Official Public Holiday
Kerstdag
Kerstdag is listed as a public holiday in Belgium. English reference name: Christmas Day.
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December 25, 2026
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Friday, December 25, 2026
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World Calendar Day
Christmas
The Liberian Christmas is a church day, a family day, and a food day. The church service is at midnight on the 24th, and the singing is in English and the local languages. The Christmas meal includes jollof rice, fried chicken, cassava leaf, potato greens, and sweet potato pie. The children receive gifts, usually clothes and shoes, and the adults exchange visits. The Christmas is not about presents. It is about presence, and the tradition is to visit every relative you have on Christmas Day. The streets of Monrovia are decorated with lights, the churches are full, and the sound of Christmas carols mixes with the sound of Liberian gospel music.
World Calendar Day
Navidad
National holiday. The day after Nochebuena when everyone eats leftovers and recovers. Children play with toys, adults sleep, and the house smells like picana for three more days. This is the quietest day in Bolivia and it is earned.
World Calendar Day
Noel
National holiday. Catholic families attend morning mass, Muslim families visit neighbors, and everyone eats. The riz gras is extra rich, the chicken is extra big, and the children are extra happy. Burkina celebrates together regardless of faith because a holiday is a holiday and food is food.
Regional/Cultural Day
Kerstmis / Noel
National holiday. Christmas Day in Belgium means sleeping in, eating leftovers from the night before, and walking through empty city centers that are beautiful and strange. The Christmas markets in Brussels, Liege, and Antwerp are still open and the waffles are still warm. Belgian families eat cougnou, drink hot chocolate, and enjoy the one day a year when nobody is expected to be productive.
Regional/Cultural Day
Belgium Clean Water Bottle Day
A day for washing the thing people refill every day and forget to clean often enough.
Regional/Cultural Day
Market Bag Day
A day for remembering the bag before leaving, then remembering what was supposed to go in it.
Regional/Cultural Day
Animals of Saint Barthélemy Day
You find frigatebirds, green sea turtles, and colorful reef fish surrounding Saint Barthélemy. You observe that residents predominantly keep dogs, cats, and tropical fish as pets. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
