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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christmas is by far the most famous holiday of the winter season, followed closely by New Year’s Eve and Day. Retailers count down the shopping days to Christmas (though they are sometimes loath to refer to it by name to avoid alienating non-Christians) once Thanksgiving is over. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christmas is by no means the only winter holiday, however. As a matter of fact, it is not even the season’s only holiday with Christian origins.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To compile a list of winter festivals and other celebrations that aren’t Christmas, 24/7 Tempo reviewed the holiday calendars of more than a dozen countries.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Among the 14 feasts, holy days, and holidays on our list, there are seven celebrations besides Christmas that are observed by Christians. Three are observed mostly in Mexico – the Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe; Las Posadas; and Día de Candelaria. Other Christian feasts are Yule, Saint Nicholas Day, Saint Lucia Day, and Mardi Gras. Many of these feasts are rooted in pagan rituals that became subsumed by Christianity. (Christianity, including Catholicism, is </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">the world’s largest religion</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Ōmisoka” is the Japanese word for </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Year’s Eve</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and is celebrated as the beginning of a new year with new possibilities. The Chinese New Year, based on the lunar calendar, usually begins in the middle of January. (</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here are 22 Chinese New Year Don’ts – unless you want a year of bad luck</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bodhi Day</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> celebrates the day that Siddhartha Gautama, Sakyamuni Buddha, achieved enlightenment. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lohri</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">named after a Hindu goddess, is a Punjabi festival celebrated at the end of the winter season in northern India.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hanukkah, commemorating a successful Jewish revolt from antiquity, is observed over eight nights and has become a significant holiday on the Jewish calendar in recent decades. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kwanzaa, the most recently created holiday on this list, reaffirms African family and social </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">values</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">and is observed in America and the Caribbean. Boxing Day, first established in Victorian times, is celebrated in England the day after Christmas. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;"><strong>Click here to see 14 winter holidays that aren’t Christmas</strong></span></p>
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14 Winter Holidays That Aren’t Christmas – Darlinez News.
