A group of related holidays that occur together annually.
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Christmas |
Christmas or Christmas Day (Old English: Crīstesmæsse, literally "Christ's mass") is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated generally on December 25 as a religious and cultural holiday by billions of people around the world...
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| Boxing Day | |||
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Good Friday |
Easter (Old English: Ēostre) or Pascha (Greek: Πάσχα, Paskha; Aramaic: פַּסחא Pasḥa; from Hebrew: פֶּסַח Pesaḥ) is a Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as...
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| Ash Wednesday | |||
| Maundy Thursday | |||
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| Easter Monday | |||
| x Eid ul-Adha |
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1st day of Eid ul-Adha |
Eid al-Adha' (Arabic: عيد الأضحى ‘Īd al-’Aḍḥá, IPA: [ʕiːd al ʔadˁˈħaː], "feast of sacrifice") or "Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid" is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Abraham ...
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Advent, anglicized from the Latin word adventus meaning "coming", is a season observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. It is the beginning of...
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| x Rosh Hashanah |
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Erev Rosh Hashanah |
Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש השנה), (literally "head of the year"), is the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the High Holy Days or Yamim Nora'im ("Days of Awe") which occur in the autumn. Rosh Hashanah is celebrated on the first two days of Tishrei...
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| x High Holy Days | Rosh Hashanah |
The High Holidays or High Holy Days, in Judaism, more properly known as the Yamim Noraim (Hebrew: ימים נוראים "Days of Awe"), may mean:
The term High Holy Days most probably derives from the popular English phrase, “high days and holydays”. The...
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| x Holy Week |
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Palm Sunday |
Holy Week (Latin: Hebdomas Sancta or Hebdomas Maior, "Greater Week"; Greek: Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Ἑβδομάς, Hagia kai Megale Hebdomas) in Christianity is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter. It includes the religious holidays of Palm Sunday,...
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| Easter | |||
| x Ramadan |
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Eid ul-Fitr |
Ramadan (Arabic: رمضان Ramaḍān, IPA: [rɑmɑˈdˤɑːn]; Persian: Ramazan; Urdu: Ramzān; Turkish: Ramazan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain...
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| x Winter holiday season |
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January sales |
The Christmas season, also called the holiday season or simply the holidays in the United States and Canada, is an annual festive period that surrounds Christmas and various other holidays. It is generally considered to run from late November to...
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| x Lent |
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Shrove Tuesday |
Lent (Latin: Quadragesima, "fortieth") is an observance in the liturgical year of many Christian denominations, lasting for a period of approximately six weeks leading up to Easter. In most Western denominations Lent is taken to run from Ash...
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| x Golden Week | Children's Day |
Golden Week (ゴールデンウィーク, Gōruden Wīku), often abbreviated to simply GW and also known as Ōgon shūkan (黄金週間, "Golden Week") or Ōgata renkyū (大型連休, "Large consecutive holiday") is a Japanese term applied to the period containing the following public...
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