Holidays and Celebrations

This are some of the holidays and celebration that are celebrate around the world:

 

New Year`s Day

Civilizations around the world have been celebrating the start of each new year for at least four millennia. Today, most New Year’s festivities begin on December 31 (New Year’s Eve), the last day of the calendar, and continue into the early hours of January 1 (New Year’s Day).

Common traditions include attending parties, eating special New Year’s foods, making resolutions for the new year and watching fireworks displays.

 

 

Valentine`s Day

Dedicated to the memory of St. Valentine on February 14, this is the occassion when people all over the world profess love to their sweethearts and get for them all the best gifts they can find. But the customs associated with the festival and the ways of celebration differ from place to place and from nation to nation.

 

 

Earth Day

Each year, Earth Day—April 22—marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970, founded on this year as a day of education about environmental issues, Earth Day is now a globally celebrated holiday that is sometimes extended into Earth Week, a full seven days of events focused on green awareness.

 

 

 

The International Day of Peace

International Day of Peace was established by the United Nations in 1981.  In 2002, the United Nations declared it a permanent holiday.   Through education and public awareness events, the UN endeavors to strengthen the ideals of peace among all of the world's inhabitants.  International Day of Peace is observed on September 21st each year.  On this day, the UN urges all hostilities to stop, worldwide.

 

 

 

Christmas

Christmas -December 25th- is the celebration of the birth of Jesus. Around the world, family members help to decorate the tree and home with bright lights, wreaths, candles, holly, mistletoe, and ornaments. On Christmas Eve -December 24th- , many people go to church. Also, many people believe that, on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus comes from the North Pole in a sleigh to deliver gifts for good kids.

 

 

 

 

 

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