Alphabet Game - FESTIVE OCCASIONS

[Bonnie Ballentine]

X = Xmas

[Sharla]

Y = Yuan Tan "an annual Chinese festival marking the Chinese New Year. It can last over three days and includes the exchange of gifts, firework displays, and dancing"

[Michele]

Z = Z-Day, it celebrates people whose last names start with "Z" and were always called last. (Thank you, Google.)

[Bonnie Ballentine]

anniversary

[Corrie Kinkel]

B = Boxing day

[Julie Magerka]

C = cake

[Corrie Kinkel]

D = Decorations, all festivities need decorations

[Sharla]

E = Eid (a celebration marking the end of the month of Ramadan for Muslims)

[Bonnie Ballentine]

F = Father's Day

[Corrie Kinkel]

G = Good Friday

[Julie Magerka]

H = Hullaballoo

[Corrie Kinkel]

I = Inauguration day,  upcoming 20 January  2025

[Julie Magerka]

J = Jubilee anniversary

[Sharla]

K = Kings college carol service, Cambridge (takes place every year)

[Corrie Kinkel]

24 minutes ago, Sharla said:

K = Kings college carol service, Cambridge (takes place every year)

And we are watching it every year because it it broadcasted by the BBC which we have here, I'm looking forward to this year's!

[Corrie Kinkel]

L = Liberation Day, on the 5th of May in the Netherlands

[Michele]

M = Music! What's a celebration without it?

[Sharla]

N = Night of Nights 

I thought this was fascinating: "The Night of Nights is celebrated annually every July 12. It commemorates when the last commercial Morse code transmission in the U.S. was sent. Many years ago messages, usually in Morse code, were transmitted by radio waves.

Through the efforts of the Maritime Radio Historical Society (M.R.H.S.), West Marin’s historic Morse code radio station KPH returns to the air for a day and transmits in Morse code from 5:01 pm to midnight. Listeners wait to hear the signals of the great station once again fill their receivers. Many will join the M.R.H.S. at the receiving station at the Point Reyes National Seashore to marvel as the signals are transmitted by hand using vintage telegraph keys."

[Corrie Kinkel]

O = Outfit

[Bonnie Ballentine]

P = Palm Sunday

[Sharla]

Q = Queue there's usually one for something

 

[Corrie Kinkel]

R = Rudolph

[Bonnie Ballentine]

S = Santa Claus

[Sharla]

T = Traditions

[Ann Seeber]

U = ululate - how women call out to express community joy or grief in Africa