What festivals are on your birthday?

[kaoskat]

None that I know of.

LIES!

    Christian Feast Day:
        Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ
        Justus and Pastor
        August 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

    H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Accession Day. (United Arab Emirates)
    Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony (Hiroshima, Japan)
    Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bolivia from Spain in 1825.
    Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Jamaica from the United Kingdom in 1962.
    The beginning of Tanabata festival. (Sendai, Japan)

  How would I know about those? I dont live in those places!  Now..... I must find out how to celebrate these things so I can celebrate them all!!!

[Melissa]

My birthday is Oct. 4th. According to Wikipedia:

Christian Feast Day:
-Amun
-Francis of Assisi
-Petronius of Bologna.
-October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Cinnamon Roll Day or kanelbullens dag (Sweden)
Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique)
Lesotho Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lesotho from the United Kingdom in 1966.
The beginning of World Space Week (International)
World Animal Day (International)

Cinnamon roll day- yummmmm! ... And I've never even heard of the country Lesotho so I learned something new!

[kezrob23]

hmmm... not much at all according to wiki...

Christian Feast Day:
Alexander of Alexandria
Isabelle of France
Porphyry of Gaza
February 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Liberation Day (Kuwait)
Savior's Day (Nation of Islam)
The first day of Ayyám-i-Há (Bahá'í Faith)

but, it is also my grandfather's b'day (no longer with us) so that made my day the most special day in the world!!
my o/h's is horse's birthday, his mum's is anzac day, his brother's is remembrance day, and his poor little sister just got a normal day

i second cinnamon roll day as yum!!!!!!

[Eldarwen]

    Arbor Day (China and Taiwan)
    Christian Feast Day:
        Fina
        Maximilian the martyr
        Pope Gregory I (Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic Church, and Anglican Communion)
        Theophanes the Confessor
        March 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
    Girl Scout Birthday (United States)
    Grækarismessa (Mass of St. Gregory). According to tradition, the oystercatcher, the Faroes' national bird returns this day. This event is celebrated in the capital, Tórshavn (Faroe Islands)
    National Day (Mauritius)
    World Day Against Cyber Censorship (requested by Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International in 2009)
    Youth Day (Zambia)

  Thats interesting!

[nhal039]

my birthday is on childrens day in brasil... good excuse to act like a big kid for life : )

[Eviecorn]

My birthday, July 12:

Christian Feast Day:
Hermagoras and Fortunatus
Jason of Tarsus (Catholic Church)
John Gualbert
Nabor and Felix
Veronica
Viventiolus
July 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kiribati from the United Kingdom in 1979.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of São Tomé and Príncipe from Portugal in 1975.
The second day of Naadam. (Mongolia)
The Twelfth, also known as Orangemen's Day (Northern Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador)

Lots of feasts and independence days.

Also, in 1962 the Rolling Stones played their first concert on that day, and in 1963 the first of the Moors murders occurred.  Also, Alexander Hamilton died after being shot by Aaron Burr.

[Roccoriel]

My birthday is December 25.  I have:
Christian Feast Day:
     Anastasia of Sirmium (Catholic Church)
     December 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christmas Day, Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. (International)
Constitution Day (Taiwan)
Malkh-Festival (Nakh peoples of Chechnya and Ingushetia)
Quaid-e-Azam's Day (Pakistan)
Takanakuy (Chumbivilcas Province, Peru)
Brumalia The celebration of the pagan solstice, after Julain calendar instituted. (Italy)

[foalpatrol]

"April 20 has become a counterculture holiday in North America, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis."  Tacky.

I also share a birthday with Hitler.  :/

On the plus side, I was born on Good Friday and the 111th day of the year.

[Corona]

Not a festival, but my birthdate (November 22nd) is the day JFK was assassinated. All the baby boomers I tell my birthday to associate it with that.

On a brighter note...
- Lebanon's Independence Day
- The earliest day Thanksgiving can fall on
- International Music Day
- Day of the Albanian Alphabet

Christian Feast Days
- Cecilia
- George (Eastern Orthodox, a national holiday in Georgia)
- November 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

[Diamond]

Earth Day and now Girl Scout Leaders Appreciation Day.  I had it first though.

[Eviecorn]

I also share a birthday with Hitler.  :/

And Bart Simpson. 

[Melissa]

Not a festival, but my birthdate (November 22nd) is the day JFK was assassinated. All the baby boomers I tell my birthday to associate it with that.

On a brighter note...
- Lebanon's Independence Day
- The earliest day Thanksgiving can fall on
- International Music Day
- Day of the Albanian Alphabet

Christian Feast Days
- Cecilia
- George (Eastern Orthodox, a national holiday in Georgia)
- November 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

My dad's birthday is 11/22/47 so Kennedy was assassinated on his 16th birthday. NOT so sweet.

[ember86]

Here's mine

Holidays and observances

Barsi Bhagat Puran Singh (Sikhism)
Christian Feast Day:
Abel of Reims
Addai
Afra
Cassian of Autun
Dedication of Saint Mary Major (Catholic Church)
Emygdius
Memnius
Oswald of Northumbria
August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Burkina Faso from France in 1960.
International Beer Day
The beginning of Bogotá's Carnival (Bogotá)
Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders (Croatia)[edit]/quote]

[Sprinkles]

Indirect peer pressure I looked my birthday up on Wikipedia too. It's February 18th:

Christian Feast Day:
Bernadette Soubirous
Colmán of Lindisfarne
Flavian of Constantinople
Simeon of Jerusalem (Western Christianity)
February 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Gambia from the United Kingdom in 1965.
Sepandārmazgān or "Women's Day" in Iran

[ashes]

My birthday is Canada Day (July 1).  And my third daughter's birthday is today - Cinco de Mayo!