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About April Fool's Day:
April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day although not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked to prank, hoax and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, enemies and... READ MORE
About Arbor Day:
Arbor Day is a day when individuals and groups are encouraged to plant and care for trees. It originated in Nebraska City, Nebraska, in 1872 by a man named J. Sterling Morton. He realized that trees played an important role on our lives and we should give back to the earth what... READ MORE
About the Chinese New Year:
Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. The festival traditionally begins on the first day of the first lunar month and ends on the 15th;... READ MORE
About Christmas:
Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ and has been celebrated on December 25, since 354 A.D It refers to the day celebrating his birth, as well as to the season which concludes with the Feast of the Epiphany. The date of December 25 is traditional,... READ MORE
About Cinco de Mayo:
May 5th or Cinco de Mayo, celebrates the victory against French forces in the city of Puebla, on May 5, 1862. It is also widely celebrated in the United States. For many years, Cinco de Mayo was promoted in the US as Mexican Independence Day, which is... READ MORE
About Columbus Day:
Columbus Day is celebrated in the Western Hemisphere and honors the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, which happened on the October 12, 1492 on the Julian calendar, or October 21, 1492 on the Gregorian calendar.
Columbus... READ MORE
About Easter:
Easter was first celebrated by the pagans around the spring equinox. The word Easter is derived from Eastre, the goddess of spring. Eastre represents morning, spring, and fertility. She was worshipped during this time of the year. Christians attached their religion to this pagan... READ MORE
About Father's Day:
Father's Day is a secular celebration, non-religious and non-government, now celebrated around the world, but inaugurated in the early twentieth century in Spokane, Washington to complement Mother's Day. En essence it celebrates fatherhood and parenting by males, and... READ MORE
About Grandparent's Day:
Grandparent's Day is observed on the first Sunday after Labor Day. It was started in 1970 by housewife Marian McQuade. She had the desire to set aside a special day to honor grandparents, give them an opportunity to show love to their grandchildren, and the... READ MORE
About Groundhog Day:
Groundhog Day is celebrated every year on February 2nd. It is believed that on this day the groundhog comes out of winter hibernation and looks for his shadow. If he sees his shadow there will be six more weeks of winter. If not, there will be an early spring. The earliest... READ MORE
About Halloween:
The modern holiday of Halloween may have its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain. The festival of Samhain celebrates the end of harvest. The ancient Gaels believed that on October 31, the boundaries between the alive and the deceased would merge and the dead... READ MORE
About Independence Day:
Independence Day is the birthday of the United States of America and is celebrated on the Fourth of July every year. Independence Day is the anniversary of the day on which the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. It... READ MORE
About Kwanzaa:
Kwanzaa is a unique African American celebration with focus on the traditional African values of family, community responsibility, commerce, and self-improvement. Kwanzaa starts on December 26th and ends on January 1st. Kwanzaa is neither political nor religious and despite some misconceptions,... READ MORE
About Labor Day:
Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September. It's a day dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. The holiday contributes the working class contributions to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
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About Mardi Gras:
Also known as "Fat Tuesday," this Pre-Lent festival is celebrated in Roman Catholic countries and communities all over the world. In a strict sense, Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday, is celebrated by the French as the last of the three days of Shrovetide, and is a time of preparation... READ MORE
About Memorial Day:
Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May. While we do not know when Memorial Day first started, we do know it began first to honor Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War... READ MORE
About Mother's Day:
Mother's Day is intended to be a day to celebrate motherhood. Many churches and families in the United States recognize the second Sunday in May to honor mothers.
Many years ago, England observed a day to honor mothers in mid-Lent that was called... READ MORE
About New Year's Eve:
The New Year's Eve is when we celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of the next year. Cultures that measure yearly calendars all have New Year celebrations.
The ancient Roman calendar had only ten months and started... READ MORE
About Rosh Hashanah:
Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew, "beginning of the year"), the Jewish New Year, is celebrated on the first and second days of the Jewish month of Tishri (falling in September or October) by Orthodox and Conservative Jews and on the first day alone by Reform Jews. It begins the... READ MORE
About Saint Patrick's Day:
Saint Patrick's Day, also know as St. Paddy's Day or Paddy's Day, is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick, who’s real name was Maewyn Succat (385–461 AD), of Ireland one of the world's most popular... READ MORE
About Spring:
The seasons of the year are caused by the 23.5º tilt of the earth's axis. Because the earth is rotating, it points in a fixed direction continuously. The earth is also revolving around the sun. During half of the year, the southern hemisphere is more exposed to the sun than the northern hemisphere.... READ MORE
About the Summer Solstice:
The word solstice derives from Latin and "sol" meaning sun and "stice" or in Latin "sisere" meaning to stand still. Solstices occur twice a year. It is when the tilt of the Earth's axis is directly towards the or away from the Sun which causes the Sun to appear to reach its northernmost... READ MORE
About Thanksgiving:
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American holiday and is also a form of harvest festival. While many think Thanksgiving originated in the United States, in fact it was first celebrated in what would become Canada in the late... READ MORE
About Valentine's Day:
Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is an American and European holiday celebrated each year on February 14. Traditionally it is a day on which lovers express their love for each other by exchanging Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, offering... READ MORE
About Veteran's Day:
Veterans Day is an American holiday commemorating the courage and patriotism of all men and women who have served in the United States military and is recognized as both a federal holiday and state holiday in all 50 states. It is celebrated on Monday the week of November... READ MORE
