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

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