Traditional & New Holidays

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ears ago there were very few holidays that gave workers the day off. In the United States the original four holidays were: New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Since then there have been more holidays added to the calendar and even more occasions created for giving gifts such as Valentine's Day, Mother's and Father's Day.

This wikipedia.org site lists the federal holidays in the USA.

For holidays in Canada, thecanadaguide.com website is a great source of holiday information.

For a more in depth look at the major federal, religious, traditional, and informal holidays celebrated in the United States see infoplease.com

And just for fun, dictionary.com features non-traditional holidays we could also be celebrating in the US.

The world is filled with national, cultural and religious holidays. Have fun exploring the following sites — you may find a new holiday you want to celebrate!

This website familysearch.org has 8 well described holidays from around the planet.

The site timeanddate.com has carefully researched and constantly updated information featuring holidays, observances, public holidays and other special days in 200+ countries.

For an extensive list of international, national, and regional public holidays, check out calendarlabs.com .

For a list of multinational festivals and holidays for every month, try wikipedia.org".

Another rich source of world holiday information is scholastic.com/.

Finally, here is a website to guide you through how to invent your own holiday. diy-holidays /.