21 Amazing Holidays In Other Countries We Should Steal
Quite frankly there aren't enough holidays in America centered around vikings and getting staggering drunk.
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If Hollywood has taught us anything, it's that ripping off other people's ideas isn't really a bad thing. Heck, just call it imitation and then use that old "flattery" line of baloney. All this to say: Our holidays here in the states have grown stagnant and it's time to flatter other cultures by stealing theirs.
We traveled around the world (read: the Internet) with AuntieMeme to see what exactly we're missing, and we highly encourage you write congress to get all these recognized immediately.
![In Germany, Father's Day is called Vatertag. And all the men get staggering drunk. Groups of men construct a Bollerwagen, load it up with beer and sch](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/8/6/479586.jpg?v=1)
![Citizens of Ulyanovsk, Russia get September 12 off from work. It's baby-making day. Seriously. Conception Day is exactly nine months before Russia Day](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/5/8/480658.jpg?v=1)
![The Wat Bang Rhra temple holds an annual Tattoo Festival. And the tattoos are magic. The monks at the temple, which is in Thailand, apply the tattoos](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/6/2/480662.jpg?v=1)
![At the Lantern Festival, residents of Nuanquan enjoy the Da Shuhua. It's where farmers throw molten metal at a wall. The tradition started 300 years a](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/6/4/480664.jpg?v=1)
![Instead of Santa, kids in lceland have the Yule Lads. There are 13 of them, and each of them brings a gift for 13 days. There's one downside: The Yule](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/8/8/479588.jpg?v=1)
![You might have heard of Rurim, the Jewish holiday. It's two days of getting drunk and wearing costumes. On Purim, observant worshipers dress in costum](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/6/8/479568.jpg?v=1)
![In Shetland, they celebrate Up Helly Aa. It's a flaming Viking parade. Citizens from each town in the region, which is in Scotland, dress up as Viking](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/8/4/479584.jpg?v=1)
![In Spain, children sing songs to Tio de Nadal. Specifically, they sing about its poOp. Tio de Nadal is a yule log that poops treats. Here are some lyr](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/8/2/479582.jpg?v=1)
![Each May, the city of Macha holds its Tinku festival. SILVE'S lnsSma 05 And they beat each other bloody. It's an ancient religious festival based iIn](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/8/0/479580.jpg?v=1)
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![In lreland it's traditional to have a bonfire on October 31. And they burn effigies of things they want to put behind them. Samhain (pronounced sow-ih](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/7/2/479572.jpg?v=1)
![Northern Australia celebrates the first Monday in August. It's Picnic Day. The holiday originated with railroad workers, giving them a day to go to Ad](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/6/6/479566.jpg?v=1)
![In Italy, La Befana delivers gilts on Epiphany. She looks like a Halloween witch. The story goes that the Three Wise Men invited her to join them on t](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/6/2/479562.jpg?v=1)
![In Basque country, December is the season of Olentzero. He's all about eating and drinking. Yep, Olentzero brings presents to kids, but the majority o](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/6/4/479564.jpg?v=1)
![In the Greek town of Vrontados, they celebrate Rouketopolemos. It's when two churches shoot rockets at one another. At midnight before Easter Sunday,](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/7/0/479570.jpg?v=1)
![In Austria, Santa has a sidekick named Krampus. Krampus rounds up naughty children and takes them to hell. On 12/5, Krampusnacht, drunken hordes will](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/6/0/480660.jpg?v=1)
![Once a year the citizens of Rokugo, Japan, hold the Takeuchi festival. It's a bamboo pole battle. Revelers spend three rounds clashing with 20-foot ba](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/7/4/479574.jpg?v=1)
![In Johannesburg, they want a fresh start for the new year. So they throw their old furniture out the window. Residents of Hillbrow save up broken furn](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/5/8/479558.jpg?v=1)
![Ivrea, Italy, celebrates ll carnevale d'lvrea. Alain And they hold an orange brawl. Up to 10,000 competitors show up to wear goofy outfits and throw o](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/5/2/479552.jpg?v=1)
![Nejapa, EI Salvador, has a festival called Las Bolas de Fuego. It's a fireball festival. In 1922, an erupting volcano forced the residents to evacuate](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/5/0/479550.jpg?v=1)
![Feeling blue? You need Diwali. It's a five-day celebration of good defeating evil. This Hindu festival is celebrated in fall or spring, depending on y](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/5/4/479554.jpg?v=1)