Gilmore Girls - The Gazebo [Off Topic] #25 - Page 12

**Lindsay** · 06-29-2019, 05:20 PM

That makes sense though. Y’all would have no reason to celebrate America’s birthday.

atwoodsmariano · 06-29-2019, 05:26 PM

yeah there are some holidays that are mostly celebrated in the US and Canada

Happy early Canada Day to any Canadians here btw.

I know it’s coming up on July 1st.

**olicity4eva** · 06-29-2019, 06:40 PM

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yeah there are some holidays that are mostly celebrated in the US and Canada

Happy early Canada Day to any Canadians here btw.

I know it’s coming up on July 1st.

Yeah I mean we have similar but different time of year I,e labour day is in April here and called Anzac Day.

**Anja** · 06-30-2019, 07:33 AM

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That makes sense though. Y’all would have no reason to celebrate America’s birthday.

Haha no, that wouldn't make sense..
We do have other holidays though, like our King's Birthday on April 27, the day WWII ended here on May 5th.

**Talula78** · 07-01-2019, 12:40 AM

I think that’s so cool how Halloween is being introduced abroad. I get why the other American holidays aren’t celebrated. It’s so funny how much of our national holidays y’all are simply aware of because TV shows and film. I’m fascinated by other countries and the holidays y’all celebrate. What are the big ones besides general ones like Christmas?

**olicity4eva** · 07-01-2019, 01:48 AM

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I think that’s so cool how Halloween is being introduced abroad. I get why the other American holidays aren’t celebrated. It’s so funny how much of our national holidays y’all are simply aware of because TV shows and film. I’m fascinated by other countries and the holidays y’all celebrate. What are the big ones besides general ones like Christmas?

I don’t think their is anything in between here but I’m not sure

Alwayshappy · 07-01-2019, 04:44 AM

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I think that’s so cool how Halloween is being introduced abroad. I get why the other American holidays aren’t celebrated. It’s so funny how much of our national holidays y’all are simply aware of because TV shows and film. I’m fascinated by other countries and the holidays y’all celebrate. What are the big ones besides general ones like Christmas?

''Sinterklaas'' is a pretty big one here in the Netherlands. It's on 5 December. Kids usually put their shoes outside with a carrot in it (or a gift to ''Sinterklaas'') and parents then reward it with candy, chocolate, and sometimes even bigger gifts. Many families organise family nights on 5 december.....every member has to make/buy a gift for someone else in their family (some do it with friends too) and then they exchange it on 5 December. People dress up as ''Sinterklaas'' so kids will really think it's Sinterklaas. Like Santa actually. A few weeks before 5 december (officially called ''Sinterklaasavond'' in Dutch) there's usually a big party in a random Dutch city (by Sea!) to welcome Sinterklaas to the Netherlands. He arrives by boat (from Spain - well not really Spain, but we tell kids he's from Spain) with a lot of ''zwarte pieten'' on board aswell. ''Zwarte Pieten'' are like his crew if that makes sense

**olicity4eva** · 07-01-2019, 04:45 AM

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''Sinterklaas'' is a pretty big one here in the Netherlands. It's on 5 December. Kids usually put their shoes outside with a carrot in it (or a gift to ''Sinterklaas'') and parents then reward it with candy, chocolate, and sometimes even bigger gifts. Many families organise family nights on 5 december.....every member has to make/buy a gift for someone else in their family (some do it with friends too) and then they exchange it on 5 December. People dress up as ''Sinterklaas'' so kids will really think it's Sinterklaas. Like Santa actually. A few weeks before 5 december (officially called ''Sinterklaasavond'' in Dutch) there's usually a big party in a random Dutch city (by Sea!) to welcome Sinterklaas to the Netherlands. He arrives by boat (from Spain - well not really Spain, but we tell kids he's from Spain) with a lot of ''zwarte pieten'' on board aswell. ''Zwarte Pieten'' are like his crew if that makes sense

That’s cool it’s interesting

**Anja** · 07-01-2019, 05:53 AM

It is cool! How can I forget about that one..

**Lindsay** · 07-01-2019, 10:24 AM

I think this is our version of that.

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/st-n...ay-december-6/

I remember celebrating St. Nick day before when I was young.

**Anja** · 07-01-2019, 11:25 AM

That does sound like the same holiday..
Funny how that is celebrated in the US, I thought only the Netherlands and Belgium did that. Not sure about other European countries..

atwoodsmariano · 07-01-2019, 02:44 PM

How was ATX this year btw Jen?

You never told us.

**olicity4eva** · 07-01-2019, 04:17 PM

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That does sound like the same holiday..
Funny how that is celebrated in the US, I thought only the Netherlands and Belgium did that. Not sure about other European countries..

The only holidays I know is

Anzac Day April 25
Queen's Birthday June 10th
Labour Day October 7th
and of course Christmas/NYE in December
and other holidays i.e. Australia Day Jan 26th and Easter weekend in April.

atwoodsmariano · 07-04-2019, 02:07 AM

Happy Birthday America!

**Lindsay** · 07-04-2019, 09:13 AM

It's also my nephew's 1st birthday! Hard to believe it's been a year already.

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