HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS

Celebrate! Holidays in the USA
This site covers our national, religious, and ethnic celebrations and more

Multi Cultural Calendar
This keyword-searchable site contains entries which may provide recipes for holiday foods, historical background, significance of the holidays and the special ways in which these days are observed.

Celebration of the Chinese New Year
This site from the Chinese Cultural Center in San Francisco explains the traditional Chinese and American Chinese new year celebrations.

Christmas Around the World in More Than 200 Countries
Read articles about how Christmas is celebrated around the world, from Albania to Zambia.

Santa's Net Christmas Traditions
Learn how to say "Merry Christmas" in many languages, or read about Christmas traditions in other countries.

Hanukah: Origins
Discover the origins of the holiday, then continue to read about its religious meaning, laws and customs and more.

Hanukkah: Festival of Lights
History, games, lights, and songs about the holiday.

Kwanzaa: African American Celebration
What is Kwanzaa? Learn here!

Ramadan on the Net
Learn about the Ramadan holiday here.

The First Thanksgiving
This site from Plimoth explains the facts surrounding this holiday, including what the first Thanksgiving feast foods were (includes recipes) and who actually attended the first feast in 1621.

The Pilgrim's 1621 Thanksgiving
This page presents a transcript of the first Thanksgiving's activities, including what foods they actually ate and what is eaten today that wasn't eaten at the feast in 1621. Discover when Thanksgiving was proclaimed a holiday.