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Festivals, Holidays & Traditional Customs


Contents:  General | Christmas | New Year's Day | Easter | Thanksgiving Day | Holidays by country |

See also:  Coping With Holiday Stress | Celebrating the holidays in an interfaith family | Holiday Giving Guide | Toy Safety |

General

Biblical Holidays Calendar of all legal Holidays worldwide Dates of all major and minor Jewish holidays and fast days Earth Calendar
holidays and celebrations around the world
Education World® : Holidays & Special Days Center
Family Faith & Traditions History Channel: The History of the Holidays History of the Holiday Holidays and Festivals - Encyclopedia of Days
Holidays around the World for K-12 Holidays in the U.S. Holidays on the Net
Your Source for Holiday Celebrations on the WWW
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Holiday Information KidsClick!: Holidays
Kids Domain - Holidays Official list of Bank Holidays The American Secular Holidays Calendar Web Holidays
Wilstar's Holiday World -- History of Holidays, Traditions, Customs, and Holiday Trivia World Public Holidays Database

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Christmas

Christmas Celebrations, Traditions and Kids Activities Christmas cookie recipes at Christmas-cookies.com
Christmas in Poland Christmas in Spain & Latin America Christmas Movies Christmas Recipes Christmas 'round the World (Wide Web)'
Christmas Stories and Everything Christmas Christmas Time at Kids Domain Christmas traditions & customs round the world. How different countries celebrate Christmas Christmas Traditions in Ukraine Christmas with Virtual Finland
CVC Christmas Page Christmas History International Christmas Greek Orthodox Christmas Recipes Happy Christmas
Christmas with a humorous twist
Howstuffworks "How Christmas Works" Macedonian Orthodox Christmas
Merry-Christmas.com Multimedia presentation about Ukrainian Christmas Christmas Stories and Poems Orthodox Christmas Recipes Russian Christmas: Why do Rusians Celebrate Christmas on Janaury 7?
Russian Orthodox Christmas and New Year Ukrainian Christmas Ukrainian Christmas Traditions World of Christmas - Christmas Around the World!

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New Year's Day

Celebrate! Holidays In The U.S.A. - New Year's Day (January 1) Chinese New Year Google: New Year
Happy New Year Lithuanian New Year's Day New Year Celebration: New Year's Eve and Day Festivities Around the World
New Year's Day -- History, Traditions, and Customs New Year's Traditions New Year Traditions
Santa Claus of Greenland Taboos and Superstitions of Chinese New Year The Persian New Year's Ceremonies and Traditions Tibetan New Year: Lore & Traditions Yahoo! New Year

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Easter

A bit of Swedish Easter traditions Ancestry.com - Easter Traditions Bonnets & Bunnies, The Origins of Easter Bulgarian Easter Traditions Chetski's World : Happy Holidays : Easter : Traditions
Easter in Slovakia Easter Links: Traditions, Celebrations Easter on the Net Easter Traditions around the World
Easter Traditions and Origins Easter Traditions in Spain Easter Traditions in Britain Easter traditions in the Czech Republic
Finnish Easter Traditions GourmetSleuth - Easter Traditions How to Make Ukrainian Easter Eggs (pysanky)
Italian Easter Traditions Marvelicious Happy Easter Origins of Easter
Brief history of the spring holiday by David Johnson
Ostern/Easter Polish Easter Traditions Homepage
Polish Traditions: Introduction to Easter Traditions Ukrainian Easter

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Thanksgiving Day

Canadian Thanksgiving at Web Holidays Celebrate! Holidays In The U.S.: Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November) History of Thanksgiving
from the History Channel
November: Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day links Thanksgiving on the Net The First Thanksgiving The Thanksgiving Story Turkey for the Holidays

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Holidays by country

North America
Bermuda Public Holidays Canada Holidays Comfirmation Day in Greenland Mexico Online - Official & Religious Mexican National Holidays Santa Claus of Greenland TheHawaiiChannel - Holidays United States Holidays U.S.A. Secular Traditions and Themes Calendar
Central America
All Souls Day Bahamas Holidays Belize Holidays Costa Rica El Salvador
Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama
Cayman Islands Costa Rica Traditions Christmas in Belize Christmas in the Dominican Republic
Description of Christmas in the Dominican Republic El Salvador Holidays El Salvador tradiciones traditions Guatemala Holidays Haïti National Holidays
Jamaica Public Holidays Latino Holidays Panamerican Day
Puerto Rican Holiday Traditions Puerto Rican Holiday Traditions
by Jeanette Ferrell & Aida Seguinot
St. John US Virgin Islands Customs & Traditions The day of the Black Christ is celebrated in Esquipulas
South America
Argentina Calendar of Events Bolivia Holidays Bolivia Events and Holidays
Brazil - Carnaval Carnaval: the biggest brazilian party Carnival in Rio de Janeiro Christmas in Brazil
Christmas in Venezuela Colombian Christmas Ecuador Holidays Traditional Venezuelan festivals
Traditions Cusco Peru
Africa
Africa Celebrations Africa's Independence Day Christmas in Africa
Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso
Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad
Congo Djibouti Equitorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia
Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea
Heritage Day Kwanzaa Public Holidays Public Holidays: South Africa Public Holidays: South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
South Africa Freedom Day South Africa - Holidays Youth Day Events in Africa
Europe
About Malta Discover Canadian culture with Culture.ca
Découvrez la culture canadienne avec Culture.ca
Carnival in France & Belgium German Traditional and Religious Celebrations and Customs German and German-American Customs, Traditions, Origins of Holidays
Christmas in Denmark Christmas in Luxemburg Christmas in Poland Christmas with Virtual Finland Culture of Spain
Estonia Holidays France Traditions Page German Holidays
Archive February, 2002
German Traditions & Customs
Ireland Traditions Page Ireland Pubic Holidays Italy Traditions Page Latvia's holidays and remembrance days Lithuania -- Holidays
Lithuanian Customs and Traditions Folklore
aboutmalta.com
Maltese Old & Modern Customs Moldova Culture
Romaina -- Holidays Russia - Holidays Russian Holidays and Traditions Spain Traditions Traditional Finnish Festivities
Traditions and Holidays in Denmark Traditions UK
"A website of traditional British holidays, festivals and customs"
Ukrainian Culture and Traditions
Middle East
Cultural Profiles Project Bahrain Holidays Egypt Holidays Iraq Holidays Iran Holidays
Israel Holidays Jordan Holidays Kuwait Holidays Lebanon Holidays Qatar Holidays
Saudi Arabia Holidays Syria Holidays Traditions and modernities in Aden (Yemen)
Asia
Celebration of Tomb Sweeping Day (Qing Ming Jie) in China Chinese Holidays Chinese New Year Culture - Festivals of India Lantern Festival in China
Mid-Autumn Festival in China The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival Indian Festivals Festivals of India: Dussehra National Holidays in Japan
Japanese New Year Daruma fair in Japan Holidays and Festivals in Taiwan Festivals, Celebrations, and Holidays in Thailand National Day in Singapore
Singapore Public Holidays
Australia, New Zealand & Oceania
Anzac Day in Australia Australia Day - A History Australia - Holidays Christmas in Australia


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