On Sunday January 1st 2023, around 90% of the world’s population will observe International New Year’s Day. What about the other 10%? This makes it easily the most popular public holiday of the year. However there are still some countries who don’t observe January 1st. This is due to religious reasons. Israel, for instance, follows […]
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January is ushered in with New Year’s Day, which is celebrated with a public holiday for 90% of the world’s population, making it the most widely observed holiday of the year. January is notable for the lack of national days; clearly January wasn’t a good time to ask your colonial powers for your independence. Indeed […]
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Let’s take a festive look at some unusual Christmas Eve traditions around the world. On December 24th Santa loads up his sleigh with presents for boys and girls around the world. Powered by his magical reindeer he manages to hand out all those presents and be back at his home at the North Pole in […]
Continue ReadingDecember 25th – Christmas Day On December 25th each year, over 2 billion people (over a third of the world’s population) will celebrate the birth of Christ. The bible didn’t give any specific details on the exact date or year that Christ was born and many have speculated when the actual date was. By the […]
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What better way to celebrate the birth of someone who is the basis for one of the world’s greatest religions than by chopping down a tree, sticking shiny things on it and putting it in your living room for a few weeks in December? This rather strange arboreal custom emerged in the 16th century in […]
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