Category Archives: International Holidays

A very good tradition for many countries has become the annual celebration of World Kindness Day on November 13, the date for which was the opening day in 1998 in Tokyo of the 1st conference of the World Kindness Movement. This event was attended by representatives from Australia, Canada, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Great Britain, and…

Halloween (All Hallows Evening or Beggars Night) - the night before All Saints' Day. They say Halloween is at least two thousand years old. This controversial holiday has its origins in Celtic culture. The Celts had clearly marked the "beginning of the seasons." There were four of them. Samhain marked the arrival of winter and…

International Animation Daн, which is celebrated annually on October 28, was initiated by the French branch of the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) in 2002 to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the public presentation of the first animation technology. On this significant day - October 28, 1892 - in Paris, the artist and inventor Emile…

Every year on the third Saturday in October, the United States celebrates Sweets Day. This tradition began in Cleveland in 1921, when Herbert Birch Kingston, a philanthropist and confectionery worker, decided to help disadvantaged orphans, the poor, and all those in hard times. Kingston gathered a small group of residents of the city, and with…