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January 1 New Year's
Day
January 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (3rd Monday of January,
traditionally Jan. 15)
February 2 Groundhog Day
February 3 Super Bowl Sunday (currently the first Sunday of February)
February 6 Ash Wednesday (Christian; moveable based on Easter)
February 14 Valentine's Day
February 18 Presidents Day (officially Washington's Birthday; 3rd Monday
of February, traditionally Feb. 22)
March 16 Palm Sunday (Christian; Sunday before Easter)
March 17 St. Patrick's Day
March 20 Vernal Equinox, Lailatul-Qadr (Islamic; moveable, based on
lunar calendar)
March 21 Good Friday (Christian; Friday before Easter)
March 23 Easter Sunday (Christian; moveable; Sunday after first full
moon during spring)
March 24 Easter Monday (Christian; Monday after Easter)
April 1 April Fool's Day
April 20 First day of Passover (Jewish; moveable based on Jewish
calendar)
April 21 Second day of Passover (Jewish; moveable based on Jewish
calendar)
April 21 Patriot's Day/Marathon Monday (New England and Wisconsin only)
(3rd Monday of April)
April 22 Earth Day
April 26 Seventh day of Passover (Jewish; moveable based on Jewish
calendar)
April 27 Last day of Passover (Jewish; moveable based on Jewish
calendar)
May 5 Cinco De Mayo (Mexican holiday often observed in US)
May 11 Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May), Pentecost Sunday (Jewish; 50
days after Passover)
May 26 Memorial Day (last Monday of May)
June 9 First day of Shavuot (Jewish; moveable based on Jewish calendar)
June 10 Second day of Shavuot (Jewish; moveable based on Jewish
calendar)
June 14 Flag Day
June 15 Father's Day (3rd Sunday of June)
June 20 Summer Solstice
July 4 Independence Day
September 1 Labor Day (first Monday of September)
September 2 First day of Ramadan (Islamic)
September 22 Autumn Equinox
September 30 First day of Rosh Hashanah (Jewish; moveable, based on
Jewish calendar)
October 1 Second day of Rosh Hashanah (Jewish; moveable, based on Jewish
calendar)
October 2 Eid-al-Fitr/Last day of Ramadan (Islamic, moveable, based on
lunar calendar)
October 9 Yom Kippur (Jewish, moveable, based on Jewish calendar), Leif
Erikson Day
October 13 Columbus Day (2nd Monday of October)
October 14 First day of Sukkot (Jewish; moveable, based on Jewish
calendar)
October 15 Second day of Sukkot (Jewish; moveable, based on Jewish
calendar)
October 20 Hoshanah Rabbah (Jewish; moveable, based on Jewish calendar)
October 21 Shemini Atzeret (Jewish; moveable, based on Jewish calendar)
October 22 Simhat Torah (Jewish; moveable, based on Jewish calendar)
October 30 Mischief Night
October 31 Halloween
November 1 All Saints Day, Day of the Dead (Mexico)
November 4 Election Day (Tuesday after the first Monday of November)
November 11 Veterans Day
November 27 Thanksgiving (4th Thursday of November)
November 28 Black Friday (Friday after Thanksgiving Day)
December 5 First day of Hannukkah (Jewish; moveable, based on Jewish
calendar)
December 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
December 21 Winter Solstice
December 22 First day of Hannukkah (Jewish; moveable, based on Jewish
calendar)
December 24 Christmas Eve (Christian)
December 25 Christmas Day (Christian)
December 26 First day of Kwanzaa (Kwanzaa is celebrated until January 1,
2009)
December 29 Last day of Hannukkah (Jewish; moveable, based on Jewish
Calendar)
December 31 New Year's Eve
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