What festivals are there in western countries?

April Fool's Day (April Fool's Day or April Fool's Day) is also called April Fool's Day, Humor Day and April Fool's Day. This festival is in April of Gregorian calendar 1 year, which is a popular folk festival in the west since19th century, and has not been recognized as a legal festival by any country. On this day, people cheat and play tricks on each other in various ways, and often at the end of the joke, they will expose and announce that the object of the joke is a "fool".

The nature of jokes rarely contains substantial malice, but individual jokes are too big to cause people's panic and have a large-scale response, which is derived into (media) rumors and urban legends, so people generally avoid making jokes about disasters.

2. Easter

Easter (Easter) is an important festival in the west, which falls on the first Sunday after the full moon at the vernal equinox every year. Christians believe that Easter symbolizes rebirth and hope, to commemorate the day when Jesus Christ was resurrected on the third day after he was crucified between 30 and 33 AD.

American food at Easter is also very distinctive, mainly mutton and ham. Easter eggs are designed to bring happiness to people-indeed! These eggs are beautiful and decorative. They represent people's good wishes and share the joy of changing seasons with you.

3. Halloween

Halloween, also known as Halloween, is a traditional festival in the west, which is held in 10 every year. 65438+1October 3 1 on Halloween is the most lively moment of this festival. In China, Halloween is often misunderstood as Halloween.

To celebrate Halloween, children will dress up as cute ghosts, knock on doors and ask for candy, or they will be naughty. At the same time, it is said that on this night, all kinds of ghosts will dress up as children and mingle with the masses to celebrate the arrival of Halloween, while human beings dress up as ghosts to make ghosts more harmonious.

4.thanksgiving day

Thanksgiving Day is a traditional festival in the West, a festival created by the American people, and a festival for American reunion. At first, there was no fixed date for Thanksgiving Day, which was decided temporarily by American states.

It was not until 1863 after the independence of the United States that President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. 194 1 year, the US Congress officially designated the fourth Thursday in June 1 1 as "Thanksgiving Day". Thanksgiving holiday usually lasts from Thursday to Sunday.

5. Christmas

Christmas, also known as Christmas, is translated as "Christian Mass", which originated from Saturnalia in ancient Rome to welcome the New Year and has nothing to do with Christianity. After Christianity prevailed in the Roman Empire, the Vatican drifted into the Christian system.

And celebrate the birth of Jesus. But Christmas is not Jesus' birthday, because the Bible does not record the specific date of Jesus' birth, nor does it mention the existence of such a festival, which is the result of Christianity absorbing ancient Roman mythology.

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