Global Holidays, Celebrations, & Awareness Days for International Teams

Welcome! Use this list to familiarize yourself with the wide variety of celebrations that take place across the year. While not an exhaustive list, the following is a compilation of global holidays, awareness days, and celebrations that your global friends, family, or colleagues might be honoring. As you educate yourself and learn more about other cultures’ holidays and celebrations that may be new to you, be sure to do so respectfully.

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St. Lucia Day

Religious Holiday (Christianity), Europe Resources: Brittanica - St. Lucia’s Day Lucia – bearer of light, hymns and Swedish treats

Hanukkah

Religious Holiday (Judaism), Global Resources: What Is Hanukkah?  

Las Posadas

Religious Holiday (Christianity), Latin America Resources: Brittanica - Las Posadas religious festival

Winter Solstice

(Global, Northern Hemisphere) Resources: What’s the winter solstice? Winter solstice traditions from around the globe

Christmas

Religious Holiday (Christianity), Global Resources: Brittanica - Christmas How To (Respectfully) Celebrate Other Holiday Traditions & Cultures  

Boxing Day

UK, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Bahamas and New Zealand Resources: Boxing Day: How People around the World Celebrate December 26

Kwanzaa

(USA) Resources: History.com - Kwanzaa What is Kwanzaa? ASU professor explains tenets of annual celebration