Here are some Chinese and Western festivals.

3. January 1
People watch
fireworks.

5. It begins on the first day of the first
month in the Chinese calendar and
ends on the 15th.

6. People decorate
windows and doors
with red color paper-
cuts and couplets.

8. On the fifteenth day of the first
month in the Chinese Calendar

9. Children go out at night
carrying paper lanterns
and solve riddles on the
lanterns.

11. February 14

13. People make practical
jokes.

15. It’s a movable feast which
can occur as early as March
22 or as late as April 25

16. Children hunt
colored eggs.

19. Second Sunday
in May

21. Third
Sunday
in June

23. Zongzi (Rice
Dumplings)

24. Dragon Boat Race

26. On the 15th day of the eighth month
in the Chinese calendar

27. People eat cakes
outside under the
moon.

29. October 31

31. Fourth Thursday in November
•People eat traditional
foods like turkey,
stuffing, sweet
potatoes, homemade
bread, and pumpkin

33. December 25

34. Father
Christmas
brings
gifts for
children.