Holidays! Holidays!

 Holidays! Holidays!
Text / A Magic
Holidays! Holidays! Laughing Holidays! Holiday what holiday is a commemoration, a celebration, but we too have mostly Orthodox section, and knives, said: > suddenly think we should rename Christmas: Christmas mm )
Knight Festival mm mid to late] (but for the World Sleep Day seems lazy hee hee)
Thanksgiving mm week 4]
Easter mm mm The first 2 weeks 6]
there, and, I can not think, just remember everyone's blog is a smile, let us read the text of the it, come back tomorrow fill plus, I hope you add ^ _ ^ hh
(remember to leave my Halloween pumpkin head, ah, Oh, some added: May 8 is International , remember to smile, remember the blessing hh)
Appendix:

a list of festivals around the world, the United States
1. New Year's Day (New Year's Day), January 1 every year to celebrate the new year begins . People hold a variety of New Year's party, can be heard everywhere, to celebrate Lincoln's birthday, the festival for most states.
3. Valentine Day (St. Valentine's Day), February 14 each year, is the 3rd century martyr Saint Valentine anniversary of the death. On this day lovers give each other gifts, so called Federal holidays.
5. St. Patrick's Day (St. Patrick's Day), March 17 each year, is the guardian of the sacred memory of Patrick Ireland holiday.
6. Easter (Easter Day, Easter Sunday), full moon after the spring equinox is usually in the first year on Sunday, around March 7 or so. The festival is to celebrate Christ (Jesus Christ) the resurrection, the holiday season people eat Easter eggs (Easter Eggs), the United States federal holiday.
7. April Fool's Day (April Fool's Day), April 1 each year, to celebrate the festival comes from the April Fool mother and father to buy some gifts or doing housework.
9. Memorial Day (Memorial Day), each of the last Monday in May to commemorate the martyrs who died for the American sacrifice for the United States federal holiday. < br> 10. Flag Day (National Flag Day), June 14 each year to celebrate the national flag hoisted.
11. Father's Day (Father's Day), at 6 3rd Sunday of the month, said his father respect. at home, sons and daughters and mother to his father to buy some gifts.
12. National Day (Independence Day), July 4 every year to celebrate the founding of the United States, the United States federal holiday.
13. Labor Day (Labor Day), each year the first Monday in September, said that respect for labor, for the United States federal holiday.
14. Columbus Day (Columbus Day), Oct. 12 each year to commemorate the landing of Columbus in North America, U.S. federal holiday.
15. Halloween (Halloween; Eve of All Saint's Day), Oct. 31 each year, more than the children dressed as ghosts, lantern lit the bonfire while you work or play.
16. All Souls Day (All Soul's Day), November 2 each year, pay homage to the dead souls of all the day.
17. Veterans Day (Veterans Day), November 11 every year, said the tribute to veterans
18. Thanksgiving Day (Thanksgiving Day), the last Thursday of November each year, dry and God-given harvest, the United States federal holiday.
19. Election Day (Election Day), each of the first week of November A Tuesday after the election President.
20 .. Puritans landed Day (Forefather's Day), December 21 every year to commemorate the Pilgrims landing in the Americas.
21. Christmas. (Christmas Day), December 25 each year, the day Christians celebrate the birth of Christ, the most solemn holiday in the United States.
Second, Denmark
1, New Year
1 1 March, the Danish people and like people around the world celebrate the new the beginning of the year. New Year's Eve, the Danish people like fireworks in front of their own. Interestingly, the Danish people have fireworks called technology is spread to Denmark from China. New Year's Eve night, a clusters of fireworks fly the night sky, colorful, creating a strong festive atmosphere.
2. Shrovetide
2 month. past the eve of religious fasting period Now the children dressed up for a fun Mardi Gras. this day, the children put on a variety of gorgeous colors, styles, strange clothes, wear a hat or a cast such as Zorro-style eye, knock on neighbors doors, requiring gift gifts. They came together in turn struck with a baseball bat big barrel of a hanging, when the barrel is broken, which rolled out candy cakes, the children will be overjoyed to divide and eat, The lucky child to break the barrels as fast on the the end of March or early April. This is the Christian commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus as a religious holiday, according to tradition, there are many very unique Easter celebration, Easter eggs and rabbits are a symbol, because the egg breeds new life, with the meaning of Easter, rabbits due to fertility is very strong, is also seen as a symbol of new life. Easter, the store will sell a variety of Easter bunny and eggs, some chocolate made.
now Easter in Denmark I am afraid there is not much religious significance, and it is the Danes took the opportunity to put off the good old days a week. take this opportunity to go to Denmark or Norway, ski, or travel to the Alps, or will simply stay home repair Garden.
4. April Fool's Day
4 1 April. April Fool's Day is a traditional festival in Western,
5. International Labour
5 1 May. This is the traditional working people festival, is also a statutory holiday in Denmark. On this day, the older people in the organized trade unions gathered in the park, they drank beer, basking in the sun, some people will make a speech. Now this day is just on the Danish a holiday, have basically lost their original meaning.
6. a series of religious festivals
summer arrives, a series of religious festivals in Denmark. First day of prayer is great, that the fourth week after Easter Fifth, this is a Dan Maite some religious holidays, which focused on the different religious festivals on this day. followed by Ascension Day, Easter, 40 days after that first Thursday. Whitsun then, that after Easter The seventh Sunday, began in June. In fact, the original religious significance of these festivals have ceased to exist, the final analysis, the Danish people to usher in a summer holiday and a relaxing, because the warm sun, blue Danish people, the sky is really too hard won.
7. Constitution Day
6 5th. This is a legal holiday in Denmark to mark the l849 first adopted in the Danish constitution. this day everywhere in Denmark hoisted the national flag, politicians speak out. promote their own political views, voters were leisurely sitting on the grass to rest, enjoy the constitutional right to freedom brought them.
three, Germany
1. Christmas Festival (weihnachten)
ultimate quest for the Christmas holiday in Germany.'s like the Chinese New Year, Christmas holidays in December 25mm26 day, but many businesses and government agencies are from December 24 into January 2, No.3.
2. New Year's Day (neujahr)
mainly in the New Year's Eve celebration, which was held on December 31 night. evening was lively, people set off firecrackers (but now very strict, but used to), hailed the New Year. To celebrate the New Year, many large cities have fireworks, and concerts. Many of the students have prior to the professor in the New Year with friends and family to send blessings to the card!!!
3 . Mardi Gras (karneval / fasching / fastnacht)
2 around January 10 is the carnival. The festival in Cologne, the United States from such cities along the Rhine River to celebrate the grand scale. this day, people dressed up, put on a variety of masks, singing and dancing to the street parade. all kinds of floats onto the streets. standing on the car along the street people as the crowd scattered candies, chocolates and toys!
4. Easter (ostern)
Easter full moon after the Spring Festival every year the first Sunday and Monday, the date, however, generally in late March early April. Easter is the second largest festival in Germany, he is the most with the old Christian feast. still retain the various habits, such as the pre-holiday rabbit and Easter eggs for Easter, as a way to celebrate spring, Vientiane updated. Easter Fang days!!!
5. National Day (nationalfeiertag)
to celebrate the same festival two Germanys, October 3, day off, there is no celebration of events like!!
IV, France
1, January 6: Imperial Festival. In the bakery, people have to buy sweet cakes, cookies contain this little thing called beans. the youngest member of the cast eyes, and give you the cookies: This is JEANE aunt, this is my father, this is Mr. DESPOYES ... ; King toast Queen's toast. yellow, golden yellow like the sun. it float up, the children watching it, if it is directly on who's mouth nice ah!
3, April 1: April Fool's Day.
4, 1 May: Labour Day and the bell orchid festival.
5, July 14, the French National Day. National Day eve, all French cities in the discharge of fireworks, all the streets of Paris, people dance and sing. the next morning People watch the parade. France on holiday began.
6, France on holiday in the Aug. 31 start. Although the government's various efforts, almost all French people are on leave at the same time. many factories out of business, large number of shops closing.
7, November 1. is the deep section. in the cemetery, the cemetery was dotted with chrysanthemums. Despite the bitter atmosphere of the cemetery, students for the holidays this year, the first day of the ecstatic.
8,11 25, is holy - Kadelin Festival, is a typical .25-year-old festival in Paris where the young girls not yet married to the dressing holiness - Kadelin. The celebration of the sacrament - the girl in Kadelin Day of the same name of the street lay a wreath before the statue of the Virgin. this day have done a lot of small yellow and green hat, a more than a novel. in large women's store, people dancing, drinking Champagne. Kadelin is the queen of the day .
9, Dec. 25: Christmas. This section is called Day, and she is in the light of winter, to bring joy to people.
stars, snowflakes, pine trees, gifts, picture composition bell . children are clean chimney, find their greatest number of shoes, Santa hit the road ...
five, Finland
January 1 New Year's Day Spirit Day Spirit Day on January 6 to commemorate the day of manifestation of Jesus .
Good Friday and Easter in April
specific dates with the Christian calendar may be. Good Friday is the Friday before Easter, Easter is the first Sunday after Good Friday - Monday.
May Day 30 April -5 May 1 Ascension Day May

forty days after Easter, the first Thursday.
Whitsun in May or June
specific depending on the date with the Christian calendar.
Midsummer Day June
that the longest day of the year for a week Friday - Saturday. used to be in the 24 June each year, but now has been changed to from the end of a recent weekend. Finns celebrate Midsummer Day is the shortest night of the year's festival, so most people in the countryside or country house together. midnight, people at the beach, the lake around the campfire singing and dancing. Midsummer Festival is Finland people think is the most romantic, auspicious day, so many people choose this special wedding day.
Halloween November November 1st from a recent Saturday.
December 6 Independence Day Independence Day every year Finnish president to be televised speech at the presidential palace hall. dinner are from celebrities, political and economic giants and foreign diplomats. It is generally more formal.

Christmas December 24-25 Christmas Carnival music of the day, the children are most looking forward to the festival. Christmas Eve family dinner table sitting in rich food, lighting candles, praying God bless. After dinner, sitting around the beautifully decorated Christmas tree, open the ; a gift, the children were asked the Secret Santa around the adults live in the end.
Boxing Day December 26 Boxing Day
is the day after Christmas.
VI, Canada < br> 1, New Year's Day: January 1 2, Good Friday: The time that Friday before Easter
3, Easter Monday: the time the first Monday after Easter
4 Victoria Day: May 24 anniversary of the Queen's birthday, but the holiday date is 25th on the first Monday
5, Canada Date: July 1 6, Citizens Day: first Monday in August < br> 7, Labor Day: September 1, but the date is a holiday the first Monday in September
8, Thanksgiving Day: 10 on the second Monday
9, Armistice Day: November 11, to commemorate the victims of the Second World War
10, Christmas: 25 December 11 Boxing Day: December 26 seven, Norway
New Year on January 1.
Palm Sunday Sunday before Easter.
Maundy Thursday before Easter, Good Friday ..
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the first m April Easter Sunday.
Labor Day May 1 day.
Ascension Day 40 days after Easter, the first Thursday.
Independence Day on May 17.
Whitsundays seventh Sunday after Easter.
Christmas in December
Boxing Day 25 December 26 August Italy
1 月 1 New Year's Day, also known as: New Year's (non-religious holiday)
1 月 6 on Epiphany, also known as Epiphany (religious festival )
2 月 14 Valentine's Day (folk customs section)
Valentine's Day, folk customs and festivals.
Valentine legend:
one of the Valentine's Day from the United Kingdom, also known as Sheng Walun Thai for section. legends AD 270, a Christian named Valentine for resettlement, because the lead against the persecution of the Roman rulers arrested. in prison, he and the warden's daughter established a relationship. But the February 14 This day he will be executed. before execution, he wrote a love letter to a lover, expressing their feelings. Since then, migration to commemorate the martyrs of Christ, who put the February 14 as Valentine's Day.
II, the United Kingdom there is another ancient legend: February 14 This day is the day the birds choose their spouses. may be due to this reason, Saint Valentine became the young man chosen for festival lovers Valentine's Day . Every day, young men and women give each other gifts, or always focussed on one card. The affection of the Valentine cards to write the recipient's name only and not the sender of the inscription, but the recipient will be able to guess who sent it The.
2 months to March Carnival, also known as Xie meat section (religious festival)
Carnival, also known as Xie meat section, held the day before the Lent. because Christianity has provided for 40 days before Easter to Lent and Easter as the first full moon after the spring equinox on Sunday, so Easter has no fixed date, usually in March 21 to April 25 between. determined to push forward 41 days and then Easter is the Carnival.
Christians should not be eating meat during Lent, not marriage should be held and other recreational activities, so before the start of Lent to hold a carnival activities, said the carnival or thank the meat section. now little attention has been great fasting requirement, but Carnival has become a custom, more than one day carnival activities. held in many parts of Italy large-scale entertainment events, especially Venice and Viareggio Carnival is the most.
Easter is three days after Jesus died and rose again to celebrate the holiday, the time at the spring equinox the first Sunday after the full moon. This is another important Christmas holiday in Italy, the general holiday week, people used to use this holiday travel. < br> 3 8 May (Women's)
Equality, held a general strike and demonstrations. This struggle has been the support of the United States the majority of working women and the overwhelming response to .1910, a number of advanced countries, women in the Danish capital Copenhagen at the second International Socialist Women's Congress. The General Assembly According to the Chair of the German socialist revolutionary Zetkin's proposal, in order to strengthen the unity of the world's working women and support women's struggle for freedom and equality, the provisions of the March 8 every year as the International Women's Day. The United Nations in 1975 to celebrate International Women's section, from In 1924, then was held in Guangzhou,
on Women's Day, the Italian also admitted, but generally people do not celebrate, do not leave.
4 月 25 d Italian Liberation Day (non-religious holiday)
Italian Liberation Day, for April 1945 25 people in an uprising in northern Italy, the liberation of Milan, Turin, Genoa and other cities, the expulsion of the occupying forces of Hitler in Germany. To commemorate this victory, this day as Liberation Day, celebrate the national authorities.
1 May (Labour Day)
Labor Day, the Italian also admitted, but generally people do not celebrate, nor holiday.
, convened by the national socialists Marxist Congress opened in Paris, France. At this meeting, the representative of France Lavin proposal: to May 1, 1886 American workers struggle for eight-hour day as the international proletariat, the common holiday. The participants unanimously agreed that, by this historic resolution. From then on, U.S. Congress officially named in 1914, the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day.
Mother's Day was later spread to other countries, has become an international holiday. However, the country is not exactly the same as Mother's Day date. Arab National Mother's Day in March, Indonesia's Mother's Day in December, Thailand and Japan in October, Portugal is 12 months. Chinese people in recent years over what Mother's Day, usually the date of the adoption of international common: the first annual May two on Sunday.
6 月 2 National Day (non-religious holiday)
National Day on June 2 .1946, Italy held a referendum on the state system decisions, the results of the majority in favor of the abolition of the monarchy, establishment of the Republic, so this day is the National Day of the Republic of Italy. This day conference to be held in the President of Italy, Italian embassies and consulates also held a reception to mark the occasion.
8 月 15 日 Ba Yuejie ( non-religious holiday)
8 月 15 day of Ba Yuejie is inherited Roman holiday. Now state officials and staff of various units, to be on leave in August, the general sub-batches, the end of July to August for the first batch of 15, 8 15 to the end of August for the second batch. This authority is not during office, school holidays, holiday stores. People generally have to go on holiday abroad, some to the beach, some going to the mountains, and some go abroad.
11 月 2 Halloween (religious festival)
12 December 25 for Christmas (religious festival)
September, the United Kingdom
New Years Day
New Year, New Year's Day, 1 1st St.Valentine 's Day
Valentine Day (Valentine's Day) February 14 All Fools's Day or April Fools's Day
April 1 April Fool's Day Good Friday
Good Friday (Easter the Friday before)
Easter
Easter (the first full moon after the vernal equinox on Sunday, April)
Easter Monday
Easter Monday
Holy Thursday
Ascension Festival (40 days after Easter Thursday)
May Day or Labour Day
Labour Day
the Spring Bank Holiday
spring break (the last Monday in May UK)
Mother's Day
Mother's Day (second Sunday in May)
Memorial Day
Memorial Day (United States, May 26)
Independence Day
Independence Day (July 4)
the Summer Bank Holiday
Xia Jigong leave (the United Kingdom, in August last Monday)
Columbus Day
Columbus Day (Oct. 12)
Halloween
Halloween Eve (October 31)
Hallowmas
Saints (Nov. 1)
Armistice day or Veterans Day
First and Second World War Armistice Day (November 11) < br> Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving (in the United States is the second Monday in November)
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve (December 24)
Christmas Day
Christmas ( December 25)
Boxing Day
Boxing Day (day after Christmas, in the case Sunday, postponed by one day)
ten, Greece:
New Year: January 1.
Epiphany Day: January 6. Piraeus are blessed. people put a cross into the sea, and then they jumped into the sea of young men out Qulao.
Ash: the first 41 days before Easter, people fly kites, abstinence. Athenians gathered in the Philopappou Hill celebrate the festival. Independence Day and the Annunciation: March 25, a military parade.
Easter: the annual religious holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus, date from year to year, every year March 21 or March 21 passed the first Sunday after the full moon; if the full moon day, just on a Sunday, then Easter postponed one week. Friday night, a grand parade, people holding candles and sang hymns, packed the streets.
Labor Day: May 1, is the festival of flowers. Virgin Death Day: 50 days after Easter.
October 28: Greece, Italy, in 1940 refused to commemorate the ultimatum of the far-reaching events, the military parade.
Christmas: Dec. 25 -26 days. Wine Festival: celebrated by local government organizations. Navy Day: was held at the Faliro celebration.
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Singapore Singapore Singapore
festivals and customs of all ethnic groups have different according to their own calendar of festivals and customs. there are many traditional Chinese festivals, such as the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival Hungry Ghost Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and the Vesak Festival.

is an important Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, there are many unique practices, such as every household to be clean, the door to couplets, to subsidizing words, the whole family to be together New Year's Eve reunion dinner, the children have to stay up in order to prolong life, to the parents to midnight ritual Baizu Xian, New Year's Day began to junior elders to bring oranges to the New Year, the elders give children Geely and so on. generally is not sweeping the Chinese New Year's Day, or good fortune to be dropping. New Year, Chinese New Year like to go to Chinatown procurement. Spring Festival, there are societies composed of lion dance, dragon dance team for the brilliant performance. The Government also organized People will bring offerings of flowers to the cemetery to the grave, worship their ancestors.
Dragon Boat Festival
anniversary of Qu Yuan was originally, and now worship the gods rice dumplings into the festival. Singapore during the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Race will be held.
Halloween Ghost
known by the first day to the 30th lunar month, a full month to be set up without the main altar of worship ghosts, during which a party, song stage performances, activities such good luck items auctioneers, very lively.
Vesak
Lunar April 15, is the birthday of Sakyamuni Buddha, as the anniversary of Road and Nirvana. Singapore Buddhist Federation A few days before the festival began a series of celebrations held in various Buddhist organizations and temples decorated, great shine, shining symbol of the Buddha's glorious world for generations.
National Day (NATIONAL DAY)
8 9 is Singapore's National Day (National Day), which commemorates the day of the independence of Singapore in 1965. This day, people across the country came together, with the massive spectacular procession, collective dancing and fireworks to celebrate the big day < br> Eid
Malays undoubtedly the most important holiday Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic calendar year in September, Muslims must fast from sunrise to sunset, quit drinking a month to see the new moon can break the fast, Muslims will clean up the house, decorate, put on a new sewing traditional costumes, ready to celebrate Eid all kinds of food cakes, and its lively atmosphere, comparable with the Chinese New Year.
Haji
is the Muslim pilgrimage to Muslim holy places held the day after an important religious ceremony, festival set at the tenth day of Muharram in December to celebrate the ritual slaughter of cattle and sheep mainly, thank God.
Thaipusam
is the Indian festival, also known as Deepavali or the Festival of Lights million, every family would clean house, light a candle in the surrounding housing to meet the patron saint and the goddess of fortune, Indian Hindus will hold a grand celebration, car procession carrying the statue celebration, some Christians who held a metal stand, stab the needles, or give thanks to God that sin. celebrate the Centre in Little India area.

Christmas is December 25, is to commemorate Jesus festival of the birth of Christ, the Christian Church will hold a special ceremony, believers will sing hymns, visit family. Every Christmas, Orchard Road area will be decorated, large commercial buildings will be decorated to attract some people, the whole the streets are full of festive atmosphere.

Good Friday and Easter Day is Good Friday in April each year the third Sunday of the festival to commemorate the sacrifice of Jesus, is a solemn holiday, Good Friday Sunday after Easter is to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Good Friday and Easter are the Memorial and Thanksgiving holiday.