What are some holidays in 3 or 4 countries in Europe?Do they have the same holidays as the U.S?
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Name Day - Bulgaria, Day of the ill - Germany, Good Friday - Britain, They do not have all the same hoidays as USA. The main common holidays that these countries and USA have are easter, New Year, Christmas, National holiday.
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Almost all of the customs here in the US (other than Native American) come from somewhere else. Most of our major holidays are based on traditions from other countries; we have st. patrick's day, valentines day, christmas, easter, cinco de mayo, and many others that were all brought here from elsewhere. We are a malting pot, and all the settlers brought their customs and traditions with them. Different parts of the country may place emphasis on different cultural traditions depending on the general base of their population or the population that settled that area.
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US:     298,444,215 (estimate, July 2006)\nEU:     456,953,258 (estimate, July 2006)\nEurope: 525,009,790 (estimate, July 2006)\n\nNote that the EU is not quite the same as Europe, hence the different figure.  You need to add in the non-EU states and dependencies, which are: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Channel Islands, Croatia, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Iceland, Isle of Man, Lichtenstein, Macedonia, Monaco, Norway, Romania, San Marino, Serbia & Montenegro, Switzerland and Vatican City.\n\nArguably, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine and parts of Turkey are geographically European as well, but they're not politically at the moment so I haven't included them.
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There are. Its just not a federal holiday. Most business consider it a holiday or a personal holiday.
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In US, It's obviously the Super Bowl. In Europe, It's the world cup
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thanksgiving day in canada is called columbus day in the usa.  boxing day is always dec26
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2006 Federal Holidays"\n\nMonday, January 2* New Year's Day. The main calendar of western civilization turns from one year to a next and federal employees get a day off\n\nMonday, January 16 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. This day is celebrated some time near the ACTUAL day of MLKs birthday, but federal employees prefer three day weekends.\n\nMonday, February 20** Washington's Birthday. Again, this is not the actual birthday of our first president, but federal employees get a three day weekend\n\nMonday, May 29 Memorial Day. This is a three day weekend to remember dead people and for federal employees to get a day off\n\nTuesday, July 4 Independence Day. This day is known as the fourth of July, and so it is actually celebrated on the day of the 4th, and not the nearest Monday. It's a uniquely American fire holiday celebrating the United State's declaration of independence from the British Empire, and federal employees get a day off.\n\nMonday, September 4 Labor Day. Not to be confused with International Labor Day on May first, the anniversary of a huge labour riot in Chicago. The American Day is based on an arbitrary date, and federal employees get a three day weekend\n\nMonday, October 9 Columbus Day. A day celebrating Columbus discovering America and openning it up for European conquest, and federal emploees get a three day weekend\n\nFriday, November 10*** Veterans Day. Remember those who fought for America, and get a three day weekend\n\nThursday, November 23 Thanksgiving Day. This one often gets a 4 day weekend. This celebrates a time when Native Americans saved the early colonists from starving. If they had it to do over again, I wonder ...\n\nMonday, December 25 Christmas Day. This is the day which the ancient Pagans celebrated as the Winter Solstice when they celebrated the God of light. Early Christians then used the day to celebrate their God of Light,one of only two birthdays celebrated in Christendom, with John the Baptist on the old day of the Summer Solstice. All other saint days are death-days. This Pagan holiday is celebrated with the decorating of an evergreen tree and the exchanging of gifts for the children. (historically, it was celebrated with orgies by the adults, so the things you hear about happenning at Christmas parties have historical presedence)
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Summer Holiday!!!\n(great wether, going to the beach, enjoying a cup of coffee or whatever it is you like on a terrace in town, and most of all, the feeling it gives me of being alive!!)\n\nP.s. I just read the other answers, and realize I have to explain that over here there are more periods we call : "Holiday".\nWe actually have a Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring Holiday, (the Netherlands, which must be why my reply is diffrent than that to the others)\n\nSo if I had to pick one of your holidays, it def. would be the 4th of July. (high Summer, Tour de France on TV every day over here, absolutely a fab. time for me)
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I am not sure whether you want to know about a french vacation or french public holidays, \nIll provide you links for both , \nI hope it helps you \n\n\nFrench public and school holidays 2006:\n\nhttp://www.french-property.com/reference/french_public_holidays.htm\n\n\n\nFrench vacations:\n\nOfficial website of the French Government Tourist Office\nhttp://us.franceguide.com/\n\nOther sites:\n\nhttp://www.allezfrance.com/\nhttp://www.visitfrance.co.uk/\nhttp://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/\nhttp://www.francedirect.net/\n\nFrench Tourist Authority for France Travel & Tourism\nhttp://www.francetourism.com/
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we had a holiday.  what holiday.
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There are 7.\nAntarctica, North America, Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa, South America
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An original American Festival is the 4th- of July! Celebrating independence with food, fireworks, song and dance. The second, but most popular summer celebration. Labor Day more or less ends the summer season…but fall and winter are Great celebrations
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Yes there is. For a list of USPS Holidays, please see the site below.
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Martin Luther King day, Presidents'Day,Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day,Thanksgiving Day, New Year's Day.
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Italy, France, England, Germany, Scandinavia, Netherlands, Spain
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It makes more sense to count up over in Europe. Counting down is just how we do it in America.
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i'de say independance day itself. jahmuri day. moi day. labour day. i guess this are the only public holidays in kenya. apart from the international holidays