Lantern Festival
The 15th day of the 1st lunar month
The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival because the first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times peopl

      George Washington''s Birthday
February 22
George Washington, born February 22, 1732 in Virginia, was a natural leader, instrumental in creating a united nation out of a conglomeration of str

      Mardi Gras
March 04,2003
Mardi Gras is a traditional holiday celebrated in many of the southern states of the USA. The most famous celebration takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The people there enjo

      International Women''s Day
March 8
International Women''s Day is an occasion marked by women''s groups around the world. This date is also commemorated at the United Nations and is

      St. Patrick Day
March 17th
The person who was to become St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in Wales about AD 385. His given name was Maewyn, and he almost didn''t get the job of b

      April Fool''s Day
April 1st
April Fool''s Day is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fool''s errands, and fool the unsuspecting. No one knows how

      Easter Day
A Sunday between March 22 and April 25
The meaning of many different customs observed during Easter Sunday have been buried with time. Their origins lie in pre-Christian religions and Chris

      Arbor Day (Day of Trees)
April 10 (the US, Canada, Australia...)
In many countries it has long been the tradition to hold an annual tree or forest festival. The origin of such celebrations dates back to

      Earth Day
April 22th
Earth Day was first observed in Spring of 1970. An estimated 20 million people nationwide attended festivities out of which came the largest grassroots environmental movement in U.S.

      Shakespeare''s Birthday
April 23
The actual date of Shakespeare''s birth is not known, but, traditionally, April 23, St George''s Day, has been Shakespeare''s accepted bir

      Queen''s Day in Holland
April 30th
Where would you find a Labrador（拉布拉多猎狗）begging for money while sitting patiently on the corner of a crowded street with a notice tied around his neck reading

      Shavuot
the 5th day of Sivan , fifty days after Passover (Jewish world)
The Yom Tov begins at sundown of the 5th day of Sivan (息汪月, 即犹太教历3月,犹太国历9月,在公历5、6月间,共30天), exactly fifty days after Passover (犹太教的

      Constitution Day in Norway
May 17th
After being under Danish rule for some 400 years Norway had her own revolution in 1814. A very peaceful revolution consisted of calling a constitutional conventi

      Memorial Day (U.S.)
Last Monday in May
It was 1866 and the United States was recovering from the long and bloody Civil War between the North and the South. Surviving soldiers came home, some with missing

      Shavuot
the 5th night of the Jewish month of Sivan (Hebrew Calendar), usually in May or June (Jewish)
Shavuot, the Feast of the Weeks, is the Jewish holiday celebrating the harvest season in Israel. Shav