FAQ

Throughout the year the Chinese New Year is the most visited holiday on our site. Christmas comes in a close second.

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This is a difficult question to answer. However, after hashing it around we feel certain it is some type of spring festival. Even before we began to harvest, the celebration of spring and the rebirth of fruit, vegetables, and animals (and the sun) surely inspired the populace to party. Specific holidays are not ascertainable because each culture has its own Spring Fest.

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There are no federal trademarks on the word national. There is no law stating that a national day must be declared by an act of congress. Therefore, anyone can declare a national holiday or special observance day.

Most of the days have obvious backers. For example, National Cherry Month is probably the brainchild of the the Cherry Growers Association.

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The dates for the holidays are on the holiday page or in the calendar.  If you’re looking for the date of a holiday we don’t have listed, use your favorite search engine.

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Most holidays list the dates for a few years to come, if it is not listed we don’t have it, use your favorite search engine.

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There are literally hundreds of holidays throughout the world. National holidays are no exception. They can originate anywhere in the USA. We have listed a large variety of popular, cultural , and religious holidays.

If you have information on a holiday and would like us to list it, contact us.

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All the information we have for the holidays is posted.

If you need information on a holiday that we do not currently have, use your favorite search engine. When searching check your spelling, use different forms of the word (i.e. St, St., and Saint). Try misspelling your search, remember that the search engine searches for exact terms and it may be misspelled on the site you want.

There is always the library, make your local librarian your best friend.

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Yes, not sure, when we can.

We plan to research and add holidays as long as we are on the net. Each year we try to add at least one new celebration, as well as add to the ones we already have.

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There are no definitive guidelines for citing electronic sources. Find out what your teacher wants you to site. Most teachers will want you to include: Author (if known), Title of the page. Institution (if available). Access Date. URL. Here is a sample for this site:

Holidays, W., Purim at Web
…..Holidays. Web Holidays, Inc.
…..June 2, 2003.
…..www.web-holidays.com/purim/.

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You may post a recipe, song, joke, poem, or craft if the author is W.Holidays or no author is given on your personnel website or paper publication. If another author is given you must contact that person. We require that you give credit to the author if given and provide an active link back to our site. You may not post multiple items or reprint any other portion of our site with prior written consent.

You may not post articles, menus, printable items, downloads, or any other item in you website or in paper publication without prior written consent from the original author or Web holidays, Inc.

If you would like to request to reprint part of our site, please include what you wish to reprint and where you wish to reprint it. Use our contact form.

Read about our copyright.

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There is no gentle way to say this, no. We have tried to create unique and pleasant graphics. Since many people like to go from holiday to similar holiday on the Net our goal is to have different images. Therefore, our graphics are not available. There are many resources on the web where wonderful free graphics may be obtained.

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Yes.  If you know of a holiday and would like to see it listed on our site, please leave a suggestion.

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We have used books (see our about page) and human resources to research the holidays. Great care has been taken to ensure and maintain the integrity, accuracy, and authenticity of information contained in this web site. However, if you see anything you feel is inaccurate or dated please let us know. Likewise, if you have information to add or ideas to enhance a holiday let us know. We’d love to include it. We do not guaranteed this site to be error-free.

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The original pages appeared on Tripod in 1996. It was launched as its own domain in March of 1999. In February 2012, we began migrating our site to a dynamic format allowing visitors to comment, rate, register, and write articles.

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No. You can still have access to all the pages and posts on this site.

You can also

• leave comments*
• vote in polls
• rate articles

*all comments are moderated

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Click the register link in the log in widget on the right or click here.

Fill out the form and submit. You will be emailed an activation code.

Before you will be able to log in, your username must be approved by the network staff. You will received another email once approved. Please be patient it make take a few days before it is approved.

You only need to register once for access to all the holidays portals.

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Registered users are automatically allowed to contribute content for review. They may also leave comments*, vote in polls, and rate articles.

*all comments are moderated

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There are two profiles available. One is part of the networking and accessible from the top navigation bar. The other is just for the about me section when you create a post. To access that click on “profile” in the login widget (on the right). While you are logged in it will say, “Welcome …”

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Register your user name and email address with Gravatar.

Gravatar is a globally recognized avatar. ”Your Gravatar is an image that follows you from site to site appearing beside your name when you do things like comment or post…”

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List of our current holiday portals

• Main (this site-includes international holidays, minor, and ancient holidays)
• April Fools
• Canadian Holidays
• Carnival (this includes Mardi Gras)
• Celtic Holidays
• Chinese Holidays
• Christmas
• Earth Day
• Easter
• Fathers’ Day
• Food Festivals
• Halloween
• Hindu Holidays
• Japanese Holidays
• Jewish Holidays
• Kwanzaa
• May Day
• Mexican Holidays
• Mothers’ Day
• Muslim Holidays
• Native American Holidays
• New Years
• Oktoberfest
• St. Patrick’s Day
• Thanksgiving
• Valentine’s Day
• US Independence Day, July 4th

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I’m sorry, we do not exchange links.

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Yes.

Your addition should be for a holiday that is not already posted. Or if the holiday is listed on the calendar, but a page has not been created for it, you may write a post for it.

Be sure to add it to the correct holiday portal.

First, you need to register with the holiday portal. Once registered and logged in, click the “New” link in the navigation bar at the top at the top of your screen and choose post.

Add a title and then the content. Be sure the date of the holiday is within the first paragraph. Include resources and references when possible. Then submit it. If accepted, we will create a link to the post from the calendar.

You author bio will appear at the bottom of the post provided you filled it out in your profile.

Additionally, you may

• choose the category or categories that best fit your post
• add tags

Ignore the “Additional Options” area and the “Format” area as they will be reset after you submit.

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Your article should add new information for a holiday (rather than another article about the same thing).  As long as it meshes with the holiday, it is okay.

First, you need to register with the holiday portal where you wish to add an article. Once registered and logged in, click the “New” link in the navigation bar at the top of your screen and choose post.

Add a title and then the content. Submit it for review.

Your author bio will appear at the bottom of the post provided you filled it out in your profile.

Additionally, you may

• choose the category that best fits your post
• add tags

Ignore the “Additional Options” area and the “Format” area as they will be reset after you submit.

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First, you need to register with the holiday portal where you wish to add a recipe or menu. Once registered and logged in, click the “New” link in the navigation bar at the top of your screen and choose post.

Add a title and then the content.

Please stick to this basic formula for recipes:

• description or information (optional)
• ingredients, one per line
• directions, rather than one paragraph, split directions into new lines

Then submit it for review.

Your author bio will appear at the bottom of the post provided you filled it out in your profile.

Additionally, you may

• choose the category that best fits your post
• add tags

Ignore the “Additional Options” area and the “Format” area as they will be reset after you submit.

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First, you need to register with the holiday portal where you wish to add the craft. Once registered and logged in, click the “New” link in the navigation bar at the top of your screen and choose post.

Add a title and then the content.

Please stick to this basic formula for crafts:

• description or information (optional)
• skill level: easiest, medium, or hard
• cost: $5-$20 (your estimate)
• craft time: in minutes or hours
• list the supplies needed, one per line
• directions, rather than one paragraph, split directions into new lines

Then submit it for review.

Your author bio will appear at the bottom of the post provided you filled it out in your profile.

Additionally, you may

• choose the category that best fits your post
• add tags

Ignore the “Additional Options” area and the “Format” area as they will be reset after you submit.

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Do you have a photo of a recipe or craft? Or an image to add to your post? Send it in .jpg, .gif, or .png format to image @ web-holidays.com (remove the spaces). Any other email sent to this email address is regarded as spam.

Please include your username and any information you want attached to the image and what post it is for.

We may reduce the image in size. We will upload it as soon as possible. We will not return the image or notify you when it is up.

Other Sources:

• Flickr:
  If you find an image on Flickr, look for the License. If is is usable click the “share” button at the top of the page. Choose “Grab the HTML/BBCode” and choose HTML, copy, and paste the code into your post via the HTML section.
• Wikimedia Commons
  Double check to make sure the author allows it to be posted. Most images now have a “Use this file
  on the web” link to the right of the image. Click that and copy the HTML/BBCode and paste it into your post via the HTML section.

Tips:

Once you’ve added the image to your post, go back to Visual Mode. Click the image, then click the picture icon. There you can align the image to the left, right, or center.

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I’m sorry, we do not exchange links.

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Not at this time.

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