Holidays and Observances Flashcards by Trevor Pryhorocki

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Eight-Day Jewish Holidays

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Passover and Hannukkah

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State holiday of Alaska

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Seward’s Day

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Holiday represented with 44 candles

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Hanukkah

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November 2nd

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All Soul’s Day

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Fourth Thursday in November

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Thanksgiving

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December 26th

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Boxing Day (Canada and Britain)

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December 25th

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Christmas

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February 12th

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Lincoln’s Birthday

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Sunday closest to November 30

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Advent

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November 5th

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Guy Fawkes Day (England)

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June 14th

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Flag Day

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Last Friday in April

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Arbor Day

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June 1st

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Canada Day

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Third Saturday in May

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Armed Forces Day

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October 31st

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Halloween

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Second Monday in October

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Columbus Day

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First Sunday - after first full moon - after spring equinox

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Easter

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April 22nd

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Earth Day

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October 12th

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Original Columbus Day

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November 11th

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Veteran’s Day (Armistice Day)

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July 14th

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Bastille Day (France)

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Holiday about the 12 days of Christmas

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Epiphany

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Holiday Anna Jarvis founded

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Mother’s Day

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Wednesday of the last full week of April

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Secretary’s Day

September 17th

Constitution Day

Third Sunday of June

Father's Day

October 24th

United Nation's Day

July 4th

Independence Day

Friday before Easter

Good Friday

First Monday in September

Labor Day

Children collect money for UNICEF on this holiday

Halloween

Day before Ash Wednesday

Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday)

Third Monday in February

President's Day

Third Monday in January

Martin Luther King Day

November 1st

All Saint's Day

Second Sunday of May

Mother's Day

May 5th

Cinco de Mayo

Sixth Sunday of Lent - Sunday before Easter

Palm Sunday

February 22nd

Washington's Birthday

February 14th

St. Valentine's Day

First day of Lent

Ash Wednesday

Last Monday in May

Memorial Day

July 20th

Moon (Landing) Day

First Tuesday after First Monday in November

Election Day

State holiday of Massachusetts

Patriot's Day

February 2nd

Groundhog Day

Second Sunday in September

Grandparents' Day

December 25 to January 1

Kwanzaa

March 17th

St. Patrick's Day

Mardi Gras in Europe and South America

Carnival

January 15th

Martin Luther King's Birthday

Holiday celebrating the end of WWI

Armistice Day

End of Easter celebration

Pentecost

Holiday formerly known as Dominion Day

Canada Day