October
October 1 Children's Day. Singapore. Holiday for elementary school children. Traditional to receive gifts from school.
October The Potato holidays. Great Britain. Floating date in October to recall tradition of potato harvest.
October 3 National Foundation Day. South Korea. Patriotic holiday.
October 4 St. Francis of Assissi or Bless the Animals Day.
Sukkot. Jews worldwide. Harvest festival lasting nine days in September or October. It begins five days after Yom Kippur, on the day of the full moon. Involves three celebrations: The Festival of Ingathering, The Festival of the Booths or Tabernacles, and The Season of Our Rejoicing. The last day of Sukkot is called Simchat Torah, a time when reading of Jewish sacred books, The Torah, is completed and begun again.
Octoberfest. Germany.
October 6. Armed Forces Day. Egypt. Patriotic holiday.
2nd Monday Thanksgiving. Canada in October
October 10 10th of October. Cuba. Day to remember Cuba's struggles for independence and freedom.
October 12 Dia de la Raza. Latin Americans and Hispanics observe this date when Columbus is thought to have discovered North America.
October 24 Labor Day. New Zealand.
October 29 Republic Day. Turkey. Patriotic holiday.
3rd Sunday in October. Mother's Day. Argentina.
October 31 Halloween.
October Festival of Nine Nights or Navratri Ustav. India.
November
November 1 All Saints Day/All Souls Day. National Holiday in France.
Diwali. Hindu Festival. Four day long festival of lights considered to mark the beginning of winter.
November 11 Remembrance Day/Veterans Day. United States, Canada.
November 11 St. Martin's Day.
4th Thursday Thanksgiving. United States.
November 25 St. Catherine's Day. Quebec and France.
November 30. St. Andrews Day. Scots, Poles, and Russians. St. Andrew was first of Christ's apostles. Patron Saint.
December
Advent. Christians worldwide. Four weeks leading up to Christmas.
Chanukkah. Jews worldwide. Eight night festival of lights.
Ramadan. Holiest month of the year for Muslims worldwide.
Eed-ul-Fitr. Mulsims worldwide. Feast marking the end of Ramadan.
December 13. St. Lucia Day. Scandanavian countries. Marks the beginning of Christmas Season. Festival of light.
December 16-24 Las Posadas. Hispanic communities. Preparation for Christ's birthday reenacting pilgrimage of Mary and Joseph.
December 21. Winter Solstice.
December 25. Christmas. Celebrations vary enormously worldwide. See http://kidexchange.about.com/kids/kidexchange/library/weekly/aa121099a.htm?iam=dpile&terms=%2Bholidays+%2Baround+%2Bthe+%2Bworld
December 26 Boxing Day. United Kingdom. From tradition of giving servants Christmas boxes on the day after Christmas
December 26 St. Stephen's Day. Ireland.
December 26 Kwanzaa. African Americans.
December 26. Mummering. Newfoundland, Canada tradition. Visit http://kidexchange.about.com/kids/kidexchange/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.algonet.se/%7Ebernadot/christmas/16.html to learn more.
December 28 Holy Innocents Day. Catholics worldwide.