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Munich : Top 10 Holidays & Celebrations

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1. New Year’s Eve

Best places to enjoy the spectacular fireworks: Bavaria statue, Olympiaberg, high-rises, and the highest banks of the Isar.
2. Epiphany

During the week before 6 Jan, children dress up as the Three Magi and go door to door, collecting money for charity.
3. Ash Wednesday

Carnival (Fasching ) is followed by a fasting period and the start of the bock beer season.
4. Easter

Easter egg hunts in Tierpark Hellabrunn and other locations.
5. Labour Day

The raising of the Maypole and union marches are on 1 May.
6. Corpus Christi

One of the most important days in the Bavarian Catholic calendar. Munich has a large procession.
7. Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving and Kirchweih (consecration of churches) fall on the same day. The Auer Herbstdult (see Auer Dulten) often begins on Thanksgiving, as does the Almabtrieb , when the cattle are driven from Alpine summer pastures.
8. All Saints’ Day

On 1 Nov, graves are decorated and lanterns lit. Halloween is celebrated the night before.
9. St Martin’s Day

Children carry lanterns in processions led by a rider dressed as St Martin. Roast goose is traditional at dinner.
10. Christmas

Christkindl markets start on the first day of Advent. Midnight mass is held 24 Dec.