For Afro-Barbadians, drum, vocal and dance music was an integral part of everyday life, and songs and performance practices were created for normal, everyday events, as well as special celebrations like Whitsuntide, Christmas, Easter, Landship and Crop Over.

In the seventh week after Easter May 878, around Whitsuntide, Alfred rode to ‘ Egbert's Stone ’ east of Selwood, where he was met by " all the people of Somerset and of Wiltshire and of that part of Hampshire which is on this side of the sea is, west of Southampton Water, and they rejoiced to see him ".

Neither blows nor persuasion could induce Ellwood to renounce his new sentiments, to take off his hat before his parents, or to address them with other pronouns than “ thou ” and “ thee .” At Easter, the Penningtons managed to move him to Chalfont St. Peters, where he stayed till Whitsuntide.

These festivities were variously associated with Easter Monday, St George's Day ( 23 April ), May Day, and Whitsuntide.

In return, de Hilton was to provide an annual contribution of 24 sheaves of oats for every draught ox he owned, to the nearby monastery at Monkwearmouth, and was required to attend the mother church of St Peters for the feasts of the Nativity, Easter, Whitsuntide and Saints Peter and Paul.

Of the Church-ale, often called the Whitsun-ale, from being generally held at Whitsuntide, it is necessary to speak at greater length, for it is a far more important institution than the bid-ale or clerk-ale.

The proposal was agreed and each year at Whitsuntide the Mayor of Nottingham and representatives from every parish in the county would carry their contribution, known as the Southwell Pence, to the Minster to help pay for its upkeep.

On the week end of whitsuntide Petite Martinique holds their annual Whitsuntide Regatta.

The Chippenham Folk Festival takes place every year, usually over the Whitsuntide weekend.

150 + bands and artists from various backgrounds ( Gothic rock, EBM, Industrial, Noise, Darkwave, Neofolk, Neoclassical, Medieval Music, Experimental, Gothic metal, Deathrock and Punk being examples ) play at several venues throughout the city over 4 days on Whitsuntide.

Holst became an occasional organist and choir master at Thaxted Parish Church and began an annual music festival at Whitsuntide in 1916, at which students from Morley College and St Paul's School performed.

Whitsuntide, the week following Whitsunday, was one of three vacation weeks for the medieval villein ; on most manors he was free from service on the lord's demesne this week, which marked a pause in the agricultural year.

The week of closure, or wakes week, was often held at Whitsuntide.

It is customary for the cotton mills etc., to close for Whitsuntide week to give the hands a holiday ; the men going to the races etc.

They were immured in the Tower from New Year to Whitsuntide, when they were released on finding bail.

He said mass for the first time in St Mary Redcliffe, the church to which he had been a generous patron, the following Whitsuntide.

Using messages passed to Rochefort using tennis balls, they arrange to have a meal on Whitsuntide, to which La Ramée, second in command of the prison, is invited.

The grant was for a 9-day fair-the vigil and feast of Whitsuntide and seven days after.

At Whitsuntide 1587 Whitelocke left London on a foreign tour.

* 1548, Taylor was appointed Archdeacon of Bury St Edmunds and preached at the request of the Lord Mayor at Whitsuntide or Pentecost.

This was reaffirmed by a charter granted in 1606 to George, Earl of Cumberland, by King James I, for: " one market on Monday and two fairs yearly ; one on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after Whitsuntide and the other on the two days next before the feast of St. Luke ".

According to Campbell, " MacDonald did not altogether satisfy the Society, who resolved on his dismissal in a minute dated 14 July 1745, he having in fact abandoned his school since the preceding Whitsuntide, never to return to it again.

In some provinces also the Lutheran Church has retained the ancient rogation processions in the week before Whitsuntide and, in some cases, in the month of May or on special occasions ( e. g. days of humiliation, Busstage ), processions about the fields to ask a blessing on the crops.

The town hosts the Spring Festival at Whitsuntide and the International Festival of Blues, Jazz, Rock and Gastronomy.

that aside from due notification of certain major events in their lives ( two marriages, two births, one divorce ), Christmas and Easter cards of the traditional sort had been the only thin link she had with them through the widowed years.

After Roman times, Einhard mentions that in 765 – 6 Pippin the Younger spent both Christmas and Easter at Aquis villa (""), which must have been sufficiently equipped to support the royal household for several months.

They withdrew to Mercia, but, in January 878, made a sudden attack on Chippenham, a royal stronghold in which Alfred had been staying over Christmas, " and most of the people they killed, except the King Alfred, and he with a little band made his way by wood and swamp, and after Easter he made a fort at Athelney in the marshes of Somerset, and from that fort kept fighting against the foe ".

From then on retail trade is only restricted on public holidays ( New Years Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Day of Prayer, Ascension Day, Whit Sunday, Whit Monday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day ) and on Constitution Day, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve ( on New Year's Eve from 3 pm only ).

Bock is historically associated with special occasions, often religious festivals such as Christmas, Easter or Lent.

In Austria, bockbier is traditionally brewed only around Christmas and Easter, when nearly every brewery brews its own bock.

Many of the population of the Western hemisphere could broadly be described as cultural Christians, due to the predominance of the Christian faith in Western culture, as well as widely celebrated religious holidays such as Easter and Christmas.

Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes have become traditional on certain holidays: chocolate bunnies and eggs are popular on Easter, chocolate coins on Hanukkah, Santa Claus and other holiday symbols on Christmas, and chocolate hearts or chocolate in heart-shaped boxes on Valentine's Day.

The wearing of costumes has become an important part of such holidays and festivals as Mardi Gras and Halloween ( see Halloween costume for more information ), and ( to a lesser extent ) people may also wear costumes in conjunction with other holidays, such as Christmas and Easter.

Christmas and Easter costumes typically portray mythical characters such as Santa Claus ( by donning a santa suit and beard ) or the Easter Bunny by putting on an animal costume.

On certain days of the year, such as Easter, May Day and Christmas, particular songs celebrate the yearly cycle.

* Tsoureki, a traditional Christmas and Easter sweet bread also known as ' Lambropsomo ' ( Easter bread ), flavored with " mahlepi ", the intensely aromatic extract of the stone of the St. Lucie Cherry.

The UK and Australia also refer to School holidays ( typically Christmas, Easter, and Summer ) for the periods between School terms when children are not required to go to school, and Half-term holidays for the short break ( usually one week ) part-way through each School term.

Christian holidays are defined as part of the liturgical year, the chief ones being Easter and Christmas.

Christian hymns are often written with special or seasonal themes and these are used on holy days such as Christmas, Easter and the Feast of All Saints, or during particular seasons such as Advent and Lent.

The content is the same regardless of the marketing name, although the length of time it is stored before bottling differs ; however, the beverage is more closely associated with Christmas, somewhat less with Easter and traditionally not at all with the summer.

Christians were allowed to openly celebrate Christmas, Easter and other such festivals, and the Jesuits were even given an allowance and gifts to carry on with their work, with a few Indians converting to Christianity.

As Europe became Christianized, the pagan holidays lost their religious character and either changed into popular secular celebrations, as with May Day, or were merged with or replaced by new Christian holidays as with Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and All Saint's Day.

The Eastern Orthodox Church liturgical calendar begins on 1 September – proceeding annually from the Nativity of the Theotokos to the celebration of Jesus ' birth in the winter ( Christmas ), through his death and resurrection in the spring ( Pascha / Easter ), to his Ascension and the Assumption of his mother ( Dormition of the Theotokos / Virgin Mary ) in the summer.

Examples include Easter Seals, Christmas Seals, propaganda labels, and so forth.