Cross Stitch Patterns for Holidays

Holidays are exciting and happy times for us, and we have many beautiful and fun designs for you to create for Halloween, Christmas and Valentine’s Day. If the inspiration for your next project revolves around a holiday, then this is the category for you! Its not just Christmas!

Of course Christmas is the first thing that comes to mind when we think of holidays, but let’s not forget all the others. In our Holiday category you will find patterns for Easter, Halloween, Mother’s Day and other holidays. Stitch up any of these projects and get the house ready for the next one.

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Santa Claus's home traditionally includes a residence and a workshop where he creates-often with the aid of elves or other supernatural beings-the gifts he delivers to good children at Christmas. In North American tradition (in the United States and Canada), Santa lives on the North Pole, which according to Canada Post lies within Canadian jurisdiction in postal code H0H 0H0. Ded Moroz is a fictional character similar to Father Christmas and Santa Claus who has his roots in Slavic paganism mythology. The tradition of Ded Moroz is mostly spread in East Slavic countries and is an important part of Russian culture. The literal translation is "Grandfather Frost".

✦ Santa Claus cross stitch pattern | Happy New Year!

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The celebratory customs associated in various countries with Christmas have a mix of pre-Christian, Christian, and secular themes and origins. Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of well-behaved ("good" or "nice") children on Christmas Eve (24 December) and the early morning hours of Christmas Day (25 December).

✦ Cross stitch pattern Merry Christmas | Santa with a gift сross stitch pattern

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Easter is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. The egg is an ancient symbol of new life and rebirth. In Christianity it became associated with Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection.

✦ Happy Easter cross stitch pattern

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A custom originating in Germany, the Easter Bunny is a popular legendary anthropomorphic Easter gift-giving character analogous to Santa Claus in American culture. Many children around the world follow the tradition of coloring hard-boiled eggs and giving baskets of candy.

✦ Easter cross stitch pattern

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The word Halloween or Hallowe'en dates to about 1745 and is of Christian origin. The word "Hallowe'en" means "Saints' evening". It comes from a Scottish term for All Hallows' Eve (the evening before All Hallows' Day). In Scots, the word "eve" is even, and this is contracted to e'en or een. Over time, (All) Hallow(s) E(v)en evolved into Hallowe'en. Although the phrase "All Hallows'" is found in Old English "All Hallows' Eve" is itself not seen until 1556. Halloween or Hallowe'en is a celebration observed in several countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.

✦ Halloween cross stitch pattern

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Halloween or Hallowe'en also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in several countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related guising and souling), attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, as well as watching horror films.

✦ Happy Halloween cross stitch pattern

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The modern holiday of Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. In 1908, the U.S. Congress rejected a proposal to make Mother's Day an official holiday, joking that they would also have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day". However, owing to the efforts of Anna Jarvis, by 1911 all U.S. states observed the holiday, with some of them officially recognizing Mother's Day as a local holiday.

✦ Happy Mother's Day cross stitch pattern

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Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months of March or May.

✦ Mother's Day cross stitch pattern

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Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. It was first proposed by Sonora Dodd of Spokane, Washington in 1909. It is currently celebrated in the United States annually on the third Sunday in June.

✦ Father's Day cross stitch pattern

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Father's Day was not celebrated in the US, outside Catholic traditions, until the 20th century. As a civic celebration in the US, it was inaugurated in the early 20th century to complement Mother's Day by celebrating fathers and male parenting.

✦ Happy Father's Day cross stitch pattern

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Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Western Christian feast day honoring one or two early saints named Valentinus. Saint Valentine's Day is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran Church.

✦ Happy Valentine's Day cross stitch pattern

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The Feast of Saint Valentine was established by Pope Gelasius I in AD 496 to be celebrated on February 14 in honour of the Christian martyr, Saint Valentine of Rome, who died on that date in AD 269. Valentine's Day customs - sending greeting cards (known as “valentines”), offering confectionary and presenting flowers - developed in early modern England and spread throughout the English-speaking world in the 19th century.

✦ Valentine's Day cross stitch pattern

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Ancient Greek philosophers identified five forms of love: essentially, familial love, friendly love or platonic love, romantic love (Eros), guest love (Xenia) and divine love (Agape). Modern authors have distinguished further varieties of love: unrequited love, empty love, companionate love, consummate love, infatuated love, self-love, and courtly love.

✦ Happy Birthday, Love! cross stitch pattern

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I know that people say that nobody’s perfect, but I really want to dispute that sort of thinking. Clearly, people must not have met you because you are an absolutely perfect husband. Your kisses may be sweeter than candy, but it’s your love that genuinely sweetens my soul. No amount of cake could ever be as sweet as you! Happy birthday to my sweetie pie!

✦ Cross stitch pattern Happy Birthday To My Wonderful Husband

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Birthdays of people are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with birthday gifts, birthday cards, a birthday party, or a rite of passage. Most countries set the age of majority at 18, though it varies by jurisdiction. According to a public database of births, birthdays in the United States are quite evenly distributed for the most part, but there tend to be more births in September and October.

✦ Happy Birthday cross stitch pattern | Funny Birthday Balloons

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