?
Click on virtual fortune cookie. What is your fortune?

Website #2: New Year's History and Customs
http://wilstar.com/holidays/newyear.htm

The Babylonians did not celebrate New Year's on January 1. When was it?
In order to first start the New Year at January 1, how long did Caeser have to let the preceding year run?
What was the early Babylonian's most popular New Year's resolution?
When did the tradition of using a baby to signify the new year begin?

Website #3: First Night
http://www.firstnightintl.org/

What is First Night?
Where was First Night founded?
Is First Night celebrated with alcoholic substances?

Website #4: Rosh Hashanah
http://www.joi.org/celebrate/rosh/index.shtml

Why is an apple eaten on the Jewish New Year?
How is fish symbolic to the Jewish New Year?
Before Rosh Hashanah is celebrated, what is done for repentence?
What is a shofar?
Are shellfish considered to be kosher?

Website #5: Kaboose Quizzes
http://holidays.quiz.kaboose.com/

Take the New Year's Celebrating Style quiz and write down your results.

Have a great new year!