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Holidays

Holidays

The word 'holidays' comes from the original of 'holy days.' These days, there are holidays for just about everything, from the serious and religious to the fun and outrageous. Did you know that there is a World UFO day? Well, in case you didn't, it is on July 2. So get out your binoculars and foil hats and head out to Area 51 for a picnic!

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About Holidays

Other fun and odd holidays include Fruitcake Toss Day (January 3), Toothache Day (February 9), Leap Day (February 29, once every four years), Mother Goose Day (May 1), National Yo-Yo Day (June 6), Book Lover's Day (August 9), National Cream-Filled Donut Day (September 14) Leif Erikson Day (October 9), Marooned without a Compass Day (November 6) and Look on the Bright Side Day (December 21).

Below is a list of the most common Holidays that are celebrated throughout the year. Some dates do change from year to year.

January:
1 - New Year's Day
6 - Feast of the Epiphany- Three Kings Day
15 - Martin Luther King's Birthday

February:
2 - Groundhog's Day
6 - Super Bowl Sunday, Superbowl XLV (2011)
12 - Lincoln's Birthday
14 - Valentines Day
15 - President's Day
22 - Washington's Birthday

March:
8 - Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) (2011)
9 - Ash Wednesday (2011)
15 - Ides of March
17 - St. Patrick's Day
20 - Purim begins at sundown (2011)
20 - Spring (Vernal) Equinox

April:
1 - April Fool's Day
17 - Palm Sunday (2011)
19 - Passover begins at sundown, lasts 8 days. (2011)
22 - Earth Day (U.S.)
22 - Good Friday (2011)
24 - Easter Sunday
29 - Arbor Day (2011)

May:
1 - May Day
5 - Cinco de Mayo
8 - Mother's Day (2011)
17 - Armed Forces Day
24 - Victoria Day (Canada)
31 - Memorial Day

June:

14 - Flag Day
19 - Father's Day
21 - Summer Solstice

July:

4 - Independence Day
7 - Chocolate Day
24 - Amelia Earhart Day

August:

1 - Ramadan (2011)
3 - National Watermelon Day
10 - National S'mores Day
15 - World Youth Day (2011)

September:

5 - Labor Day (2011)
11 - Grandparents Day
23 - Autumnal Equinox
28 - Rosh Hashanah (2011)

October:

7 - Yom Kippur
10 - Columbus Day
12 - Sukkot
15 - Sweetest Day
24 - United Nations Day
31 - Halloween

November:

1 - All Saint's Day
2 - All Soul's Day
11 - Veteran's Day
13 - Sadie Hawkins Day
24 - Thanksgiving Day
25 - Black Friday

December:

7 - Pearl Harbor Day
21 - Chanukah (2011)
22 - Winter Solstice
25 - Christmas
26 - Kwanzaa
27 - National Fruitcake Day
31 - New Year's Eve

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HONOLULU, HI - JANUARY 01: U.S. President Barack Obama walks with family and friends after viewing a gallery featuring his mother's anthropological work at the East-West Center on Jan 1, 2012 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama is in Hawaii with his family for a low-key vacation.

A woman looks for a Christmas gift at Vorosmarty square of Budapest on December 19, 2011 during a Christmas fair in the heart of the city few day before Christmas. It is the one of the biggest religious holidays, an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated on December 25.

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