Holidays and Anniversaries of the World: A Comprehensive Catalogue Containing Detailed Information on Every Month and Day of the Year ...

by Laurance Urdang and Laurence Urdang

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810315467
• ISBN13: 9780810315464
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Gale Cengage
• Length: 863 Pages

Customer Reviews

AWESOME, EDUCATIONAL and FUN!

This book is huge! It goes through every day of the year, listing holidays around the world inlcuding all religions and nationalities. It lists historical events for that day, famous birthdays, etc.I highly recommend it for anyone who needs some creative ideas on a month-to-month basis other than the standard holidays. It lists those goofie, off-the-wall celebrations: Did you know January 4 (pg.2) is "National Trivia Day?" Or that February (pg. 87-88) is also has "National Pickle Week" (I always thought it was in May!) or "Kraut and Frankfurter Week" or is "National Potato Lover's Month?" And although August (pg. 584) doesn't have any national holidays it does have "National Clown Week" and ironically "National Beauty Queen Week." LOL Who thinks of this stuff anyway? I bought this as a reference book for ideas for my website. But, teachers, social event supervisors, etc. might find it a great resource for projects also.