Basic Information
This Category covers various types of holidays. These could be religious festivals, national observances, or generally holy days. They could be widely observed, or local customs, tied to a specific religious group or purely secular; or sometimes all of the above. Some holidays may be observed in different fashions in different location.
[note: I put down most of the "shopping holidays" I could think of that are big in the U.S. and most of the Federal holidays; It's pretty long and doesn't even touch non-American holidays; we'll probably need to divide it into sub-categories —quark]
- New Years Day
- St Valentines Day
- St Patricks Day
- Ash Wednesday
- Lent
- April Fools Day
- Good Friday
- Easter
- Walpurgisnacht
- Memorial Day
- Summer Solstice
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Columbus Day
- Halloween - also discussing the Ancestor Festivals and Days of the Dead of other cultures.
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving
- St Nicholas Day
- Christmas
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Game and Story Use
- Holidays and festivals can be used as background for an adventure
- Themes and customs connected to a specific holiday could become plot relevant
- The cultural traditions surrounding an existing holiday can be adapted for an original holiday in an alien or fantasy setting.