Festival vocabularies Word Meaning April Fool's Day 1 April A day for playing tricks and practical jokes on other people Carnival Usually during February A festive season of intense partying, dancing and parading Chinese New Year Begins late January or early February A traditional festival at the turn of the Chinese year Christmas 25 December - 5 January Traditionally a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ Easter Late March or early April Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ Guy Fawkes Night 5 November A British festival commemorating the failure of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot Hajj 12th month of the Islamic lunar year Muslim pilgrimage (special journey) to Mecca in Saudi Arabia New Year's Day 1 January The first day of the year in the G...