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  Happy Holidays Fun Facts The very first New Year’s celebrations happened in Babylon… around 4,000 years ago ! 🎉 In Spain, people eat 12 grapes at midnight for good luck—one for each month. 🕛 The Times Square ball weighs almost 12,000 pounds . 🌏 New Year arrives at different times worldwide—Kiribati rings it in first!   Activity: “My 2025 Kid Goals” A reflection + creativity challenge: 1.     Write 3 goals for the new year— fun, realistic, or smarty-pants level. 2.     Create a decorative “My 2025 Vision Card.” 3.     Optional: Add a silly resolution- “Stop eating all the snack packets at once.”  

  WEEK 2: “Winter Science & STEM Wonders” Fun Facts ❄️ No two snowflakes are identical because each forms in a slightly different cloud condition. 🧊 Ice is less dense than water—that’s why it floats and polar bears can chill on it (literally). 🔥 The hottest part of a candle flame is the blue part near the base. ⛄ The world’s tallest snowman was 122 feet tall in Maine. Activity: “Mini Snowflake Lab” (class or at home) Students: 1.      Cut paper snowflakes. 2.      Compare designs—symmetry, shapes, and patterns. 3.      Write a “Snowflake Scientist Statement”: “My snowflake is unique because…”

  Fun Facts + Weekly Activities  (Now → New Year)   WEEK 1: “Holiday Traditions Around the World” Holiday Fun Facts! Hanukkah — December 14–22, 2025           Hanukkah lasts 8 nights because of the miracle of the oil that burned longer than expected.           Families light the menorah, play dreidel, and enjoy foods cooked in oil like latkes and doughnuts. *** Christmas — December 25  Christmas is celebrated around the world with decorations, lights, music, and gift-giving.   ***   Germany is credited with inventing the traditional Christmas tree . ***  In Japan , many families eat fried chicken for Christmas dinner — it’s so popular that people order weeks in advance ! ***   Kwanzaa   December 26 – January 1 ·          Kwanzaa was created in 1966 to celebrate African American culture, unity, community, and ...