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Diwali
Religion: Hinduism. Diwali is celebrated with lighting lamps, fireworks, and sharing sweets and gifts with family and friends.
Eid al-Fitr
Religion: Islam. Eid al-Fitr is celebrated with a special prayer, feasting, giving of charity and gifts, and spending time with family.
Christmas
Religion: Christianity. Christmas is celebrated with the decoration of Christmas trees, exchange of gifts, church services, and family gatherings.
Easter
Religion: Christianity. Easter is celebrated with special church services, the decoration of Easter eggs, and meals with family.
Passover
Religion: Judaism. Passover is celebrated with the Seder meal, reading of the Haggadah, and abstention from leavened bread.
Hanukkah
Religion: Judaism. Hanukkah is celebrated by lighting the menorah, playing dreidel, and eating foods fried in oil like latkes and doughnuts.
Ramadan
Religion: Islam. Ramadan is observed with fasting during daylight hours, nightly prayers, and increased reading of the Quran.
Vesak
Religion: Buddhism. Vesak is celebrated with visiting temples, giving to charity, and sometimes releasing caged birds as a symbolic act of liberation.
Rosh Hashanah
Religion: Judaism. Rosh Hashanah is celebrated with prayer services, the blowing of the shofar, and eating symbolic foods like apples dipped in honey.
Yom Kippur
Religion: Judaism. Yom Kippur is observed with a 25-hour period of fasting, intensive prayer, and synagogue services.
Holi
Religion: Hinduism. Holi is celebrated with the throwing and smearing of colored powders and water, bonfires, and festive meals.
Navaratri
Religion: Hinduism. Navaratri is celebrated with nine nights of dance, worship of the Goddess Durga, and fasting.
Sukkot
Religion: Judaism. Sukkot is celebrated by building a sukkah (a temporary hut), sharing meals, and performing the waving ceremony with the Four Species.
Wesak
Religion: Buddhism. Wesak, also called Vesak, is observed with visiting temples, engaging in good deeds, and participating in processions.
Lent
Religion: Christianity. Lent is observed with 40 days of fasting, prayer, and penance leading up to Easter Sunday.
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