page_title: Party
section_title: Parties on special days
hierarchical_section_title: Party / Parties on special days
context_page_description: A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration of a special occasion. A party will typically feature food and beverages, and often music and dancing or other forms of entertainment. In many Western countries, parties for teens and adults are associated with drinking alcohol such as beer, wine, or distilled spirits.
  More occasionally, a party can also simply refer to a group of people with a common objective.
context_section_description: International
  Christmas
  Halloween
  International Friendship Day
  Labour Day
  Mardi Gras
  New Year's Day
  New Year's Eve
  Australia
  Australia Day
  Grand Final Saturday
  Melbourne Cup Day (Melbourne metropolitan region only)
  Canada
  Canada Day
  Labour Day
  Thanksgiving
  Victoria Day
  France
  Bastille Day
  May Day
  Germany
  German Unity Day
  May Day a.k.a. Tag der Arbeit
  Reformation Day
  Rosenmontag a.k.a. Rose Monday, highlight of the German carnival
  India
  Chaand Raat (Eid)
  Christmas
  Diwali
  Labour Day
  Holi
  Iran and other Persified societies
  Nowruz
  Ireland
  Saint Patrick’s Day
  Israel
  Passover
  Hanukkah
  Purim
  Mexico
  Cinco de Mayo
  May Day
  New Zealand
  Waitangi Day
  Pakistan
  Pakistan Day
  Yom-e-Istiqlal
  Basant
  Scotland
  Hogmanay
  Sweden
  Midsummer Eve
  United Kingdom
  Guy Fawkes Night
  Labour Day
  United States
  Independence Day, a.k.a. the Fourth of July
  Labor Day
  Super Bowl Sunday
  Thanksgiving
  Uruguay
  Nostalgia Night, the night before the Declaration of Independence
caption: A Party in the Open Air by Isaac Oliver, c. 1590
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