To non-Americans - do you have a national holiday?

WildBillR
WildBillR Posts: 77 Member
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Was discussing with my daughter about tomorrow being the Fourth of July, Independence Day here in the USA, and we figured that our British friends wouldn't be having the holiday with fireworks like we do. So, we wondered, what is the national holiday in other countries?
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  • tristan299
    tristan299 Posts: 2,537 Member
    Get over it it was over 300 years ago but I suppose it was the only war you have won. lol. Only kidding have a great day and Happy 4th of June, sorry July. :wink:
  • Lilly_the_Hillbilly
    Lilly_the_Hillbilly Posts: 914 Member
    They have Australia Day and I'm not sure about fireworks but it's a day of BBQing and drinking and partying on the beach.
  • phil6707
    phil6707 Posts: 541 Member
    14 of July :)
  • MeganAnne89
    MeganAnne89 Posts: 271 Member
    I'm Canadian and we just had it on Tuesday - July 1 is Canada Day.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I'm Canadian and we just had it on Tuesday - July 1 is Canada Day.

    And they give out free slices of cake at the mall because it's "Canada's birthday".
  • Galatea_Stone
    Galatea_Stone Posts: 2,037 Member
    Pretty sure most countries have a day.

    A good lesson for your daughter, and you, would be to google and find the names of all the national holidays for all the countries.
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    I'm not with him. I swear.
  • littlebutlean
    littlebutlean Posts: 2,159 Member
    I'm Canadian and we just had it on Tuesday - July 1 is Canada Day.

    So sad that you even have to post this.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    England doesn't need a day, they're the reason so many other countries have one.
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    England doesn't need a day, they're the reason so many other countries have one.

    I think June 15 would be fitting. That was a gift to English law and the law of many other countries.
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    Bastille Day is coming up in France!
  • jnichel
    jnichel Posts: 4,553 Member
    Bastille Day is coming up in France!

    Let them eat cake.
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    Bastille Day is coming up in France!

    Let them eat cake.

    Apres moi, le deluge
  • Galatea_Stone
    Galatea_Stone Posts: 2,037 Member
    Bastille Day is coming up in France!

    Let them eat cake.

    Vive la Revelution!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,227 Member
    Ah, Australia Day. A stinking hot summers day where you get drunk, eat lamb of the barbie, stick Australian flag temporary tattoos to your face which will take 3 days to fade and end up sunburnt as a *****.
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    Last year, one of my best friends, who was in French class with my in high school, sent me an e-card that said, "Happy Bastille Day to someone else who is pretentious enough to know what Bastille Day is. " lol, I loved it.
  • Rainydaygirl1
    Rainydaygirl1 Posts: 117 Member
    We have ours on july first in canada
  • rbiss
    rbiss Posts: 422 Member
    Guy Fawkes Day I expect for the Brits, although they are all a bit different.
  • SkimFlatWhite68
    SkimFlatWhite68 Posts: 1,254 Member
    Ah, Australia Day. A stinking hot summers day where you get drunk, eat lamb of the barbie, stick Australian flag temporary tattoos to your face which will take 3 days to fade and end up sunburnt as a *****.

    Love Australia day (26 January), this year I was on the news proudly wearing my Australia Day t-shirt and flashing bunny Flag ears. hehe.. And yes we were at the concert at the park on the beach, plenty of wine and nibbles, sunscreen and 9pm fireworks. Always a good day!
  • littlefoot612
    littlefoot612 Posts: 156 Member
    Guy Fawkes Day I expect for the Brits, although they are all a bit different.

    It's a day they celebrate an historical event but it's not a public holiday, more like Halloween or Valentine's Day.
  • JazmineYoli
    JazmineYoli Posts: 547 Member
    England doesn't need a day, they're the reason so many other countries have one.

    That's pretty much what I was going to say. :laugh:
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    Canada Day

    and im half Danish so i can tell you Denmark has Grundlovsdag (constitution day) which I have always celebrated with my dane people
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    Canada Day

    and im half Danish so i can tell you Denmark has Grundlovsdag (constitution day) which I have always celebrated with my dane people

    Mmmmmmm. Danish!

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  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    Canada Day

    and im half Danish so i can tell you Denmark has Grundlovsdag (constitution day) which I have always celebrated with my dane people

    Mmmmmmm. Danish!

    danish_pastry_3_zpsa73b6b86.gif

    you mean wienerbrod
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    Canada Day

    and im half Danish so i can tell you Denmark has Grundlovsdag (constitution day) which I have always celebrated with my dane people

    Mmmmmmm. Danish!

    danish_pastry_3_zpsa73b6b86.gif

    you mean wienerbrod

    Wiener Bread?

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  • Gawanne
    Gawanne Posts: 105 Member
    Does 23rd April, St George's day in England count? Don't think it's a national holiday there, but it is for me, I always buy my single rose on that day.
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    Yep, Australia Day is pretty much the biggest party of the year.

    They also have the hottest 100 songs voted for by people on the national radio station. So crank that up, get some drinks and dance the day/night away is how we typically do it.

    And then somehow go to work the next day.

    I may or may not have been asked by the cops to put some more clothes on as I was walking home in my Australia Flag undies last year. :blushing:
  • Sbrn_
    Sbrn_ Posts: 351 Member
    Here in Ireland we have St. Patrick's day - but you probably already knew that, lol. We also have Easter Sunday as well to an extent (in commemoration of the rising). Things get SUPER patriotic on both those days. Of course there's the obligatory bountiful amounts of alcohol on St. Patrick's. Easter is a lot more solemn.
  • electriq
    electriq Posts: 359 Member
    In New Zealand its Waitangi Day on the 6th February.

    There is a list of them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day#N
  • tristan299
    tristan299 Posts: 2,537 Member
    England doesn't need a day, they're the reason so many other countries have one.

    Whats St Georges day then? We Don't celebrate it like we should. And then people whine that we are losing our identity, Fecking idiots. We celebrate St Paddy's day cause we are that fecking dumb.

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