General and Miscellaneous Holidays 

• Chinese New Year
• Cinco de Mayo: 7 Must-Know Facts
• Diwali
• Earth Calendar
• History of Cinco de Mayo
• History.com: Thanksgiving
• Holidays on the Net
• How Cinco De Mayo Works
• How We Celebrate (Jewish)
• Jewish Holidays
• NOLA.com: Mardi Gras
• Origins of Labor Day
• USA.gov: Calendars, Important Dates, and Time
• Yahoo! Holidays

 Christmas, Advent, Winter Holidays 

• A Christmas Carol (ebook)
• Beliefnet - Advent Calendar
• Chanukah 2010
• Christmas.com
• Christmas Around the World
• Christmas on the Net
• Christmas 'Round the World
• Christmas Tree History
• Feast of Epiphany
• Festivals of Light
• Garritan Community Christmas 2010
• Garritan Community Christmas 2011
• History of the Advent Calendar
• InfoPlease: Hanukkah
• NORAD Tracks Santa
• Official Kwanzaa Website
• Online Menorah
• Santa's Net: Christmas Traditions Around the World
• Urban Legends: Christmas

 Easter and Lent 

• Ashes to Easter
• Catholic.org: Easter: Raised With Christ
• Catholic.org: Holy Week
• Catholic.org: Lent: Getting Ready for Lent
• CNN.com: Easter Around the World
• The Days of Holy Week
• Easter in Cyberspace
• EasterBunny's Net: Easter Around the World
• History.com: History of Easter
• History.com: History of Mardi Gras
• Holidays on the Net: Hoppy Easter
• How Stuff Works: How Easter Works
• How to Make Ukrainian Easter Eggs (Pysanky)
• Yahoo: Easter Around the World

 Halloween 

• All Saints and All Souls
• Día De Los Muertos
• Flickr: Halloween at SCC
• Halloween
• History.com: Halloween
• Mexico's Day of the Dead

 Memorial Day 

• History.com: Memorial Day 
• MD at Davis Virtual Market
• Memorial Day History and Information
• Memorial Day Resource Guide
• National Memorial Day Concert 
• Veterans Affairs: Memorial Day
• Vietnam Veteran's Memorial

 Veterans Day 

• BBC News: In Pictures: Armistice Day Around the World (photos)
• BBC News: Who, What, Why: Which countries wear poppies?
• Boston Globe: Armistice Day Remembrances (photos)
• History.com: Veterans Day
• Life: 50 Photos That Brought the War Home
• Making Light: The Great War, Ninety Years On
• Military.com: Veterans Day
• MSNBC: America Honors Its Veterans (photos)
• MSNBC: Those Who Fought for Us (photos)
• VA: Veteran's Day
• Wall Street Journal: Veterans Honored and Remembered (photos)
• Wikipedia: Armistice Day
• Wikipedia: Remembrance Day
• Wikipedia: Veterans Day

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