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All About the Holidays: New Year's Day

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On January 1, people around the world celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of the next. Some people make resolutions for the upcoming year, while others attend parties. How do other cultures celebrate the New Year? Part of the “All About the Holidays” series.

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Runtime: 1 minutes 47 seconds

Shofar superimposed over the image of an ornate synagogue sanctuary with light streaming in. Title card reads, "Shofar." Caption. Is blown 100 times to celebrate the story of creation.
All About the Holidays
Episode 1
1 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Digital illustration of a post and lintel streaked with red. Pyramid structures and moon in background. Caption. So the plague would pass over them.
All About the Holidays
Episode 2
1 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Crowd of people wearing dirndls and lederhosen cheer in foreground. Old map and portrait of nineteenth-century couple in background. Caption. The 40,000 guests had such a good time.
All About the Holidays
Episode 3
1 minutes 28 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Closeup of a wooden Kwanzaa kinara with red, green and black candles. Heap of fruits and vegetables fills background.
All About the Holidays
Episode 4
1 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Digital illustration of Jesus Christ framed by a golden halo and standing in the doorway of a tomb. Caption. Christians believe Jesus Christ came back to life.
All About the Holidays
Episode 5
1 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Collage of two figures with exaggerated heads wearing Celtic costumes and standing in a field beneath a stormy sky. Bare trees scattered in background.
All About the Holidays
Episode 6
53 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A gold menorah lit with flames superimposed in front of a mud brick wall with a doorway framing the moon.
All About the Holidays
Episode 7
58 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Series of blue toned illustrations depicting stories of Hindu deities and demons. Caption. It began as an ancient Hindu celebration.
All About the Holidays
Episode 8
1 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Aerial view. Rows of flaming clay lamps fill frame. Title card reads, "Diyas." Caption. Diwali is named after the clay lamps, or diyas.
All About the Holidays
Episode 9
1 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Old-fashioned radio rests on a wooden ledge next to a plate of Christmas tree and smiley faces cookies.
All About the Holidays
Episode
57 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8

Viewer Comments

  • Tiny 20160121 094629
    Guillermo C. (Clinton, NC)
    January 27th, 2021 at 11:12 AM

    Very interesting video that teaches globally about New Year's Eve and New Year's Day around the world.