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Holidays
Holidays and their dates
| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1st |
| Epiphany (Feast of Lights, and Feast of the Three Kings) | January 6th |
| Groundhog Day | February 2nd |
| Lincoln’s Birthday | February 12th |
| St. Valentine’s Day | February 14th |
| Washington’s Birthday | February 22nd |
| Saint Patrick’s Day | March 17th |
| April Fool’s Day(All Fool’s Day) | April 1st |
| May Day | May 1st |
| Cinco de Mayo or Battle of Puebla Day(in Mexico) | May 5th |
| D-Day | June 6th |
| Flag Day | June 14th |
| Canada Day (in Canada) | July 1st |
| Independence Day | July 4th |
| Bastille Day (in France) | July 14th |
| Halloween (All Hallow’s Eve) | October 31st |
| Mexico's Independence Day (in Mexico) | September 16th |
| All Hallows or All Saint's Day | November 1st |
| Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead (in Mexico) | November 1st-2nd |
| All Soul's Day | November 2nd |
| Veteran's Day (Formerly called Armistice Day (called Remembrance Day in Canada) | November 11th |
| Mexican Revolution Day | November 20th |
| Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe (in Mexico) | December 12th |
| Christmas | December 25th |
| Kwanzaa | December 26th |
| Boxing Day (in Canada and United Kingdom) | December 26th |
| New Year’s Eve | December 31st |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | 3rd Monday in January |
| Presidents’ Day | 3rd Monday in February |
| Commonwealth Day (in Canada) | Second Monday in March |
| Arbor Day | Last Friday in April |
| Mother’s Day | 2nd Sunday in May |
| Ascension Day | 40th day after the Resurrection |
| Victoria Day (in Canada) | First Monday preceding May 25 |
| Memorial Day | Last Monday in May |
| Father’s Day | 3rd Sunday in June |
| Labor Day | First Monday in September |
| National Grandparents Day | First Sunday in September following Labor Day |
| Columbus Day | Second Monday in October |
| Thanksgiving Day (in Canada) | Second Monday in October |
| General Election Day | First Tuesday after the first Monday in November |
| Thanksgiving Day | Fourth Thursday in November |
| Passover or Pesach | 8-day celebration beginning on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Nisan (celebrated in March or April) |
| Mardi Gras (or Fat Tuesday) | Last feast before Lent |
| Shrove Tuesday | Day before Ash Wednesday |
| Ash Wednesday | Beginning of Lent |
| Lent | 40-weekday period (beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending on the Saturday before Easter and excluding Sundays) |
| Holy Week | Last week before Easter |
| Palm Sunday | Beginning of Holy Week |
| Good Friday | Friday of Holy Week |
| Easter Sunday | First Sunday following the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox (always between March 22 and April 25) |
| Pentecost (Also known as Whitsunday) | Feast marking the end of the 50-day period observance of Easter (7th Sunday after Easter) |
| Rosh Hashanah | 2-day celebration beginning on the 1st day of Tishri, the first month of the Hebrew Calendar, which usually falls in September |
| Yom Kippur | Last day of a 10-day period beginning with Rosh Hashanah, which usually falls in September |
| Hanukkah | 8-day celebration beginning on the eve of the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev, which usually falls in December |
| Ramadan | Month-long fast and the 9th month of the Islamic year |
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