21 Amazing Holidays In Other Countries We Should Steal

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21 Amazing Holidays In Other Countries We Should Steal

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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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