Selected Web Sites


Holidays & Celebrations
 

Print resources are available in Pius Library and the Law Library.  Browse Anniversaries and Holidays by Bernard Trawicky [Pius Referenc GT3930 .T73 2000], Encyclopedia of holidays and celebrations : a country-by-country guide [Pius Reference GT3930 .E53 2006], or Chase's ... Calendar of Events [Pius Reference D11.5 .C48]. For more choices, search the Saint Louis Universtiy Libraries Catalog by subject for Holidays, Anniversaries, or Fasts and Feasts or add a subheading such as dictionaries, names of countries, or names of religions.  For example, Anniversaries--Dictionaries, Holidays--Canada, Holidays--United States, Fasts and Feasts--Catholic Church or Fasts and Feasts--Judaism.



American Secular Holidays Calendar
http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ushols.html
Lists holidays for any year later than 1776. 
     
Chabad.org Holidays
http://www.chabad.org/holidays/default.asp?AID=77263
Provided by Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, this site lists and describes Jewish holidays for the next year or two.
     
Earth Calendar
http://www.earthcalendar.net/index.php
Is a "daybook" of holidays and celebrations by date, country and religion.
 
The Holiday Zone
http://www.theholidayzone.com/
Provides the history of major U.S. holidays as well as suggestions of activities and crafts to use with children.
 
Jewish Holidays.org
http://www.sfjcf.org/resources/jholidays/
From Jewish Community Information & Referral and the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin & Sonoma County, this site includes a list of Jewish holiday, a description of each, and links to additional information.
     
Web-Holidays
http://web-holidays.com/
Lists major holidays as well as lesser known daily "holidays" along with a description, menus, and recipes for the more well-known holidays.
  

Last updated September 12, 2008.


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