Every marketer regularly suffers from a lack of ideas for newsletters. Last year, to help, we prepared a large list of holiday informational messages for letters that will suit everyone: there are public holidays in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, as well as comic holidays that will greatly brighten up the mailing feed.
But if you think this list is exhaustive, then you are far from the truth. For those who can’t get enough of holidays, we’ve found a few more non-trivial reasons to write to your audience: you definitely won’t go unnoticed!
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Holidays for the coming week
| 29th of November | There are no public holidays today. Matthew's Day (On Matthew, winter sweats and the earth rots) Feast day of memory of the Apostle and Evangelist Matthew Honoring Saint Fulvian, Bishop of Ethiopia Honoring the Hieromartyr Philumen |
| November 30th | There are no public holidays today. Gregory of the Winter (Meeting of Siver, Pre-Winter) Feast day of memory of St. Gregory the Wonderworker Honoring the Venerable Lazarus of Constantinople Honoring the Venerable Nikon of Radonezh Feast of the Icon of the Mother of God “Unction” |
| December 1 | World AIDS Day All-Russian Hockey Day Victory Day of the Russian squadron over the Turkish squadron at Cape Sinop Plato and Roman Winter indicators (Plato and Roman fill my pocket full of money) Feast day of memory of the holy martyr Plato of Ancyra Honoring the holy martyrs Zacchaeus of Gadarene and Alpheus, Reader of Caesarea Honoring the Hieromartyr Roman Caesarea Festive Event - Synaxis of Saints of the Estonian Land |
| December 2nd | Bank Worker's Day Avdeev Day (Avdei Radetel) Feast day of memory of the holy prophet Avdiah Honoring the Venerable Hilarion of Georgia Feast of the Icon of the Mother of God “Consolation in Sorrows and Sorrows” |
| December 3 | Day of the Nuclear Icebreaker Fleet of Russia Day of the Unknown Soldier in Russia International Day of the Disabled Persons Day of the Lawyer Day of Proclus (Cursers of Evil Spirits) Honoring the hero Svyatogor Feast day of memory of the holy martyr Dasius of Dorostolsky Honoring the Venerable Gregory Decapolite Honoring the Venerable Damian of Yuriegorsk Honoring the Saint Proclus of Constantinople |
| December 4 | Informatics Day in Russia Introduction (Gates of Winter) Feast of the Entry into the Temple of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| 5th of December | Day of the beginning of the counter-offensive of Soviet troops near Moscow Day of the volunteer (volunteer) in Russia Day of the networker in Russia Prokopyev Day (Vehostav, Procopius winter) Feast day of remembrance of the holy apostles from 70 Philemon, Archippus and Apphia Honoring the holy martyr Menignus Honoring the holy martyr Procopius the Reader Honoring Holy Blessed Prince Mikhail of Tverskoy |
Chicken Festival - July 15
Photo: AiF / Alexander Firsov
The Chicken Festival takes place every summer in mid-July in the American city of Wayne, Nebraska. In honor of these birds, people dance with chickens and build cement perches for chickens, decorated by local artists. At the end of the celebration, a competition is held in which the one who eats the most chicken wings wins.
Flower Festival in Thailand
A bright, colorful, impressive event that begins on the first Friday of February and lasts three days. These days, the city of Chiang Mai turns into a Garden of Eden. The largest farms and flower gardens compete with each other to create the most unusual things from flowers. An entire house, palace or animal can be built from flowers. Flowers decorate everything and everyone. And at the end of the festival I choose the queen of flowers.
Chinese New Year or Spring Festival
This holiday is the most important holiday for the Chinese, it has been celebrated for more than two thousand years. Every year between January 12 and February 19, a magnificent show begins. During the Spring Festival, noisy folk festivals and fairs are held for several days in a row, where lion and dragon dances, round dances of “land boats”, performances on stilts, and various performances are performed. New Year's festivities end after the Lantern Festival, on the fifteenth day of the first month according to the Lunar calendar.
Significant events at the end of May 2020
May 20 - World Bee Day
At the end of May 2021, many professional holidays are celebrated: Traumatologist Day (May 20), Military Translator Day (May 21), Personnel Day (May 24), Welder Day (May 29), etc. Surely In the calendar of significant dates of the last spring month there will be those professional holidays on which you will congratulate one of your loved ones.
May 20 , 2021 (Wednesday)
- World Bee Day;
- World Metrology Day;
- World Trauma Day;
- Volga Day;
- Jeans birthday;
- remembrance of the appearance in heaven of the Cross of the Lord in Jerusalem;
- Swimsuit.
May 21 , 2021 (Thursday)
- World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development;
- International Space Day;
- Military Translator Day in Russia;
- Unemployment Protection Day in Russia;
- Day of formation of the Russian Pacific Navy;
- Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Caucasian War in Russia;
- Polar Explorer Day in Russia;
- Inventory Inventory Day (BTI Worker Day) in Russia;
- Memorial Day of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian;
- Ivan Dolgy.
May 22 , 2021 (Friday)
- International Day of Biological Diversity;
- All-Russian Swimming Pool Industry Day;
- Toothpaste tube birthday;
- Transfer of the relics of Saint and Wonderworker Nicholas from Myra in Lycia to Bari;
- Nikola Veshny.
May 23 , 2021 (Saturday)
- International Day to End Obstetric Fistula;
- World Turtle Day;
- Simon Sowing.
May 24 , 2021 (Sunday)
- Day of Slavic Literature and Culture in Russia;
- HR Day in Russia;
- European Parks Day;
- Name day of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus';
- Memorial Day of Equal-to-the-Apostles Methodius and Cyril, Slovenian teachers;
- Wet Wet.
May 25 , 2021 (Monday)
- International African Liberation Day;
- World Thyroid Day;
- International Towel Day;
- International Day of Missing Children;
- Philologist's Day in Russia;
- Seal Day in Russia;
- Epiphan's day.
May 26 , 2021 (Tuesday)
- Russian Entrepreneurship Day;
- Snow Leopard Day in Altai;
- Lukerya Komarnitsa.
May 27 , 2021 (Wednesday)
- World Multiple Sclerosis Day;
- All-Russian Day of Libraries (Librarian's Day);
- Birthday of St. Petersburg;
- Day of bold decisions;
- Sidor Bokogrey.
May 28 , 2021 (Thursday)
- Border Guard Day in Russia;
- Runet Optimizer Day (SEO Optimizer Day);
- Brunette Day in Russia;
- Mayonnaise's birthday;
- Ascension of the Lord;
- Groin Warm.
May 29 , 2021 (Friday)
- International Day of UN Peacekeepers;
- World Digestive Health Day;
- Military Motorist Day in Russia;
- Customs Service Veterans Day in Russia;
- Welder Day in Russia;
- Fedor Zhitnik.
May 30 , 2021 (Saturday)
- World Tai Chi and Qigong Day;
- International Feminism Day;
- World Asthma and Allergy Day;
- Evdokia is a whistler.
May 31 , 2021 (Sunday)
- World No Tobacco Day;
- World Inequality Day;
- International Chemist Day;
- World Blonde Day;
- Day of the Russian Bar;
- Birthday of cycling;
- Fedot Ovsyanik.
As you can see, a detailed calendar of holidays for May 2021 for every day will not let anyone get bored during self-isolation. Celebrate, have fun, cheer up everyone around you and be happy!
Take care of yourself and your loved ones!
What are we celebrating in mid-May 2020?
May 11—Ironed Laces Day
In mid-May 2021, no fewer holidays are expected than at the beginning. Take a look at the calendar and you will see many unusual ones among them. For example, the 11th is Ironed Laces Day, the 15th is Gourmet Day, and the 18th is Pink Panther Day.
May 11 , 2021 (Monday)
- Ironed Laces Day;
- Birch tree.
May 12 , 2021 (Tuesday)
- International Nurses Day;
- International Day of Environmental Education;
- Nine healers.
May 13 , 2021 (Wednesday)
- Black Sea Fleet Day in Russia;
- Day of security and escort service in Russia;
- Mid-Pentecost;
- Yakov Teply.
May 14 , 2021 (Thursday)
- Freelancer Day in Russia;
- Birthday Vaseline;
- Memorial Day of Blessed Tamara, Queen of Georgia;
- Celebration in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Unexpected Joy”;
- Eremey Zapashnik.
May 15 , 2021 (Friday)
- International Day of Families;
- International Day of Conscientious Objectors;
- International Climate Day;
- International Gourmet Day;
- Transfer of the relics of the blessed princes Boris and Gleb, in Holy Baptism of Roman and David;
- Boris and Gleb Sowers.
May 16 , 2021 (Saturday)
- International Day of Peaceful Coexistence;
- International Day of Light;
- International Day of Biographers;
- Kalmyk Tea Day in Russia;
- Mavra Seedling.
May 17 , 2021 (Sunday)
- World Telecommunication and Information Society Day;
- International Day Against Homophobia;
- World AIDS Day of Remembrance;
- Pulmonologist Day;
- Internet Birthday;
- Pelageya the Intercessor.
May 18 , 2021 (Monday)
- International Museum Day;
- Baltic Fleet Day of the Russian Navy;
- International Pink Panther Day;
- Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Deportation of the Peoples of Crimea;
- Celebration in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Inexhaustible Chalice”;
- Arina Kapustnitsa.
May 19 , 2021 (Tuesday)
- Russian stove day;
- Pioneer Day (Day of Children's Public Associations);
- Rubik's Cube Birthday;
- Job Peacock.
Well, have you noticed anything interesting for yourself in the holiday calendar for mid-May 2020? Be sure to cheer yourself and your loved ones up by celebrating, for example, the Internet’s Birthday!
Venice Carnival
Another bright and unique event in the world is, undoubtedly, the Venice Carnival. This costumed masquerade ball has been taking place for hundreds of years. Essentially, this is a theatrical show in which each participant is an actor.
Under the cover of masks, passion is born and dies, and the characters of the Italian “commedia dell’arte” take to the streets and become the protagonists of the carnival.
Holidays celebrated in Russia on December 5
In Russia, two holidays are also celebrated on December 5th.
1 – Day of the start of the counter-offensive of Soviet troops near Moscow (1941)
It was established in accordance with Law No. 32-FZ of March 13, 1995 “On the Days of Military Glory of Russia.” The counteroffensive became the second stage of the battle for the Russian capital, and began on December 5–6, 1941 on the front from Kalinin to Yelets. The Soviet troops lacked manpower and equipment. In addition, there were severe frosts and deep snow cover, but the soldiers of the left wing of the Kalinin and right wing of the Western Front at the very beginning of the counteroffensive were able to break through the enemy’s defenses south of Kalinin and in the north-west of Moscow, cutting off the railway and the Kalinin-Moscow highway, liberating many populated areas.
- On December 8, 1941, Hitler signed a directive on the transition to defense on the entire Soviet-German front. Army Group Center was given the task of holding strategically important areas at any cost.
Soviet troops liberated:
- December 9 – Rogachevo, Venev, Yelets;
- December 11 – Stalinogorsk;
- December 12 – Solnechnogorsk;
- December 13 – Efremov;
- December 15 – Klin;
- December 16 – Kalinin;
- December 20 – Volokolamsk;
- On December 25, the soldiers reached Oka;
- December 28 – Kozelsk;
- December 30 – Kaluga;
- In January 1942 - Meshchovsk, Mosalsk.
— By the beginning of January 1942, the troops of the right wing of the Western Front reached the line of the Lama and Ruza rivers. By this time, the troops of the Kalinin Front reached the Pavlikovo-Staritsa line. The troops of the center of the Western Front liberated Naro-Fominsk on December 26, Maloyaroslavets on January 2, and Borovsk on January 4. The counteroffensive developed successfully on the left wing of the Western Front and in the Bryansk Front (recreated on December 18, 1941 as part of the 3rd, 13th and 61st armies). Soviet troops of the Bryansk Front, in cooperation with the troops of the left wing of the Western Front, reached the line Belev, Mtsensk, Verkhovye.
Soviet troops defeated 38 German divisions and liberated more than 11,000 settlements.
2 – Volunteer Day
In Russia, the holiday was established according to Presidential Decree No. 572 of November 27, 2017. At the international level, it has been celebrated since 1985 at the initiative of the UN General Assembly.
The first volunteers appeared in Ancient Rus', when charity and mutual assistance arose. At the end of the 19th century, welfare organizations for the poor began to open in Russia, but the volunteer movement began to develop in Soviet times. Its participants provide free assistance in the implementation of various socially significant projects.
What volunteers do:
- help eliminate the consequences of natural disasters;
- help employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations;
- participate in searching for people;
- help disabled people;
- help organize major sporting and cultural events, etc.
The purpose of the holiday is to convey to the public the importance of helping each other.
Diwali - the festival of light and fire in India
One of the warmest and brightest celebrations in India. It is also considered one of the main holidays in Hindu culture. The Festival of Lights symbolizes the victory of good over evil. In honor of this victory, thousands of people light candles and lanterns on Diwali day, and fireworks are set off in the evening.
In 2014, Diwali will take place from October 23 to 28, so you and I still have the opportunity to attend this holiday this year.
Kamyshin watermelon festival
Residents of the city of Kamyshin hold a festival dedicated to watermelon on the last weekend of August. And you can understand them - it’s hard to resist this favorite berry! Go to Kamyshin to admire the theatrical procession; every year there is a new theme. We advise you to buy a watermelon-themed souvenir as a souvenir - this can be done at the exhibition and sale. And, of course, you shouldn’t go home without a ripe watermelon - there will be a huge selection at the festival! Also, fun competitions are held for city guests and reed residents: “Watermelon Fashion Show”, “Mom, Dad, I am a Watermelon Family”, “Flying Slices”, “Watermelon Glutton”. Can you guess how to win in each of them?
Holi - March 17-18
Photo: Commons.wikimedia.org / Steven Gerner
Holi is an annual popular Hindu festival of spring, symbolizing the beginning of a new year. Lasts two days at the end of February - beginning of March. In the Hindu calendar, the holiday usually falls on the full moon.
On the first day of the festival, closer to night, a bonfire is lit, symbolizing the burning of the demoness Holika. According to the Bhagavata Purana, Holika was the sister of King Hiranyakasipu, who forbade his subjects to worship gods and declared himself god. Everyone obeyed, except his son, a prince named Prahlada. He was not afraid of his father’s anger and continued to zealously worship the god Vishnu. Then Hiranyakasipu ordered Holika to go up to the fire along with the rebellious prince. Her task was to keep him in the fire until he died. The fact is that Holika was not afraid of fire (according to one version, she was immune to fire, according to another, she had a magic shawl that protected her from fire). But a miracle happened. By the will of God Vishnu, Prahlada came out of the fire unharmed, and the evil Holika burned.
On the second day, participants in the solemn procession in honor of the holiday shower each other with multi-colored powder and pour colored water over each other, which should bring happiness in the coming year.
On Holi, everyone gets drunk with bhang, a drink that contains hemp juice or leaves and dairy products.
Holiday December 5th in the folk calendar
According to the folk calendar, today, December 5, is Prokopyev Day, and the memory of Procopius the Reader is honored. The saint died at the beginning of the 4th century for abandoning the Christian faith.
Procopius lived in Jerusalem, was a reader in the Church of Caesarea, explained the Word of God to Christians, studied the Holy Scriptures, translating them into Syriac. Procopius healed people from various diseases and cast out demons from those possessed. He lived during a time of persecution of Christians, and one day, by order of the Palestinian governor, he was captured. They tried to force Procopius to sacrifice to idols, but he flatly refused, for which he lost his head.
On this day, the roads were cleared so that they would remain that way until spring. According to folk wisdom:
- a warm day on December 5th means a long, snowy winter;
- frosts, but in the ice hole the water is higher than the ice - there will be thaw, rain and snow;
- thaw - to a snowy winter without frost;
- The Moon is surrounded by a ring - there will be frost.
