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Holiday



The word holiday has related but different meanings in English-speaking countries, with the exception of the United States where usage differs greatly. Based on the English language words holy and day, holidays originally represented special days of the Christian Church calendar. The word has evolved in general usage to mean any special day. In the United States, a holiday is a day set aside by a nation or culture (in some cases, multiple nations and cultures) typically for celebration (party) but sometimes for some other kind of special culture-wide (or national) observation or activity. In the United States, a holiday can also be a special day on which school and/or offices are closed such as Labor Day. In most of the rest of the English speaking world (including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom) a holiday is rather a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation (e.g. "I'm going on holiday to Majorca next week."), the American equivalent being "vacation". ==Public holidays== A public holiday or legal holiday is a holiday endorsed by the state. Public holidays can be either religious, in which case they reflect the dominant religion in a country, or secular, in which case they are usually political or historical in character. "Public Holiday" is the term used in Australia, and "Bank Holiday" in the UK, although some industries in the UK work through Bank Holidays. "Legal Holiday" is not a term used outside the United States. ==Consecutive holidays== Consecutive holidays are a string of holidays taken together without working days in between. They tend to be considered a good chance to take short trips, for example. In late 1990s, the Japanese government passed a law that increases the likelihood of consecutive holidays by moving holidays fixed on certain day to a relative position in a month such as the second Monday. A well-known consecutive holiday in Japan is ''golden-week'', roughly lasting a whole week. Similar phenomenon appears in Poland during holidays of 1st and 3rd of May, when taking few days of leave can result in even Holidays in Poland long holidays. This is called The Picnic (or Majówka). The Congress of the United States changed the observance of Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Presidents' Day from fixed dates to certain Mondays in 1968 (effective 1971). Several states had passed similar laws earlier. == Religious holidays == === Buddhist holidays === *Vesak *Matsuri (in Japan, could also be considered a Shinto holiday) === Celtic, Norse, and Neopaganism holidays === ''In the order of the Wheel of the Year:'' *Samhain (Celtic): 31 October-1 November, Celtic New Year, first day of winter *Winternights (Norse): 29 October-2 November, Norse New Year *Yule (Norse): 21 December-22 December, winter solstice, Celtic mid-winter *Imbolc (Celtic): 1 February-2 February, Celtic first day of spring *Ostara/Easter (Norse): 21 March-22 march, vernal equinox, Celtic mid-spring *Beltane (Celtic): 30 April-1 May, Celtic first day of summer *Litha (Norse): 21 June-22 June, summer solstice, Celtic midsummer *Lughnasadh (Celtic): 1 August-2 August, Celtic first day of autumn *Mabon/Harvest End (Norse): 21 September-22 September, autumnal equinox, Celtic mid-fall === Christianity holidays === ''See also liturgical year.'' *Advent *All Saints Day *Ascension Day (Ascension of Jesus Christ into Heaven) *Ash Wednesday *Assumption of Mary (Assumption of the Virgin Mary) *Candlemas *Childermas *Christmas (Birth of Jesus) *Corpus Christi *Easter (Resurrection of Jesus) *Easter Triduum **Easter Vigil **Good Friday (Death of Jesus) **Holy Saturday **Maundy Thursday (Celebration of The Last Supper) *Epiphany (feast) *Lent *Pentecost or Whitsun (Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Jesus Christ) *Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras (last day of Carnival) *Winter Lent *Watch Night The Catholic fiesta patronal are celebrated in each place's patron saint's day, according to the Calendar of saints. === Hinduism holidays=== *Baisakhi *Daserra *Diwali **Diwali Amvasaya (Laxmi Puja) **Diwali (day 2) **Bhaubeej *Ekadasi *Ganesh Chaturthi *Gokul Ashtami *Gudhi Padwa *Holi *Mahashivratri *Makar Sankranti *Onam *Pongal *Rama-Lilas *Ram Navami *Vaikunta Ekadasi === Islamic holidays === *Aashurah (especially in Shi'a Islam) *Eid festival: date determined by the lunar calendar and observation of the moon **Eid ul-Fitr, Lesser Bairam **Eid ul-Adha, Greater Bairam *Moharrum *Ramadan === Jewish holidays === ''Main article: Jewish holiday'' *Hanukkah (also: Hannukah; the Feast of Lights) *Jerusalem Day (Celebration day for Jerusalem) *Lag Ba'omer *Passover *Purim (Based on the events in the Biblical book of Esther) *Rosh Hashanah (Spiritual New Year) *Shavuot (The Feast of Weeks) *Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles) *Tisha B'Av *Tu Bishvat (New year of the trees) *Yom Ha'atzma'ut (Israel independence day) *Yom Ha'Shoah (Holocaust remembrance day) *Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) *Yom Ha'Zikaron (Israel memorial day) ==National holidays== See the list of holidays by country. ==International holidays (secular)== Many other days are marked to celebrate events or people, but are not strictly holidays as time off work is rarely given. * Perihelion (January 3-January 6, depending on year and location) * Breakup Day (February 13) * Valentine's Day (February 14) * Leap Day (February 29, every four years) * Astronomy Day (date varies depending on cycle of Moon) * April Fool's Day (April 1) * Earth Day (April 22) * May Day (May 1, ''most countries - United States and Canada are prominent exceptions)'' * Mother's Day (2nd Sunday in May in North America, fourth Sunday in Lent in UK) * World Ocean Day (June 8) * Father's Day (3rd Sunday in June; March 19, others; August 8, Republic of China) * Halloween (October 31) * United Nations holidays ** International Women's Day ==Other secular holidays== Other secular holidays limited to only some (groups of) countries include: *Boxing Day (December 26 in the Commonwealth countries) *Flag Day (June 14 in the United States) *Grandparent's Day (Sunday after September Labor Day - proclaimed in the United States by Jimmy Carter in 1978) *Lee-Jackson-King Day (January 20) Combined holiday celebrated in the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1984 to 2000 *Groundhog Day (February 2 in United States and Canada) *Loyalty Day (May 1 in the United States) *Mother-in-Law's Day (4th Sunday in October, ''where?'') *Pioneer Day (July 24 in Utah, United States) *Sweetest Day (third Saturday in October, Ohio and Michigan in the United States) *:Category:Latvian holidays ==Humorous, entertaining holidays== Some humorous events have captured the attention of the public, to the point where they have been promoted as annual events. These "funny" holidays are generally intended as humorous distractions and excuses to share laughs among friends. *Winter-een-mas (''seven days of celebration''; January 25, January 26, January 27, January 28, January 29, January 30, January 31) *Pi Day (March 14) *International Cannabis Day (April 20) *24-hour comic (April 24) *No Pants Day (first Friday of May) *Bloomsday (June 16 based on James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses (novel)'') *X-Day (July 5 in the Church of the SubGenius) *Pi Approximation Day (July 22) *National Talk In Elevators Day (last Friday of July) *International Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19) *October Fool's Day (October 1) (Southern Hemisphere version of April Fool's Day) *Mole Day (October 23) *Festivus (December 23) *Christmahanukwanzakah (The holiday season in general, a holiday made out of a marketing campaign invented by Virgin Mobil during the 2004 holiday season.) ==See also== *Federal holiday *Bank Holiday *D-Day *Adventure tourism *List of holidays by country *List of holiday colors == External links == * [http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Holidays/Calendars_and_Lists/ Google category: Holidays -- Calendars and Lists] * [http://www.support4learning.org.uk/shap/ Sharp calendar of religious festivals] * [http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=276559&page=1 ''Holiday Stress Brings Anxiety and Abuse''] (ABC News) Holidays ga:Lá saoire ka:დღესასწაული vo:Zeladel

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==Calender== I think it would be really cool if all the holidays listed here could be viewed all at once on a single calender 19 May 2005 ==Merge of public holiday== I propose holiday and public holiday be merged into a single article. Was there suppose to be a difference between these 2 articles? :Merging might be a good idea. You could add the two articles to the list of Wikipedia:Duplicate articles. --User:KF 07:13 18 May 2003 (UTC) :Thanks. Added. User:Samw 15:26 18 May 2003 (UTC) ==Holidays vs. marker days== Are things like Grandparents Day really holidays? In my mind there is a difference between a holiday and a simple marker day. I would contend that if nobody takes a day off work for this day then it is not a holiday. Who disagrees? User:DJ Clayworth 15:26, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC) :I disagree. In its broadest sense a holiday is a ''holy'' day and a day for celebrating some event, person or thing. Taking the day off work is not a requirement, the celebration is. However, it is customary for employers, or the state, to declare that work is not done on certain holidays because their employees and/or customers/clients would be distracted by missing the celebrations and it is not a very productive workday. Hence taking the day off is associated with a holiday. Those commemoration or celebration days that are not ''public holidays'' - when people are given the day off work - are stil holidays in the broadest sense and should be mentioned. Otherwise we will have multiple articles on the same subject. User:Cameron Dewe 02:10, 8 Feb 2004 (UTC) ==National holidays' list== The stuff in the National holidays section of this page should probably be updated with the new additions caused by the relevant changes in WikiProject Countries, and moved to a separate page, e.g. List of holidays by country. --User:Shallot 17:38, 24 May 2004 (UTC) : Done now. --User:Joy 20:15, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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Template for holidays. Parameters: name is the name in English Observers is whoever observes the holiday Name in orig lang is the name in the original language of the holiday Meaning is the meaning of the holiday Start is the date the holiday begins end is the last date of the holiday Occasion is the occasion of the holiday (someone please provide a better explanation) symbols lists the symbols of the holiday related holiday is the name of a related holiday This template is based on the Wikipedia:Infobox at Rosh Hashana User:Sgeo | User talk:Sgeo 20:11, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)


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