JANUARY

UP-HELLY-AA (People in the Shetlands remember the Vikings)  (UK)

3^rd Monday

Martin Luther King's birthday (USA)

FEBRUARY

14th

St. Valentine's Day (UK,USA)

3^rd Monday

29^th (every four years)

President's Day (USA)

MARCH

1st

St. David's Day (UK) – (national Saint of Wales, daffodils)

17th

St. Patrick's Day (UK,USA) – (an Irish saint, green colour)

APRIL

1st

April Fool's Day (UK,USA)

Easter (UK,USA)

MAY

1st

May Day (UK)

last Monday

Memorial Day (USA)

Sunday

Mother' Day (USA)

JUNE

Sunday

Father's Day (USA)

14th

Flag Day (USA)

24th

Midsummer's Day (UK)

JULY

4th

Independence Day (USA)

SEPTEMBER

1^st Monday

Labour Day (USA)

OCTOBER

2^nd Monday

Columbus Day (USA)

26th

The Statue of Liberty (USA)

31st

Halloween (UK,USA)

NOVEMBER

1^st Sunday

Veteran Car Rally (UK)

4^th Thursday

Thanksgiving Day (USA)

5th

Guy Fawkes' Day, Bonfire Night,  Guy Fawkes Night (UK)

11th

Veterans' Day (USA)

Remembrance Day (UK)

30th

St. Andrew's Day (UK) Scottish patron saint

DECEMBER

24th

Christmas Eve

25th

Christmas Day

26th

Boxing Day

31st

New Year's Eve (Hogmanay in Scotland)