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Do you incinerate a Yule log, or wear the ceremonial sweater vest?

Winter Holidays: Answers

Father Christmas, aka Santa Claus, in his grotto.

Everybody who has winter, has a winter holiday. Some are weirder than others. Here are the answers.

  1. Christmas
  2. Berchtoldstag (Lichtenstein)
  3. Festivus (secular)
  4. Hogmanay (Scotland)
  5. Kwanzaa (African diaspora)
  6. Boxing Day (UK)
  7. Saturnalia (Ancient Rome)
  8. Sinterklaas (Netherlands)
  9. Zartosht No-Diso (Zoroastrian)
  10. International Sweater Vestival (Invented by the Boston Globe)

Did you get them all? Then celebrate by baking some cookies.

Christmas in Austria by Tavaron
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