Statistics for Global Holidays and Festivals A-Z

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Letter	Primary Place / Group	Date	Holiday / Festival	% Correct
E	Christianity	March 27 (this year)	Easter	83%
N	Worldwide	December 31	New Year's Eve	79%
O	Munich, Germany	End of September-beginning of October	Oktoberfest	75%
X	Christianity (Nickname for this holiday)	December 25	Xmas	67%
M	New Orleans, Louisiana	Tuesday 47 days before Easter	Mardi Gras	63%
V	Many countries	February 14 (in US)	Valentine's Day	63%
D	India	October 30 (this year)	Diwali	58%
R	Islam	June 6-July 5 (this year)	Ramadan	58%
Y	Judaism	October 11-12 (this year)	Yom Kippur	58%
B	Commonwealth of Nations	December 26	Boxing Day	54%
C	Brazil	February 5-10 (this year)	Carnaval	50%
K	African American	December 26-January 1	Kwanzaa	46%
A	Christianity	November 1	All Saints Day	42%
H	Judaism	December 24-January 1 (this year)	Hanukkah	42%
P	Judaism	April 10-18 (this year)	Passover	42%
S	United States; Ireland	March 14	Saint Patrick's Day	42%
T	Vietnam	February 9 (this year)	Tet	29%
L	China	February 8 (this year)	Lunar New Year	8%
G	Amsterdam, Germany (Many other places but particularly notable here)	August 5-7 (this year)	Gay Pride Parade	4%
U	Lerwick, Scotland	Last Tuesday in January	Up Helly Aa Fire Festival	4%
F	Hinduism	March 24 (this year)	Festival of Colors	0%
I	Monte Piana, Italy	June 13-23 (this year)	International Highline Meeting Festival	0%
J	India	Day of the Holi festival (usually in March)	Jaipur Elephant Festival	0%
Q	China	April 4 (this year)	Qingming Festival	0%
W	St. Petersburg, Russia	Starts in May, ends in July	White Nights Festival	0%
Z	United States	January 1	Z Day	0%