Holidays Around the World

a day of festivity or recreation when no work is done

• tradition

• calendar

• holiday

• fast

to acknowledge (a significant or happy day or event) with a social gathering or enjoyable activity

• world

• celebrate

• holiday

• tradition

the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features

• sunset

• pray

• season

• world

each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours

• season

• world

• festival

• calendar

customs or beliefs that are passed down from generation to generation

• generation

• celebrate

• tradition

• season

all of the people born and living at about the same time

• pray

• tradition

• world

• generation

a chart or series of pages showing the days, weeks, and months of a particular year

• sunset

• calendar

• season

• faith

address a solemn request or expression of thanks to a deity or other object of worship

• Christian

• Jew

• pray

• festival

abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink, especially as a religious observance

• fast

• pray

• celebrate

• parade

the time in the evening when the sun disappears or daylight fades

• tradition

• holiday

• sunset

• decorate