Foreign festivals

◆◇ First of all, the United States

1. New Year's Day

2. abraham lincoln's birthday.

Valentine's Day is also called "Valentine's Day".

4.george washington's birthday.

5. Saint Patrick's Day

6. Easter (Easter)

7. April Fool's Day. Also known as ALL FOOLS' DAY

8. Mother's Day

9. Memorial Day

10. Flag Day

1 1. Father's Day

12. National Day (Independence Day)

13. Labor Day

14. Columbus Day

15. Halloween; ; Halloween)

16. A day for the soul

17. Veterans Day

18. Thanksgiving Day

19. Election Day (Election Day

20.。 Puritans' Day (Ancestor's Day)

2 1. Christmas.

◆ ◇ Second, Denmark

1, New Year, New Year

2. Confession on Confession Day

3. Easter Easter

4. April fool's day

5. Labor Day

6. A series of religious festivals A series of religious festivals

7. Constitution Day

◆ Third, Germany

1。 Christmas (Weinaheten)

2。 New year's day (neujahr)

3。 Carnival (Ka nerval /Fashing/Fastnacht)

4。 Easter (Austern)

5。 National Day

◆ ◇ Fourth, France

King's Day

Holy wax festival

April Fools' Day

Labor Day and Lily of the Valley Festival

French national day

Paid annual leave in France

The Deep Festival of Ghost Festival

Saint Catherine's Day-Saint Delin's Day

Christmas Day

◆ ◇ V. Finland

New Year's Day 65438+1 October1

God's Day 65438+1October 6th

Good Friday and Easter April

May Day, April 30th-May 1

Ascension day of Jesus

Pentecost may or June

Midsummer Festival in June

Halloween 165438+ October

Independence Day 65438+February 6th

Christmas 65438+February 24-25

Boxing Day 65438+February 26th

◆ ◇ 6. Canada

New Year's Day: 65438+ 10/month/

Good Friday: Friday before Easter.

The day after Easter: The time is the first Monday after Easter.

Victoria Day: May 24th is the anniversary of the Queen's birthday, but the holiday date is the first Monday before 25th.

Canada National Day: July 1 day

Citizen's Day: the first Monday in August.

Labor Day: September 1, but the holiday date is the first Monday in September.

Thanksgiving Day: the second Monday of 10.

Armistice Day:165438+1October1to commemorate the victims of World War II.

Christmas: 65438+February 25th.

Boxing Day: 65438+February 26th.

◆ ◇ Seven, Norway

New Year's Day 1+0.

The Sunday before Easter.

Thursday before Easter. .

Good Friday.

Easter is the first Sunday in April.

Labor day may 1.

Jesus ascensiontide, the first Thursday of 40 days after Easter.

Independence Day, May 17.

The seventh Sunday after Easter.

Christmas 65438+February 25th.

Boxing Day 65438+February 26th

◆ ◇ VIII. Italy

65438+1 October1New Year's Day, also known as: New Year (non-religious festival)

65438+ 10 6 Epiphany, also known as Epiphany (religious festival).

February 14 Valentine's Day (Folk Festival)

Carnival from February to March, also known as meat festival (religious festival)

Easter

March 8 (Women's Day)

April 25th, Italy Liberation Day (a secular holiday)

May 1 day (labor day)

May (Mother's Day)

June 2nd National Day (non-religious holiday)

August 15 August Festival (non-religious festival)

165438+1Halloween on October 2nd (religious festival)

65438+Christmas Day on February 25th (religious holiday)

◆ ◇ Nine, Britain

New year's day

Valentine's Day (Valentine's Day)

April Fools' Day

Good Friday. Good Friday

Easter Easter

Monday after Easter

Jesus ascensiontide, Jesus ascensiontide.

Labor Day 5 1 Labor Day

spring holidays

Mother's Day

Memorial Day Memorial Day

Independence Day

Summer public holidays

Columbus day Columbus date

Halloween Halloween Halloween Halloween

Halloween Halloween

First, World War II Armistice Day, first, World War II Armistice Day.

Thanksgiving Day

Christmas eve

Christmas Day

Boxing Day

◆ ◇ X. Greece:

New year new year

Epiphany plough Monday

Ash Festival

Easter Easter

International Workers' Day

1October 28th

Christmas Day

◆ ◇ XI。 Singapore

Lunar new year

Qingming Festival

Dragon Boat Festival

The fifteenth day of Mid-Autumn Festival

Vesak Day Lunar July Health Plug

National Day (National Day)

Eid al-Fitr Little Bailan

Kazakh Festival Kazakh Iris Festival

Dabao forest festival

Christmas Day

According to Christian belief, Good Friday and Easter are usually on a Sunday in spring to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. For Christians. Easter is a time for religious worship and family reunion. According to the ancient tradition, many Americans color hard-boiled eggs and give candy in baskets to children the next day, that is, Easter Monday. The president of the United States held an annual Easter egg hunt for children on the lawn of the White House.

Christmas Day on February 25th, 65438 is another Christian holiday to commemorate the birth of the Son of Christ. Even for many non-Christian Americans, houses and yards are decorated with light bulbs. Buy a Christmas tree. Giving gifts and greeting cards has become a traditional custom. The new year is of course 1+0. The celebration of this festival began on New Year's Eve, when Americans gathered together to wish happiness and prosperity in the coming year.

The other eight festivals are unique to the United States (although there are similar festivals in other countries). Two of them are different, highlighting the importance of the origin of the United States, that is, Thanksgiving Day and the 4th of July.

Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in June, but many Americans also have a day off on Friday the next day. In order to have a four-day weekend, this weekend; They can travel long distances to visit relatives and friends. This festival can be traced back to 162 1, when the Puritans came to Massachusetts. Determined to practice its religion different from the Anglican church in the second year without interference. After a severe winter, half of them died, so they turned to neighboring Indians, who taught them to grow corn and other crops. Inspired by the bumper harvest the following autumn, the Puritans held a grand banquet to express their gratitude. This kind of banquet has become an American tradition-not only because many Americans have found the way to get rich, but also because the sacrifices made by these Puritans for freedom are still fascinating. Today, several foods are almost always displayed at the first Thanksgiving party: roast turkey, cranberry sauce, potatoes and pumpkin pie. Before the banquet begins. Family and friends usually take a break. Thank you for such a blessing, because this is an opportunity to get together.

July 4th, also known as Independence Day, commemorates the birth of the United States-the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th. 1776. On this day, there are picnics and patriotic parades during the day, and there are concerts and fireworks shows at night. American flags are flying everywhere (as are Memorial Day and other festivals). 1On July 4, 976, grand celebrations were held all over the United States to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Besides Thanksgiving Day and the 4th of July, there are six unique festivals in America.

Martin? Lu Se? Golden Day: Little Martin? Reverend Luther King, an African-American priest, is regarded as a great American because he spared no effort to fight for civil rights for all people through non-violent means. Since his assassination in 1968, people have held various mourning activities on his birthday, 1.5. 1986, which was replaced by 1 the third Monday in June, which was declared a national holiday.

President's Day: Until1mid-1970s, George? February 22nd, the birthday of the hero of the War of Independence and the first president of the United States, Washington, has always been a national holiday. In addition, in most States, American Civil War President Abraham? Lincoln's birthday, February 12, is also a holiday. These two days were merged and this holiday was extended to include all the late presidents. This day is designated as the third Monday in February. Memorial Day: It is scheduled for the fourth Monday in May, which commemorates the dead. Although it originated after the American Civil War, it has become a special ceremony in cemeteries, churches and other public gathering places to commemorate the victims of previous wars and even the general dead. Labor Day: On the first Monday in September, this festival is to pay tribute to American workers. Usually, for most Americans, the parade marks the end of summer vacation, but for many students, it means the beginning of a new school year. Columbus Day:149210/0/October 12, Italian navigator Christopher? Columbus landed in the New World. Although many other American countries set this festival at 65438+ 10/2, in the United States, it is set on the second Monday of 65438+ 10. Veterans' Day: This festival was originally called Armistice Day of World War I, originally to pay tribute to Americans who participated in World War I. Reservation165438+1October1,19 18 The veterans' organization wants to organize a parade. As usual, the President of the United States placed a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery across the Potomac River in Washington, DC.

Other festivals have two days every year. Although they are not holidays, they have also triggered colorful celebrations in the United States. On February 14, St. Valentine's Day (named after the early Christian martyrs), Americans give gifts (usually candy or flowers) to their lovers. 101October 3 1 day, on Halloween (Halloween or Halloween), American children wear funny or scary costumes, play trick-or-treating and knock on their neighbors' doors. Neighbors give them candy, small gifts or money to send them away. Adults will also wear special costumes to attend Halloween parties. All races in the United States hold celebrations on days of special significance to them.