
St. Andrew's Day is held on November 30 in honor of Saint Andrew, Scotland's patron saint
St. Andrew's Day is a Christian feast day celebrated annually on
November 30 in honor of Saint Andrew, a Christian apostle and the brother of Saint Peter.
Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland as well as Barbados, Bulgaria, Colombia, Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Tenerife.
St. Andrew's Day is Scotland's official national day and has been a
public holiday since 2007. If it falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday becomes a substitute bank holiday. It is also an official flag day, which means the Flag of Scotland, a white diagonal cross on a blue field, also known as Saltire or St. Andrew's Cross, is to be flown on all government buildings with a flagpole.
The day is observed by Scotts in Scotland and worldwide with celebrations of Scottish culture, such as eating traditional Scottish food and performing Scottish music and dance. It is the beginning of a season of Scottish winter festivals comprising St. Andrew's Day, Hogmanay (Scotland's New Year celebrations) on December 31 and Burns Night on January 25, the annual celebration of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns. It also marks the beginning of the
Advent season: the
First Sunday in Advent falls on the Sunday nearest to St. Andrew's Day.
Saint Andrew's Day is one of the four Saints' days of the four nations that make up the United Kingdom:
Further reading:
The next occurrence of St. Andrew's Day is marked in
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