Midsommar

Also known as Midsummer Festival, Saint John's Day, Saint John's Feast, Saint John's Festival, Feast of Saint John the Baptist, Summer Solstice Festival

Midsummer or Midsommar ( ) is a celebration of the season of summer, taking place on or near the date of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day of the year. The name midsummer mainly refers to summer solstice festivals of European origin. These cultures traditionally regard it as the middle of summer, with the season beginning on May Day. Although the summer solstice falls on 20, 21 or 22 June in the Northern Hemisphere, it was traditionally reckoned to fall on 23–24 June in much of Europe. These dates were Christianized as Saint John's Eve and Saint John's Day. It is

Key facts

Holiday.holiday_name: MidsummerSummer Solstice
Holiday.image: Mittsommerfest in Norwegen, Insel Tysnes IMG 4425WI.jpg
Holiday.caption: Midsummer bonfire in Tysnes Municipality, Norway
Holiday.observedby: Traditionally: Europe Canada United States Liturgically: Roman Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, Anglican Communion
Holiday.date: A date close to the summer solstice
Holiday.celebrations: Festivals, bonfires, feasting, singing, maypole dancing
Holiday.observances: Church service, reenactments of the life of Saint John the Baptist, processions, baptisms, and church weddings
Holiday.type: Cultural and Religious
Holiday.significance: Marks the traditional middle of summer, and birth of John the Baptist
Holiday.relatedto: Nativity of John the Baptist, Saint John's Eve, Kupala Night
Holiday.nickname: Feast of Saint John the Baptist, Jāņi, Joninės, Jaanipäev, Enyovden, Līþa/Litha, midsommar, Juhannus/Mittumaari/Keskikesä, Alban Hefin, Gŵyl Ganol yr Haf, Sankthans, Kresna noč