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New Year's Day	January 1; many countries celebrate the new calendar year		fun-holidays-around-world
Lunar New Year	A spring festival in many East Asian cultures, with family meals, red decorations and the zodiac animal year		fun-holidays-around-world
Diwali	The Hindu, Sikh and Jain festival of lights, in autumn		fun-holidays-around-world
Holi	The Hindu spring festival of colors in India		fun-holidays-around-world
Hanukkah	A Jewish eight-day festival of lights		fun-holidays-around-world
Passover	A Jewish spring holiday remembering the exodus from Egypt		fun-holidays-around-world
Rosh Hashanah	The Jewish New Year		fun-holidays-around-world
Yom Kippur	The Jewish Day of Atonement		fun-holidays-around-world
Christmas	December 25; Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus		fun-holidays-around-world
Easter	A Christian spring holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus		fun-holidays-around-world
Ramadan	The Muslim holy month of fasting from dawn to sunset		fun-holidays-around-world
Eid al-Fitr	The Muslim festival that ends Ramadan		fun-holidays-around-world
Eid al-Adha	The Muslim festival of sacrifice, linked to the pilgrimage to Mecca		fun-holidays-around-world
Kwanzaa	A week-long celebration of African American culture, December 26 to January 1		fun-holidays-around-world
Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos)	A Mexican celebration to remember loved ones, with marigolds and altars		fun-holidays-around-world
Thanksgiving (US)	Fourth Thursday of November; a day to give thanks and share a meal		fun-holidays-around-world
Canadian Thanksgiving	Second Monday of October		fun-holidays-around-world
Independence Day (US)	July 4; marks the Declaration of Independence in 1776		fun-holidays-around-world
Bastille Day	July 14; France's national day		fun-holidays-around-world
Canada Day	July 1		fun-holidays-around-world
Halloween	October 31; costumes, jack-o'-lanterns and trick-or-treating		fun-holidays-around-world
Bonfire Night	November 5 in the UK, with fireworks		fun-holidays-around-world
Valentine's Day	February 14; a day for sharing cards and kind words		fun-holidays-around-world
St. Patrick's Day	March 17; Irish culture and green clothes		fun-holidays-around-world
April Fools' Day	April 1; a day for harmless pranks		fun-holidays-around-world
Mother's Day	A day to honor mothers, held in different months in different countries		fun-holidays-around-world
Father's Day	A day to honor fathers		fun-holidays-around-world
Earth Day	April 22; a day to care for the planet		fun-holidays-around-world
Cinco de Mayo	May 5; remembers a Mexican victory in 1862 and celebrates Mexican culture		fun-holidays-around-world
Mexican Independence Day	September 16		fun-holidays-around-world
Oktoberfest	A beer and folk festival in Munich, Germany, held in late September and October		fun-holidays-around-world
Carnival	A pre-Lent festival with parades, famous in Rio de Janeiro		fun-holidays-around-world
Mardi Gras	The day before Lent begins; New Orleans has parades and beads		fun-holidays-around-world
Songkran	Thai New Year with water splashing		fun-holidays-around-world
Obon	A Japanese summer festival to honor ancestors		fun-holidays-around-world
Tanabata	A Japanese star festival on July 7		fun-holidays-around-world
Cherry Blossom Festival	Spring celebration of flowering cherry trees in Japan		fun-holidays-around-world
Mid-Autumn Festival	East Asian harvest festival with mooncakes and moon watching		fun-holidays-around-world
Dragon Boat Festival	Chinese festival with boat races and rice dumplings		fun-holidays-around-world
Chuseok	Korean harvest festival		fun-holidays-around-world
Vesak	Buddhist celebration of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and passing		fun-holidays-around-world
Nowruz	Persian New Year at the spring equinox		fun-holidays-around-world
Lantern Festival	End of Lunar New Year celebrations with lanterns		fun-holidays-around-world
Hogmanay	Scottish New Year's Eve party		fun-holidays-around-world
St. Lucia Day	December 13 in Sweden, with candles and white gowns		fun-holidays-around-world
Three Kings Day	January 6; celebrated in Spain and Latin America		fun-holidays-around-world
Guy Fawkes Night	Another name for Bonfire Night in the UK		fun-holidays-around-world
Juneteenth	June 19; marks the end of slavery in the US in 1865		fun-holidays-around-world
Martin Luther King Jr. Day	Third Monday in January in the US		fun-holidays-around-world
Veterans Day	November 11 in the US; honors those who served in the military		fun-holidays-around-world
Remembrance Day	November 11 in Commonwealth countries		fun-holidays-around-world
Groundhog Day	February 2; a groundhog 'predicts' spring in the US and Canada		fun-holidays-around-world
Labor Day	First Monday in September in the US; honors workers		fun-holidays-around-world
Pi Day	March 14, a math fan holiday for the number 3.14		fun-holidays-around-world
Boxing Day	December 26 in the UK and Commonwealth countries		fun-holidays-around-world
Bonfire of San Juan	Midsummer bonfires in Spain on June 23		fun-holidays-around-world
Midsummer	A Scandinavian celebration of the longest days with flowers and dancing		fun-holidays-around-world
Pancake Day	The day before Lent; people eat pancakes in the UK		fun-holidays-around-world
Pongal	Indian harvest festival in January, especially in Tamil Nadu		fun-holidays-around-world
Onam	A harvest festival in Kerala, India		fun-holidays-around-world