30 October 2009

Holidays

It occurred to me that the holidays observed in Belgium would surely be different than those in the States and I was right, but surprised at the same time.

New Year's Day
Easter
Labor Day
National (BE) / Independence Day (US)
Armistice (BE) / Memorial Day (US)
Christmas

are celebrated in BOTH countries, but that's pretty much where the similarity ends.

In addition to those noted above, the U.S. observes the following Federal holidays:

Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Washington's Birthday
Columbus Day
Veteran's Day
Thanksgiving Day

And in Belgium, in addition to those noted above, these are the National holidays:

Easter Monday
Whit Sunday (Pentecost)
Whit Monday
Ascension of Jesus
Ascension of Mary
All Saint's Day

Notice anything in particular? Just thought that was interesting.

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