We have Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa. What else? Is that all of them? Thanks.
2006-12-11 10:56:15 · 2 answers · asked by Steven Keith 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
There's also Yule/Saturnalia/Festivus/Solstice, which are all pagan festivals celebrating light and the continuance of life out of the darkness.
2006-12-11 11:00:35 · answer #1 · answered by KC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jewish and Muslim festivals follow a lunar calendar so vary in date. Hanukkah (or however you prefer to spell it) can occur just about any time in December - it coincides with Christmas about one year in three or four; last time was 2005, next time will be 2008.
The Muslim festival Eid-ul-Adha this year coincides with New Year, and in 2007 will occur just before Christmas (it gets 10 days earlier by the normal calendar every year). Because the Muslim calendar is strictly lunar, all the festivals can occur at any time of the year, so occasionally some of them will coincide with Christmas.
2006-12-11 11:33:12 · answer #2 · answered by Caslon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋