I found the following calendar on an iPhone. Two of the translations of NZ holidays are just hilarious!!! I will try to translate it back into english for those who don’t speak German.
Maifeiertag (“May Celebrations“) – in October??? Well, it’s supposed to be Tag der Arbeit (“Day of work“) which is 1st of May in Germany – and that’s the same as Labour day in NZ.
My absolute favorite however is the next one:
Tag des Boxens (“Day of boxing“) – boxing as in “box fights”! :-) We just say 2. Weihnachtstag (“2nd Christmas day“) for Boxing day in German. Hardly anyone knows anymore that it used to be called Stephanstag (“St. Stephen’s Day“). (See Wikipedia for more info.)
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