Traditions And Holidays in the UK and the USA
JANUARY
UP-HELLY-AA (People in the Shetlands remember the Vikings) (UK)
3rd Monday
Martin Luther King's birthday (USA)
FEBRUARY
14th
St. Valentine's Day (UK,USA)
3rd Monday
29th (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
1st Monday
Labour Day (USA)
OCTOBER
2nd Monday
Columbus Day (USA)
26th
The Statue of Liberty (USA)
31st
Halloween (UK,USA)
NOVEMBER
1st Sunday
Veteran Car Rally (UK)
4th 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)