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The name of A HOLIDAY OR A HOLY DAY starts with a capital letter.

Chinese New Year, Easter, Diwali, Hanukkah and Christmas are all our favourite times of the year.

STEP IT UP

How’s your knowledge of religious festivals? Find all missing capital letters and complete each passage.

The festival of lights and the feast of dedication are two other names for a jewish holiday that is observed for eight days and nights, and is called . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hanging stockings out comes from the dutch custom of leaving shoes packed with food for st nicholas’s donkeys. St nicholas would leave small gifts in return. This religious festival is called . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . is an important religious festival in india celebrated between october and november. People often think of it as a hindu festival, but it is also celebrated by sikhs and jains.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . new year starts a new animal’s zodiac year. In china, each lunar cycle has 60 years and 12 years is regarded as a small cycle. Each of the 12 years is defined by an animal sign. 2020 is the year of the rat and 2021 is the year of the ox.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., a christian holiday, celebrates the resurrection of jesus christ. During holy week, holy thursday commemorates when the last supper was held. Good friday commemorates jesus’s crucifixion and death.

During . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., which lasts a month, muslims don’t eat or drink between dawn and sunset. Fasting helps them devote themselves to their faith and get closer to allah. It is one of the five pillars of islam, which form the basis of how muslims live their lives.

The word ‘carol’ means dance or song of praise and joy. Carols used to be sung during all four seasons, but the tradition of singing them at . . . . . . . . is the only one to survive.