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Festivals outside Date Celebrate China Mother ’ s Day The second Sunday of May Send flowers to mother. Father ’ s Day The third Sunday of June Show love to father Christmas Day December 25th Celebrate the birth of Jesus and the new year. Decorate Christmas tree Believe Christmas father Thanksgiving Day The 4th Thursday of November Celebrate the harvest (food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over) Have a feast including turkeys Decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit April Fool ’ s DayApril 1st Play tricks on each other Celebrate the humor Halloween Oct.31 Believe the return of the sprits of dead people. Children ’sfestival Dress up and go to neighbors ’ homes to ask for sweets, if they do not give any sweets, the children might play a trick on them Easter （复活节） April 5th, 2015 Easter eggs and rabbits Celebrate the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life Japanese Obon the 15 th day of the 7 th lunar month Clean graves and light incense in memory of ancestors. Light lamps and play music to lead the ancestors back to earth The day of the From October 31 to November 2nd Mexico people eat food in the Dead(Mexico) shape of skulls and cakes with ‘bones’ on them. Offer food, flowers, and gifts to the dead. Columbus Day October 12th Be in memory of the arrival of Columbus in the new world Mohandas August 12 To honor Gandhi, the leader who Gandhi Day helped gain India’sindependence from Britain Japan’s Cherry From March 15 to April 15 The country, covered with cherry Blossom Festival tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow.