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.
Religious Holiday (Christianity), Mexico, USA, & Latin America Resources: Our Lady of Guadalupe: Why the patron saint of Mexico is celebrated on Dec. 12 Dia de la Virgen de Guadalupe is an important Mexican celebration
Religious Holiday (Christianity), Europe Resources: Brittanica - St. Lucia’s Day Lucia – bearer of light, hymns and Swedish treats
Religious Holiday (Judaism), Global Resources: What Is Hanukkah?
Religious Holiday (Christianity), Latin America Resources: Brittanica - Las Posadas religious festival
(International awareness day) Resources: The United Nations - International Human Solidarity Day
(Global, Northern Hemisphere) Resources: What’s the winter solstice? Winter solstice traditions from around the globe
Religious Holiday (Christianity), Global Resources: Brittanica - Christmas How To (Respectfully) Celebrate Other Holiday Traditions & Cultures
UK, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Bahamas and New Zealand Resources: Boxing Day: How People around the World Celebrate December 26
(USA) Resources: History.com - Kwanzaa What is Kwanzaa? ASU professor explains tenets of annual celebration
Resources: 50 Ways to Celebrate New Year Traditions Around the World
