Holidays
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is one of several Lunar New Years in Asia. It celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese calendar.…
Seollal
Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year, is one of Korea's most important traditional holidays. It typically falls in late January or early February, marking the beginning of the lunar calendar…
Tết
Tết, short for Tết Nguyên Đán, is the Vietnamese Lunar New Year and the most significant holiday in Vietnam. It marks the arrival of spring and the start of a…
Waitangi Day
Waitangi Day, a public holiday in New Zealand, celebrates the Treaty of Waitangi, regarded as the nation's founding document.
Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival traditionally marks the end of the Chinese New Year Spring Festival period, celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month.
Tu B’Shevat
Tu B'Shevat, also known as the "New Year of the Trees," is one of the four "New Years" of the Jewish calendar. It is a time to appreciate nature and…
Valentine’s Day
Valentine's Day is celebrated annually on February 14 in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Argentina, and other countries around the world.
Presidents’ Day
Presidents' Day, celebrated annually on the third Monday in February, honors all the presidents who have served in the United States.
Dragobete
Dragobete is a Romanian holiday that celebrates the beginning of spring, plus love and romance (Romanian St. Valentine’s Day).
Burns Night
Burns Night is celebrated in Scotland to honor the life and contributions of the bard (poet) Robert Burns, born on January 25, 1759. Burns' best-known work is Auld Lang Syne.