Spring Holidays, Observances, & Notable Dates Posters
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Spring is the transition season between Winter, the coldest season of the year, and summer the hottest season; Spring is the opposite of Autumn. The word 'spring', is from the Latin ver, used to describe the vernal equinox, when the sun 'crosses' the celestial equator, to the summer solstice (sol + stitium= stoppage) when the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. In the northern hemisphere spring lasts from around March 21 to around June 21.
Renewal and new life are welcome characteristics of spring after the domancy of winter. Longer daylight hours provide enough sunlight for plants to begin optimum growth and animals begin their reproductive cycle when the food supply increases. Weatherwise the Spring season may not match the astronomical dates as local weather is influenced by nearby geographic landforms such as large bodies of water that are cooled during the winter. Spring is also the time of the most unsettled weather as warm and cool air mix in the atmosphere. Greek mythology explained the spring season as the joy of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, to her daughter Persephone's return from the underworld for six months. Easter, the Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, and Passover, the Jewish festival of liberation from slavery in Egypt, are related to the time when people marked the joy of renewal. Spring Observances and Events lists - March list | April list | May list | June list |
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Spaceshots - The Living Earth Art Print
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The Jews' Passover, Facsimile of a 15th Century Missal Ornamented with Paintings, Jan van Eyck, Giclee Print • more Judaism posters |
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| Passover is a Jewish holiday which is celebrates the Exodus and freedom of the Israelites from ancient Egypt, marking the "birth" of the Children of Israel. | |||||||||||||||
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Easter
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Easter Greetings, Chick in Egg Balloon, Pre-Matted Print
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St. Patrick's Day,
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Did you you know the "walking" cane (Gaelic bata) is called a shillelagh because the original stick came from the Shillelagh Forest in County Wicklow? The shamrock is a three leaf clover closely associated with Ireland and all things Irish, and reputed to have been used by Saint Patrick to illustrate the doctrine of the Trinity. Irish Blessing, pdf download. |
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April Fool's Day - French Jester Holding a "Ninny Stick" or "Fool's Wand", a Stick with the Effigy of a Jester's Head, Giclee Print
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| April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day is celebrated on April 1 by playing hoaxes and practical jokes on family, friends and neighbors. Jesters and fools in the Middle Ages were thought of as those whom God had touched and were permitted to point out "foolishness" in their superiors and in tense situations. | |||||||||||||||
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Arbor Day - Western Red Ceders in Grove of Patriarchs, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington, USA, Photographic Print
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| Arbor Day is celebrated in the United States to encourage the planting and care of trees. National Arbor Day is the last Friday in April, and each state celebrates its own Arbor Day according to the best planting time. | |||||||||||||||
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April 22 - Earth Day Celebrations,
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| "May there only be peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for our beautiful Spaceship Earth as it continues to spin and circle in frigid space with its warm and fragile cargo of animate life." --United Nations Secretary-General U Thant |
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May 1, May Day -
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| Dancing around the Maypole is still performed as a celebration of the return of life and hope on May 1, just as it was in many pre-Christian European pagan cultures. | |||||||||||||||
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Some 2000 People Flap Their Arms and Legs, making angels in the snow at the Capitol in Bismarck, ND, on Saturday, March 23, 2002, Photographic Print
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Spring in Town, Grant Wood, Art Print
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Spring, from a Series of the Four Seasons, Commissioned by Emperor Maximilian II (1527-76) 1573, Giclee Print
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Mother's Day, 2nd Sunday in May - Maternity, Art Print, Pablo Picasso
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The Greeks explained Spring as Demeter's joy upon the return of her daughter Persephone from the Hades' underworld. The Roman equivalent of Demeter is Ceres goddess of growing plants (note the similarity with the word cereal) and motherly love. • Did you know a statue of Ceres is atop the Missouri State Capitol Building? |
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May 31, Memorial Day Greetings, Columbia and Flag, Print
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Seasons / Weather Poster (Spanish, El tiempo)
el otono, el relampago, la niebla, las nubes, la primavera, el invierno, el arco iris, la lluvia, el trueno, la temperatura, el sol, el verano, el viento, la nieve, el tornado • more Spanish posters |
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