List Of Winter Festivals

Holidays are listed in chronological order under each heading.

CELTIC

''' - first day of winter in the Celtic calendar (and Celtic New Year's Day)

'''~ December 22 - midwinter

''' - first day of spring in the Celtic calendar

CHINESE

'''Signature of the - a secular national holiday, which due to its date is celebrated in some respects like Christmas

Chinese New Year (late January - early February) - considered the end of winter in the traditional Chinese calendar

CHRISTIAN

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Christmas Eve: December 24

''' - the birth of Christ.

''' through January 6

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'''Eastern Orthodox

FICTIONAL

''' - the most important day of the Wookiee year in the '' Star Wars '' saga

''' - quirky holiday famously invented on the show Seinfeld

''' - A holiday in the Homestar Runner universe, occurring 55 days after Halloween .

''' - New Year's Eve/Christmas in Terry Pratchett 's '' Discworld '' novels (plays on Hogmanay, Watch Night, and "hogwash")

''' - January 31 - from '' Ctrl+Alt+Del ''

Winterfair: from the Vorkosigan novels written by Lois McMcaters Bujold; a Barrayarran cultural holiday

GERMANIC

Modranect : or Mothers' Night, the Saxon winter solstice festival.

Yule : the Germanic winter solstice festival

JEWISH

''' ( Hebrew ) or various dates in December ( Gregorian ) - eight day festival commemorating the miracle of the oil after the desecration of the Temple by Antiochus IV Epiphanes and his defeat in 165 BCE.

NEOPAGAN

Yule : (Winter Solstice) - Germanic Pagan festival of the rebirth of the Sun

''' or 2 ) - festival of candles

''') - New Age festival

PERSIAN

Yalda : (Winter Solstice) - Birth of Sun God Mehr

Sadeh : waiting for arriving of the summer from 50 days before in the winter.

ROMAN

Saturnalia : the Roman winter soltice festival

Festival Of The Birth Of The Unconquered Sun : late Roman Empire

Hedgehog Day , the archaic European version of Groundhog Day, dating back to Roman times - February 2

Lupercalia , the Roman end-of-winter festival - February 15

SECULAR

Quebec City Winter Carnival - February - Annual celebration of winter.

Yulefest -June- Australian "Christmas in Winter"

Winterval - secular name for winter festivities coined by Birmingham City Council to encompass all holidays being recognized from October to January

Agnostica Celebrating the birth of quantum physics.

Zamenhof Day - December 15 - Birthday of Ludwig Zamenhof , inventor of Esperanto ; holiday reunion for Esperantists

HumanLight - December 23 - recently invented Secular Humanist midwinter holiday originated by the New Jersey Humanist Network

Chrismukkah - slang term for the amalgam of Christmas and Hanukkah celebrated by religiously mixed families and couples

Yuletide and Giftmas (or Givemas) - December 25 - classic and modern, respectively, terms for the social and federal December 25th holiday

Newtonmas (or Gravmas) - December 25 - birthday of Sir Issac Newton

Boxing Day - December 26 - gift-giving day after Christmas.

Kwanzaa - December 26 - January 1 - festival of African-American culture

Hogmanay - December 31 - Scottish New Years Eve

New Years Eve - last day of the Gregorian year

New Year's Day - January 1 - first day of the Gregorian year

Burns Night - January 25 - birthday of Robert Burns

Groundhog Day - February 2

SLAVIC

Karachun - the pagan winter solstice festival

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