Annual Holidays have always been part of our lives. Holiday in its definition means a day or days in commemoration of an event or historical persons or figure. Another meaning of Holiday is the general suspension from work. Different countries celebrate different holidays in accordance to their history, religion, and renowned people like leaders and saints.

Most countries in some continents like The United States, Canada and Mexico in North America, including countries in South America, Europe and other countries from Asia, people celebrate Valentine's Day, every during the 14th of February. Valentine's Day honors a martyred saint named Valentine, who, according to early church chronicles, was persecuted and martyred after being found out to have helped Christian couples get married. During St. Valentine's time, helping Christians was against the pagan Roman Laws as ordered by Caesar Claudius Gothicus.

Valentine's Day is a holiday where individuals really express their feelings of love and passion to their significant other. People, mostly men, often buy flowers, particularly roses, and chocolates and give these items to the women they love. The symbols of Valentine's Day are hearts and cupid.

In countries where there is a large Irish heritage like America and Australia, they also celebrate St. Patrick's Day, which is a patron saint of Ireland. This is because of the two countries' high population of Irish descents that originated in the late 19th and early 20th century when people from Ireland started to migrate to America and Australia looking for a new life and new opportunities.

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated every 17th of March and celebrations usually involves feasting on traditional Irish food and drinking. This holiday is symbolized by the color green and the three-leaf clover or shamrock.

Also in the United States, Americans celebrate Holidays which are exclusive to the country. Among these Holidays are Independence Day which comes every July 4, and Thanksgiving Day which is celebrated during the 4th Thursday of November. These two Holidays commemorate America's declaration of Independence from British rule and the giving thanks for the autumn festival and the feast that occurred between the Pilgrims carried by the Mayflower and the Native Americans in spite of the many differences of the two cultures.

In Christian countries around the world, people celebrate Christmas. Christmas of course, is the celebration of the Birth of Jesus Christ and the salvation He brought forth in this world. The preparation for Christmas is probably the busiest holiday for most people and industries. This is because a lot of people spend the most for presents.

Christmas is the season of giving and merriment for a lot of people. There are also lots of symbols that represent Christmas such as the red, green, and white colors, Santa Clause, Christmas Trees, snow, and of course, Nativity Scenes and Baby Jesus.

And for most countries, if not all countries, around the world, people of all nationalities celebrate New Year's Day every January 1st when their clocks strike 12:00 AM. People do all sorts of celebration upon the arrival of the New Year and the most common of these are feasting, lighting of fireworks.

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