International Holidays to Celebrate in Preschool
January Holidays
- Genjitsu (Japanese New Year’s Day)
February Holidays
- Gung Hay Fat Choy (Chinese New Year)
- Vietnamese New Year
March Holidays
- Hina Matsuri (Girl’s Day in Japan)
- Purim (Jewish)
- Now Ruz (Persian New Year)
- Independence Day (Greece)
April Holidays
- Passover (Jewish)
- Children Day (Turkey)
- Pan-American Day (Southwest U.S., Central & South America)
May Holidays
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- May Day (U.S., Canada, Europe)
- Lei Day (Hawaii)
- Cinco De Mayo (Mexico)
- Tango-No-Sellu (Boys’ Day in Japan)
- Victoria Day (Canada)
June Holidays
- Dragon Boat Festival (China)
July Holidays
- Dominion Day (Canada)
- Bastille Day (France)
- Egyptian National Day
- Ethiopian National Day
- Spain’s National Day
August Holidays
- Whai Oh! (Jamaica’ Independence Day)
September Holidays
- Independence Day (Mexico & Central America)
- Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)
- Oktoberfest (Germany)
October Holidays
- Sukkot (Jewish)
- Thanksgiving (Canada)
November Holidays
- El Dia de Los Muertos (Mexico)
December Holidays
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- Hanukkah (Jewish)
- Las Posadas (Mexico & Spain)
- Kenya’s National Holiday (Africa)
- Kwanzaa (African-American)




