TRADITIONS FROM AROUND THE GLOBENovember 28, 2014

TRADITIONS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE

TRADITIONS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE

November

Friday Nov 21 Dayton Peace Agreement Day - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Friday Nov 21 Dignity and Freedom Day - Ukraine

Saturday Nov 22 Teacher´s Day - Costa Rica

Saturday Nov 22 Special Working Day - Latvia

Saturday Nov 22 Albanian Alphabet Day - (Albanian community) Republic of Macedonia

Sunday Nov 23 Sunday of the Dead - Germany

Sunday Nov 23 St George's Day - Georgia

Sunday Nov 23 Labor Thanksgiving Day - Japan

Sunday Nov 23 Rudolf Maister Day - Slovenia

Monday Nov 24 National Sovereignty Day - Argentina

Monday Nov 24 Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom Day - India

Monday Nov 24 Labor Thanksgiving Day observed - Japan

Tuesday Nov 25 Statehood Day - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Thursday Nov 27 Thanksgiving Day - United States and Puerto Rico

Thursday Nov 27 Aviation Day - Venezuela

Friday Nov 28 Independence Day - Albania

Friday Nov 28 Independence from Spain - Panama

Friday Nov 28 Robert E Lee's Birthday - United States

Friday Nov 28 Presidents' Day - United States

Friday Nov 28 Lincoln's Birthday/Lincoln's Day - United States

Friday Nov 28 Black Friday - United States

Friday Nov 28 American Indian Heritage Day - United States

Saturday Nov 29 Liberation Day - Albania

Sunday Nov 30 First Sunday Advent - Austria, Germany, United States

Sunday Nov 30 Independence Day - Barbados

Sunday Nov 30 Bonifacio Day - Philippines

Sunday Nov 30 St Andrew's Day – Romania and United Kingdom

Sunday Nov 30 First Sunday of Advent, Christian – Canada and United States  (& more)        

December

Monday Dec 1 Independence Day observed - Barbados

Monday Dec 1 Day of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan

Monday Dec 1 Day off for Independence from Spain - Panama

Monday Dec 1 National holiday - Romania

Monday Dec 1 St Andrew's Day observed - United Kingdom

Monday Dec 1 Cyber Monday Observance - United States  

Tuesday Dec 2 National Day - United Arab Emirates

Wednesday Dec 3 National Day Holiday (Public Sector) - United Arab Emirates

Wednesday Dec 3 Day of Navarre - Spain

Thursday Dec 4 National Day Holiday (Public Sector) - United Arab Emirates

Friday Dec 5 National Day Holiday (Public Sector) - United Arab Emirates

Friday Dec 5 St Nicholas' Eve/Sinterklaas - Netherlands

Friday Dec 5 The King's Birthday - Thailand

Friday Dec 5 Father's Day – Thailand

Saturday Dec 6 St Nicholas' Day Observance - United States      

Sunday Dec 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Observance - United States      

Monday Dec 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception Christian – Canada and United States (& more)     

Thursday Dec 11 Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster Observance – Canada

Friday Dec 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Observance - United States

Tuesday Dec 16 Day of Reconciliation Public Holiday - South Africa               

Wednesday Dec 17 Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day) Jewish holiday – Canada and United States (& more)

Wednesday Dec 17 Pan American Aviation Day Observance – United States    

Wednesday Dec 17 Wright Brothers Day Observance – United States          

Sunday Dec 21 December Solstice Season - Canada and United States (& more)

Wednesday Dec 24 Last day of Hanukkah Jewish holiday – Canada and United States (& more)

Wednesday Dec 24 Christmas Eve Observance, Christian – Canada and United States (& more)

Thursday Dec 25 Christmas National holiday, Christian – Canada and United States (& more)

Thursday Dec 25 Quaid-e-Azam Day Public Holiday - Pakistan

Friday Dec 26 Boxing Day National holiday - MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, YT – Canada

Friday Dec 26 Kwanzaa (until Jan 1) Observance – United States  

Friday Dec 26 Day After Christmas Day State holiday KS,KY,NC,NC,NH,SC,TX,VA – United States  

Friday Dec 26 Washington's Birthday State holiday Indiana – United States     

Wednesday Dec 31 New Year's Eve State holiday LA, MI, WI – United States  

Wednesday Dec 31 New Year's Eve Observance - Canada and United States (& more)