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January 1 New Year (New Year "s Day) January 6 Epiphany (Epiphany) April 14 Friday before Easter (Good Friday) April 16 Easter (Sunday) (Easter Monday) April 17 Easter Monday (May Day) April 30 ~ May 2 Spring Celebration Swedes celebrate the arrival of spring in this In Sweden, this is a time when families celebrate the arrival of spring by preparing hearty meals, sitting around and drinking. After dark, the May Tree, a symbol of spring, is decorated with colorful flowers and green leaves on red wooden stakes, and everyone dances around it. May 1 Labor Day (Labors Day) May 25 Ascension Day (Ascension Day) June 4 Pentecost (Sunday) (Whit Monday) June 6 National Day (National Day) June 24 Midsummer Holiday (Midsummer Holiday) June 24 each year is the traditional Swedish Midsummer Holiday. On this day, the days are long and the nights are short. The sun is high in the sky and does not set until midnight. Shortly afterward, the sun rises again from the horizon, which is the marvelous "White Night". On Midsummer's Day, young men and women celebrate light and prosperity by singing and dancing all night long around wooden stakes decorated with flowers and ribbons. November 4 All Saints' Day December 13 Lucia Festival The traditional Swedish festival of the goddess Lucia. The Swedes say that the goddess Lucia comes down to earth on the night of December 13 every year to bring light to the people. In Stockholm, the sun does not rise until 9 a.m. and sets at 3 p.m. From then on, the long night is shorter and the bright day is longer. St. Lucia was a saint known for her charity. She lived in Sicily in the 4th century A.D. and was an Italian Christian. Some say she traveled to Sweden and that December 13th was her fast day. There is a story of how St. Lucia became a saint - a man fell in love with St. Lucia, who did not love him. Her mother wanted to marry her to this man and she refused. The man was about to burn her to death. St. Lucia prayed to God to give her strength to get through this. Because of her charity, the prayer was answered. St. Lucia was not burned, so the man took out another sword and stabbed St. Lucia in the throat, killing her. There is another version of this story with a similar legend --- St. Lucia was a very loving girl, and there was a man who loved her very much, but St. Lucia did not love him. The man loved St. Lucia's eyes the most, and St. Lucia gave him her eyes. But a miracle happened: St. Lucia grew a new pair of eyes, more beautiful and more charming than the old ones. The man still wanted the eyes, and St. Lucia refused. So the man killed her with a knife. December 24 Christmas Eve December 25 Christmas Day December 26 Boxing Day (St. Stephen's Day) December 31 New Year's Eve (New Year's Eve)