Strange Question I Know.

[Barsel]

I know this may sound like a strange question, but are there things that we 'celebrate' in this county that they don't celebrate in other countries for instance.
Do other countries have November the 5th with fireworks and bonfires and do the children believe in Father Christmas? Is Remembrance Sunday noted the way it is here?
Are there other things we have a special date for that other countries don't have?

[Mamyalynne]

Many Countries celebrate with Bonfires but Guy Fawkes is ours.

Father Christmas is very widespread indeed.

[sanmac]

I know that some communities in Newfoundland and Labrador have bonfire-night on November 5th. Many Commonwealth countries commemorate Remembrance Day.

[Mamyalynne]

Other Countries mark their own Remembrance days.

[sanmac]

https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/bonfire-night-a-400-year-old-tradition-in-newfoundland-and-labrador

[choux]

I suspect Oak Apple Day is one such.

[Barsel]

Not heard of that one choux.

[choux]

Here you are Barsel
https://www.google.com/search?q=oak+apple+day&;oq=oak+apple+day&;aqs=chrome..69i57j0i512l6j46i512j0i22i30l2.11099j0j7&sourceid=chrome&;ie=UTF-8

[pastafreak]

The UK doesn't have the 4th of July(Independence Day) or Thanksgiving. Also Labor day and Veterans Day. All are holidays in the US.

[choux]

Battle of Britain Day, 15th September, may be another.

[Barsel]

I was thinking about Thanksgiving in America when I believe they would have a turkey and all the trimmings, so what do they do on Christmas Day?

[pastafreak]

Same as here, but Thankgiving is far more focused on family.

[choux]

I doubt the French and Spanish celebrate Trafalgar, Day, 21st October.

[Barsel]

Pasta, in America would they have a Christmas dinner on the 25th and do presents etc like we do here?

[Barsel]

choux //I doubt the French and Spanish celebrate Trafalgar, Day, 21st October.///
Do we celebrate it?

[pastafreak]

War dead are remembered on Memorial Day at the end of May. And then there's Columbus Day in October to remember Christopher Columbus. There's a few others.

[pastafreak]

Barsel@23:59...of course. That's always been the same as in many countries that have some form of Christianity as the main religion.

[choux]

I wish we did. Whenever there is talk of a possible additional bank holiday I always hope it could be Trafalgar Day.

Cannot remember the last time I heard of Hocktide, since I left school, - a medieval festival:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hocktide

[choux]

I think our Scottish friends may think we celebrate 30th July 1966 at every given opportunity ;)

[Barsel]

choux you obviously had a better education than I did as I've never heard of these things.
I didn't know about the Peterloo massacre in Manchester until I saw a programme about it and I've lived here for most of my life!

[choux]

Certainly not the Feast of St. George, that is shared by many countries.