Holidays flashcards
Lets know more about different holidays in a year in the form of flashcards for kindergarten. Download these holidays flashcards by clicking on the image and take out the print.
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Holidays celebrated in world
- Father’s Day: We celebrate this day in the honoring of fatherhood. In Catholic countries of Europe, it is celebrated on 19th March as Saint Joseph’s Day. In United States, Father’s Day was founded by Sonora Smart Dodd, and it is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.
- Mother’s Day: We celebrate this day in respect of mother in the family. We celebrate this occasion on different days in all over the parts of the world usually in the month of March or May.
- Thanksgiving: It is a national holiday in the United States, Canada, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Liberia. It was started as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the blessing of the harvest. We celebrate this day on the 2nd monday of October in Canada. In United States, this holiday occurs on 4th thursday of November.
- Christmas: It is an annual festival which we celebrate for the birth of Jesus Christ which occurs on 25th December every year. It is a public holiday in many countries.
- Easter: It is a Christian festival and cultural holiday which we celebrate on return of Jesus from the dead on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion.
- Halloween: It is celebrated in many countries on 31st October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows’ Day. We celebrate this day in the remembrance of the dead, including saints, martyrs.
- Labor Day: It is a federal holiday in the United States. People celebrate this day on the first Monday in September in honor and recognition of the American labor movement, the works and contributions of laborers to the development of the United States.
- Earth day: We celebrate this day every year on April 22 to protect the planet from things like pollution and deforestation.
Indian holidays
- Teachers’ Day: Indian people celebrate this day every year on September 5 to mark the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. He was a great teacher.
- Children’s Day: It is a memorial date every year in honor of children. This date varies in every country. It was first started in 1925 in Geneva during the World Conference on Child Welfare. 20th of November is the day to celebrate this day. In many countries, people celebrate the whole week as Children’s Week and not Children’s Day.
- Budh Purnima: We celebrate this day every year on May 5th to commemorate the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha, also known as Mahatma Buddha.
- Id-UL-Fiter: This means festival of breaking the fast. Muslims celebrate this day during the first three days of Shawwal, which is the tenth month in the Muslim (lunar) calendar.