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White Day is celebrated annually on March 14, one month after Valentine's Day, when people give reciprocal gifts to those who gave them gifts on Valentine's Day. It began in Japan in 1978; its observance has spread to several other East Asian nations like China, Taiwan, South Korea and countries worldwide.
The first recorded St Patrick's Day celebration in America was in St. Augustine, Florida, in the year 1600 according to Michael Franicis's 2017 research. [5] Franicis discovered the first St. Patrick Day Parade was also in St. Augustine in 1601. [6] Both were organized by the Spanish Colony's Catholic Irish vicar Ricardo Artur (Richard Arthur).
Celebrations usually revolve around barbecues and beer. Although many of these holidays lack any official status, they are generally observed by the drinking culture for the fact that these holidays revolve around drinking. [36] One measurement of the popularity of these holidays is the amount of alcohol purchased for the occasion. [36]
Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick ( Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, lit. 'the Day of the Festival of Patrick'), is a religious and cultural holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick ( c. 385 – c. 461 ), the foremost patron saint of Ireland . Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day ...
World Hearing Day. National Anthem Day. Missouri Compromise. National Mulled Wine Day. March 4. National Grammar Day. National Hug a G.I. Day. World Obesity Day. National Pound Cake Day.
Steak and Blowjob Day (sometimes Steak & BJ Day or Steak and Knobber Day) [1] is a satirical unofficial holiday [2] [3] [4] created in the United States as a male response to Valentine's Day and celebrated a month later, on March 14. [5] On the day, women are purportedly supposed to cook a filet steak for and perform fellatio on a man in ...
Indigenous Peoples' Day[ a] is a holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Indigenous American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. [ 1] It is celebrated across the United States on the second Monday in October, and is an official city and state holiday in various localities.
Confederate Memorial Day (called Confederate Heroes Day in Texas and Florida, and Confederate Decoration Day in Tennessee) is a holiday observed in several Southern U.S. states on various dates since the end of the American Civil War. The holiday was originally publicly presented as a day to remember the estimated 258,000 Confederate soldiers ...