During the holiday season, many people will be celebrating Christmas. However, there are various cultural festivities that happen at the end and beginning of the year that are totally separate from this widely observed occasion. In December, January, and February, many religions and agnostic traditionalists engage in various forms of celebration, often related to the winter solstice and the new year.
Click through the gallery to find out about the beautifully vibrant and diverse holidays celebrated around Christmas time that aren't Christmas!