The document summarizes several festivals: - Songkran Festival is celebrated in Thailand from April 13-15 (sometimes 16th) marking the Thai New Year and vernal equinox with water splashing and pranks. - Halloween originated from the Celtic harvest festival of Samhain and is now celebrated on October 31st with costumes, trick-or-treating, and telling scary stories. - Valentine's Day on February 14th originated as a Christian feast day honoring early martyr Saint Valentine and is now a significant global celebration of romance. - The Star of David Festival in Sakhon Nakhon Province of Thailand includes a Christmas parade and homes decorated with lights and stars during Christmas Eve and Day

1. Festival
Halloween Day
Songkran Festival
Its full name is Maha Songkran
or Major Songkran begins on the
13th April and ends on the 15th
April, but occasionally in certain
years on the 16th April. The
Songkran is in fact the celebra-
tion of the vernal equinox similar
to those of the Indian Holi Festi-
val, the Chinese Ching Ming, and
the Christian Festival of Easter.
The Songkran Festival is in a cer-
tain sense like April Fool's Day,
when the maids of the village
play pranks on any gallant who
happens to pass by their way. He
will be caught and bound by the
united strength of the maids and
they will daub him with blacking.
Halloween is on October 31st, the
last day of the Celtic calendar. It was
originally a pagan holiday, honoring the
dead. Halloween was referred to as All
Hallows Eve and dates back to over
2000 years ago. All Hallows Eve is the
evening before All Saints Day, which
was created by Christians to convert
pagans, and is celebrated on November
1st. The Catholic church honored
saints on this designated day. On the
night of October 31, many Americans
celebrate the traditions of Halloween
by dressing in costumes and telling ta-
les of witches and ghosts. Children go
from house to house—to “trick or
treat”—collecting candy along the way.
Communities also hold parades and par-
ties.

2. Valentine's
Day, also called Saint
Valentine's Day or
the Feast of Saint
Valentine, is an annu-
al holiday celebrated
on February 14. It originated as
a Western Christian liturgical
feast day honoring one or more
early saints named Valentinus,
and is recognized as a signifi-
cant cultural and commercial
celebration in many regions
around the world, although it is
not a public holiday in any coun-
try.
Star parade
Valentine's Day
Sakhon Nakhon Province will hold
the “Star of David Festival” dur-
ing Christmas Eve and on Christ-
mas day. Visitors can enjoy the
Christmas Star Festival parade
as local residents, who are Catho-
lics and Christians, adorn their
homes with colorful lights and
stars to signify their faith.
Loy krathong festival
Loy Krathong Day is one of the
most popular festivals of Thai-
land celebrated annually on the
Full-Moon Day of the Twelfth
Lunar Month. make a wish and
launch their Krathongs on ca-
nals, rivers or even small ponds.
It is believed that the Kra-
thongs carry away sins and bad
luck, and the wishes that have
been made for the new year due
to start. Indeed, it is the time
to be joyful and happy as the
sufferings are floated away.