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Total questions: 1611
In Europe did they use a badger or a hedgehog instead of a groundhog on Groundhog's Day?Popularity: 184
How do you find what day of the week a holiday fell on from a prior year?
Popularity: 160
Do you give money to the family at a wake?
Popularity: 145
What is the origin of the Friday the 13th superstition?
Popularity: 113
What is Hanukkah?
Popularity: 99
What does All Saints Day mean to Catholics and when did people begin celebrating it?
Popularity: 97
Do any other countries apart from UK celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
Popularity: 90
Where did national holidays originate?
Popularity: 83
How did the tradition of high school proms start?
Popularity: 78
Why do French children put sticky fish on their parents?
Popularity: 76
What is the meaning or reason for Boxing Day?
Popularity: 73
Do all Irish people have red hair?
Popularity: 71
Which countries celebrate 'Three Kings Day'?
Popularity: 71
When is Vegetable Alecha eaten in the Ethiopian Culture?
Popularity: 68
Do Chinese people believe that white is bad luck?
Popularity: 67
Should there be a National memorial day to honor famous people or celebrities who have made a difference in society as a whole?
Popularity: 66
What are the roses that go on girls wrists at proms?
Popularity: 64
Why is Hanukkah important?
Popularity: 60
When was Cinco de Mayo first celebrated in the US?
Popularity: 60
What is the origin of birthday celebrations?
Popularity: 59
How did the tradition of dressing up for church begin?
Popularity: 58
What is the origin of April Fools Day?
Popularity: 57
What are Albanian wedding traditions?
Popularity: 56
What are quinceaneras?
Popularity: 55
When is Memorial Day traditionally observed in the US?
Popularity: 51
What are some of the festivals celebrated in Japan?
Popularity: 50
Who wrote the Happy Birthday song?
Popularity: 49
Is the maple syrup festival being held in Elmira New York?
Popularity: 49
Is Labor Day a holiday in the US?
Popularity: 48
When and where is Oktoberfest?
Popularity: 48
What is Pagan Pride Day?
Popularity: 48
Why do Scottish wear kilts?
Popularity: 48
Why don't Chinese people wear white on their wedding day?
Popularity: 48
Why is it bad luck to do your laundry on New Years Day?
Popularity: 46
What types of decorations food drinks and music are appropriate for an Oktoberfest party?
Popularity: 46
Why are 'John' and 'Mary' such common names?
Popularity: 45
Why do you bring bread salt and wine to a new home?
Popularity: 45
When is Chinese New Year?
Popularity: 45
What holiday ranks third in most food consumption in the US after Thanksgiving and Christmas?
Popularity: 45
United nations day?
Popularity: 44
When is St. Monica's day?
Popularity: 44
What holidays and customs are unique to England?
Popularity: 44
What is novembers Birtday color?
Popularity: 43
What do Mexicans eat during the Cinco de Mayo fiesta?
Popularity: 43
What is the name of the groundhog featured on Groundhog Day in Columbus Ohio?
Popularity: 43
What is the history for choux pastry?
Popularity: 42
How do Puetro Ricans celebrate Barbosa Day?
Popularity: 42
What day is Earth Day?
Popularity: 42
What holidays are celebrated in Guatemala?
Popularity: 41
Which department store held the first Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thanksgiving?
Popularity: 40
When is France's independence day?
Popularity: 40
What are some of the traditions or holidays that are special to the people of Australia?
Popularity: 40
Are there any Irish housewarming traditions?
Popularity: 40
What did FDR try to do to Thanksgiving?
Popularity: 39
Which astralians eat taranchulas?
Popularity: 39
What is the origin of the custom of not wearing a hat indoors?
Popularity: 39
When was Diwali celebrated in 1955?
Popularity: 39
When is Arbor Day?
Popularity: 39
What is the importance behind the pledge of allegience?
Popularity: 39
How old is over the hill?
Popularity: 38
What do you need to do to organize a festival?
Popularity: 38
Why are red and green Christmas colors?
Popularity: 37
What is the history behind the tradition of tooth fairy?
Popularity: 37
When will July 7 again be in a year that ends in 07?
Popularity: 37
Why is April 16 a holiday?
Popularity: 36
When did the four-leaf clover become a symbol of good luck?
Popularity: 36
What flowers are native to Mexico and used in their holiday celebration?
Popularity: 35
What is Arbor Day?
Popularity: 34
Who was the first African-American to be honored with a national holiday?
Popularity: 34
What is special about April first?
Popularity: 33
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