Holidays in your nation

[Venetoland]

What are the major holidays in your nation? Do you celebrate any/all of these: Mother's/Father's Day, Thanksgiving (what do you eat?), Which New Years?

[Neo Prutenia]

There are many religious holidays in Neo Prutenia, celebrated by various groups of people. Every citizen has the right to take 2 days of a year, to take part in and celebrate in one of those festivities. Besides that, Eastern, Christmas and Reformation Day are national holidays, celebrated by the whole country.

Besides those 3 big ones, and several smaller, we have 5 secular national holidays, New Year, May 1th ( International Worker's Day), Republic Day , Unification Day, and the only holiday with no fixed date - Inauguration day, the anniversay of day of the inauguration of the current Großkommandant, leader of all Prut.

All in all, most Prut celebrate between 8 and 10 national holidays per year, which roughly takes about 3 weeks when put together. Children don't go to school during these holidays, and no conflict is fought in that time. These are days of peace, brotherhood and friendship, a time to contemplate the important things of life, and as such are held sacrosanct by all Prut.

[Kalasion]

January 1: New Year
January 2: South Unity Day (what is now the Kalasion coastline is owned entirely by Kalasion)
February 14: St. Valentine's Day
March 17: St. Patrick's Day

Easter is celebrated, but as always, the date isn't the same every year.
April 19: St. Tricia's Day (patron saint of Kalasion (province, not country), helped unite the Dugans and Brukes)
May 11: Ocean Day (celebrates a flood during a drought in 1833)
June 8: St. Brian's Day (patron saint of Moresby (province), modern-day missionary)

July 11: Mother's Day (due to cold weather, plants are planted later on, thus mothers are often found weeding in July)
Second Saturday of September: Barbecue Day (previously a marketing stunt, became popular enough to be official)

October 29: Kalasion Revolution Day
October 31: Halloween
November 10: Father's Day (basically, leave your father alone, football's on)
First Monday of December: Labour Day

December 25: Christmas
December 27: Dugan Day
December 29: Bruke Day
December 31: New Year's Eve
No Thanksgiving. Turkey dinners are usually on St. Brian's Day (Moresby only), St. Tricia's Day (Kalasion only) and Christmas.

[Maraque]

Holidays/rituals/festivals

Unification Day 2nd Monday in January*
A Day of Protest February 1*
Freedom Day March 21
Year's Beginning January 1
Year's End December 31
Festival of the Year January 1-2*
Unity Day April 11*
Massacre Remembrance May 19*
Month of Solitude entire month of June*
Birth of Xanthai July 27
Day of Appreciation August 1*
Giving Day September 15*
Father's Day October 12*
Mother's Day November 5*
Grandparent's Day December 3*
Winter's Day December 20
Fall's Day September 20
Summer's Day July 20
Spring's Day March 20
Founding Day March 9*
Thanksgiving May 29

*Denotes nationally recognized holiday; day off.

Thanksgiving is basically a day to sit back with friends and family (these gatherings can be quite large given that Maraquean's view everyone as their friend and family), eat a large feast prepared by the community, and give speech about what they are thankful for today, tomorrow, and beyond. The staple of the feast is usually a large piece of fish.

[Zwangzug]

We celebrate New Year's Day on January 1 (and New Year's Eve on December 31). April 4 is also a statewide holiday.

Other than that, there are no official holidays throughout the country, but there are relatively many vacation days that are supposed to be used to celebrate holidays. Depending on any given individual's religion and region, though, they probably won't all celebrate the same holidays, so there's no sense in standardizing them. Mother's and Father's Day aren't widely observed. Most (but not all) of those who do celebrate Thanksgiving do so on the fourth Thursday in November and eat anything from turkey to rolls. (On the other hand, the vast majority of those who celebrate Labor Day do so with political connotations, on May 1.)

[Mid Lothian]

Holidays in Mid Lothian:
The major religious holidays celebrated are Good Friday, Easter Monday and Christmas Day*. These are due to the majority religion being Christianity.

Other days off:
New Year's Day - January 1st*
May Day Bank Holiday - The Monday after May 1st. (Or May 1st, if that falls on a Monday.)
Spring Bank Holiday - Last Monday in May.
Summer Bank Holiday - Last Monday in August.
Foundation Day - September 8th*
St Andrew's Day - November 30th*.
Boxing Day (in honour of our heritage) - December 26th*.

These are the main holidays, in which most businesses shut down, but the individual counties can set their own holidays. There are too many to list here.

* - If any of these fall on a Saturday or Sunday, then the following Monday is the day off. (Or, if December 25th/26th are both over the weekend - like this year - then the following Monday and Tuesday are both holidays.)

[Yannia]

Public Holidays in Yannia:

March 1: Níwjársdag (New Year's Day)
March 20 or 21: Lentënagtévëning (Vernal Equinox Day)
variable: Óstër (Easter; culminates on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, starts the Wednesday before, and lasts 12 days)
May 1: Arbeydsdag (Labor Day)
variable: Muþërdag (Mother's Day; second Sunday of May)
variable: Váþërdag (Father's Day; second Sunday of June)
June 20 or 21: Zómërzonnëwendë (Summer Solstice Day)
variable: Midzómërfést (Midsummer Feast; starts the day after the first full moon after the summer solstice, lasts 12 days)
August 10: Heróvëriñsdag (Celebration of the liberation of Landval from Vassfforcian invaders in 1801)
September 22 or 23: Herfstnagtévëning (Autumnal Equinox Day)
variable: Ógstfést (Harvest Feast; starts the first Sunday after the first full moon after the autumnal equinox, lasts 8 days)
variable: Jagtfést (Hunting Feast; the day of, and the day after, the first full moon after the Harvest Feast)
variable: Kindërdag (Children's day; first Wednesday of December)
December 21 or 22: Wintërzonnëwendë (Winter Solstice Day)
variable: Yul (Yule, or Midwinter Feast; starts the day after the first full moon after the winter solstice, lasts 12 days)
variable: Vastënávond (Carnival (literally: Fasting Eve); culminates the first Tuesday after the second full moon after the winter solstice, starts on the Saturday before)
variable: Vastëndag (Fasting Day); the day after Fasting Eve)

[The Children of Mama]

As far as community holidays go, the major one among the Children is Unity Day, also called Mama's Birthday. It commemorates the end of the Psychic Wars and the day Mama appeared to us. It's a big festival where everyone dresses up, puts up decorations, and has a non-stop wild party all day.

[Mama adds: I honestly can't remember what day that was. My Children picked one that seemed reasonable, and we've run with it ever since.]

Most Children celebrate personal anniversaries as holidays with their friends, exchanging gifts and holding parties:

• Our birthday.
• The day we receive our angel.
• The day we pass our Maturity tests.

Some female Children also celebrate the day they receive their first Breeding Permit, as well as marking the birthdays of their offspring.

[Mama adds: Holidays really are for my Children's benefit, not my own.]

[Alacc]

January 23- King's Holiday

Father's days, mother's days
christmas,
January 1st, New year.

[Padullahstan]

Day of Erkan Uzanlar – 30 Jan
Day of the Martyrs – 3 Feb
Day of Glory – 27 Feb
Festival of the Moon – 14 March
Padullahstani New Year – 15 March
Festival of the Sun – 15 July
Day of Rememberance – 1 August
Day of the Republic – 5 September

[Purplachikenlandia]

christmas and independence-against-capitalism-day

[Aedyddia]

[transferred into the Gregorian Calendar, as usual for this site.] I will have to post my calendar on here some time.
Anyways,

Aedyddia Day: 26Jan (Legendary; ~BCE1440, Unification of various northeast Aedyddian tribes to form the Cwyambr Empire, which was the first unified Aedyddian state)
Ducal Day: 2Jul (661, Founding of the Grand Duchy)
Aedyddian New Year: 13Aug (BCE2083)
Thanksgiving: 2nd Monday of October (no specific date; people gather at huge (largest recorded: ca. 6.7 million, Northwest Aellanthu Gathering of 2006) banquets and give thanks for their past year)
Revolution Day: 28Dec (1922, Day of the Communist Revolution)
Walrus Day: 28Dec (Legendary; ~BCE55000, Last known appearance of the Divine Walrus in the mortal world)

Plus minor holidays, and also nonserious holidays such as Surprise French Kiss a Random Stranger Day (16May) and Silent Day (5Mar).

[Grays Harbor]

Major Holidays of Grays Harbor:

New Years Day - January 1
St. Brigid's Day - February 1
Unification Day - February 23
St. David's Day - March 1
Easter - (varies according to liturgical calender)
Armed Forces Day - May 15th
St. Kolbjorn's Day - June 9
St. Annes Day - July 26
Monarch's Day (Official Birthday of the reigning Monarch) - August 12th
Memorial Day - September 1
Harvest Festival - (Determined by date of autumnal equinox)
All Saints Eve - October 31
All Saints Day - November 1
St. Nicholas's Day - December 6
Christmas Eve - December 24
Christmas Day - December 25
New Years Eve - December 31

[Cameroi]

the four primal points of the year (winter and summer solstices and vernal and autumnal equinoxes) are official holidays on which work is suspended.

there is also the week of intercallary days which encompasses the day on which is reconciled the fact that a planets orbit of its sun rarely if ever equals an exact number of rotations on its axis. as with midwinter's eve (winter solstice), these are a time of feasting, generosity, festive decorating and all that sort of thing.

there is also the first day of each month which is set aside for political consultations and religious observances.

individual beliefs each have their own holy days, but the official state days are those named above.

[Sebally-Orwitskia]

In our nation, we have a three month celebration called "Es mason Tanika". It celebrates each and every tribe or people that joined us and together founded the nation of Sebally-Orwistkia. While we celebrate the more international celebrations the two month celebration is a non stop flow of food, water, and drink.

March:
Celebrates the following tribes: Ra Ekra, Mustaner, Leimanio, Rikbelaakreen, Sharoin, Ya, Magikan, Tolle, Ray, Es Mejer, Preganeur, Kuffia, Kaspra, Amselth, Laison, Drima, Gurano, Yainj, Flotillia, Genremerske, Draknionia, Bullakoren, Ma Notsro, Sangria, Osberonki, Neior, Sei-Nintri, Xifanio, Jea Lim, Brosko, Furgano.

April:
Celebrates The Following Tribes: Umenyo, Naibasa, Gollum, Akrashki, Tarakanyo, Ustmajen, Killia, Lopres, Parakanti, Glumio, Erashika, Flotero, Emsallie, Sobruskanye, Solibersion, L"Sefya. Nyiper, Artes, Mintes, Rutes, Klantes, Yagalantri, Osewra, Korikitia, Illemi, Akbakush, Tsa, Hanniranto, Rewu, Qlosire.

May:
Celebrates the Following Tribes: Qlasiro, Qlesbaron, Dimiao, Politrekita, Shosbekita, Bara Yong Kia, Mesmithionj, Mannasethika, Olorisko, Ugmantes, Burrolyo, Efareen, Efarlion, Vantriskita, Paano, Xoni, Zaretiko, Oolemskri, Ooirta, Duyagano, Bayacao, Weriko, Shanmaseyo, San Tollor, La Esperes, La Pis, Pollor, Dungmajen, Yunit, Areyalo, Aremea.

June 18: Birth of Seballia-Orvestikia.

December 3: Appointment of the Stars.

[Venetoland]

Religous: We celebrate all the Buddhist holidays, Plus Christmas and Catholic Easter.

Secular: Mother's Day-Feb 10
Father's Day-July 1
(Sunday closest)
Independence Day-April 1
Memorial Day-Jan 23 (closest Monday)
Thanksgiving-July 25