ABC - Senior Beginners

Where do people eat twelve grapes to celebrate the New Year? In Spain, we celebrate New Year's Eve by eating 12 grapes (the "12 grapes of good luck") at each chime of the clock when it strikes midnight.

Where do people celebrate their independence on the 4th of July? In the United States of America to celebrate the Declaration of Independence, in 1776.
Where do people eat haggis on the 25th of January?

Burns Night

January 25th marks the annual celebration of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns.

Where do people celebrate the Day of the Dead? In Mexico

Where do people celebrate "DIWALI" on the darkest night of the year?

India!!

	HOLIDAYS 2015
JAN: 1st New Year, Slovak Independence Day; 6th Epiphany (three kings); 31st Miro's birthday	FEB: 14th Valentine's Day	MARCH: 8th International women's day
APR 1st April Fools Day, 4th Good Friday, 6th Easter Sunday, 7th Easter Monday / Dyngus Day, 4th freeing of Bratislava	MAY 1st: International Worker's / Labour Day; 8th Victory Europe Day; 28th Jarmila's birthday	JUN 1st International Children's Day; 21th Summer Solstice / 24th St John's Day
JUL 5th St. Cyril and Methodius Day; 18th Jana's birthday	AUG 29th Slovak National Uprising; 7th Elena's birthday; 13th Maria's birthday; 21st Jane's namesday; 27th Marica's birthday	SEP 1st Constitution Day; 15th Sept Virgin Mary;
OCT 28th 1st Czechoslovak Republic; 30th All hallow's eve	NOV 1st All Saints Day; 7th Great October Socialist Revolution; 17th Freedom Day / Student's Day	DEC 6th St.Nicholas' day; 24th Christmas Eve; 25th Christmas Day; 26th St.Stephen's Day, 31st New Year's Eve