What are the western festivals?

Western traditional festivals mainly include:

1, New Year (65438+ 10/)

The New Year, that is, the first day of the year, is a popular holiday in most countries in the world. Countries all over the world, especially in ancient times, have different dates. The calendar year of most countries in the modern world is 1. 1.

2. Valentine's Day (February 14)

Valentine's Day is also called Saint Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day, that is, February 14 every year, which is one of the traditional festivals in the West. This is a festival about love, romance, flowers, chocolates and greeting cards. On this day, men and women exchange gifts to show their love or friendship. Valentine's Day dinner date usually represents the key to the development of the relationship. It has become a favorite festival for young people in Europe and America, and it has also become popular in other countries. In China, China Valentine's Day, one of the traditional festivals, is also a day that girls attach importance to, so it is called Valentine's Day in China. Because they can express the same human feelings, all countries and regions have explored their own "Valentine's Day".

3. April Fool's Day (April 1)

April Fool's Day, also known as April Fool's Day and Humor Festival, falls on April 1 day of the Gregorian calendar. It is a popular folk festival in the west since 19 century, and it 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, because they are too big and have large-scale repercussions, become rumors and urban legends, causing people's panic, so people generally avoid jokes like avoiding disasters.

4. Easter (the first Sunday after the full moon at the vernal equinox)

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.

5. Halloween (65438+1October 3 1)

June 3 1 day is a traditional festival in the western world, which is mainly popular in the United States, the British Isles, Australia, Canada and New Zealand where Saxon descendants gather. That night, children will put on makeup clothes and masks and collect candy from house to house.

6. Halloween (165438+ 10/)

There are many stories about the origin of Halloween. The record in the textbook is the New Year's Festival of the ancient Celts. At this time, it is also the time to sacrifice to the dead. While avoiding the interference of evil spirits, they also worship ancestors and kind gods with food and pray for peace through the cold winter. The night before (that is, Halloween), children will put on makeup clothes and masks and collect candy from house to house.

7. Thanksgiving Day (165438+ the fourth Thursday in October)

Thanksgiving is an ancient festival created by the American people, and it is also a festival for Americans to get together. 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.

8. Christmas Eve (65438+February 24th)

Christmas Eve is traditionally a day to decorate Christmas trees, but with the celebration of Christmas starting earlier, for example, in the United States, after Thanksgiving, many Christmas trees are decorated a few weeks before Christmas. Up to now, Christmas Eve refers not only to the night of 65438+February 24th, but also to Christmas Eve, especially to the whole day of 65438+February 24th. However, due to the general festive atmosphere, large-scale activities are concentrated in the evening, which is more appropriate.

9. Christmas (65438+February 25th)

Mass is a church service. Christmas is a religious festival, because it is celebrated as the birthday of Jesus, hence the name "Christmas". Most Catholic churches will hold midnight mass on Christmas Eve on the 24th, that is, in the early morning of February 25th, 65438+, while some Christian churches will hold a good news meeting and then celebrate Christmas on February 25th, 65438+. Another branch of Christianity, the Orthodox Church, celebrates Christmas every year on 65438+1October 7th.