List Of Winter Festivals

Celtic

• Samhain November 1 - first day of winter
• Imbolc February 1 - first day of spring

Chinese

• Dong zhi - Winter solstice
• Signature of the Constitution of the Republic of China (Taiwan) - December 25 - a secular national holiday, which due to its date is celebrated in some respects like Christmas
• Chinese New Year (late January - early February) - actually a spring festival

Christian

• Advent - four weeks prior to Christmas - preparing for the birth of Christ.
• Saint Nicholas' Day - December 6
• Christmas Eve - December 24
• Christmas - December 25 - the birth of Christ.
• Saint Stephen's Day - December 26
• Saint John the Evangelist's Day - December 27
• Holy Innocents' Day - December 28
• Saint Sylvester's Day - December 31
• Feast of the Circumcision - January 1
• Feast of Fools - January 1
• Twelfth Night - Epiphany Eve January 5
• Epiphany (feast) - January 6 - the arrival of the Three Magi.
• Orthodox Christmas - January 6
• Candlemas - February 2

Germanic

• Modranect, or Mothers' Night, the Saxon winter solstice festival.
• Yule the Celtic winter soltice festival

Jewish

• Hanukkah - December (variable) - eight day festival commemorating the miracle of the candles after the destruction of the Temple

Neopagan

• Yule (Winter Solstice) - rebirth of the Sun
• Imbolc (February 1 or 2) - festival of candles

Persian

• Yalda (Winter Solstice) - Birth of Sun God Mehr

Roman

• Saturnalia, the Roman winter soltice festival
• Hedgehog Day, the archaic European version of Groundhog Day, dating back to Roman times - February 2
• Lupercalia, the Roman end-of-winter festival - February 15

Secular

• Zamenhof Day - December 15 - Birthday of Ludwig Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto; holiday reunion for Esperantists
• Festivus - December 23
• HumanLight -December 23
• Chrismukkah
• Winterval - secular name for Christmas coined by Birmingham City Council
• Boxing Day - December 26 - gift-giving day after Christmas.
• Kwanzaa - December 26-January 1 - festival of African-American culture
• Hogmanay - December 31 (Scotland)
• New Year's Day - January 1

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