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Secular Holidays
International holidays (secular)
Many other days are marked to celebrate events or people, but are not
strictly holidays as time off work is rarely given.
- April Fool's Day (April 1)
- Earth Day (April 22)
- Father's Day (3rd Sunday in June, March 19, others)
- Halloween (October 31)
- Leap Day (February 29, every four years)
- Mother's Day (2nd Sunday in May in North America, fourth Sunday in Lent
in Europe)
- Perihelion (January 3-6, depending on year and location)
- Valentine's Day (February 14)
- Worker's Day or May Day (May 1, most countries - United States and
Canada are prominent exceptions)
- United Nations holidays
- International Women's Day
Other secular holidays
Other secular holidays limited to only some (groups of) countries include:
- Boxing Day (December 26 in the Commonwealth countries)
- Flag Day (June 14 in the United States)
- Grandparent's Day (Sunday after September Labor Day - proclaimed in the
United States by Jimmy Carter in 1978)
- Groundhog Day (February 2 in United States and Canada)
- Loyalty Day (May 1 in the United States)
- Mother-in-Law's Day (4th Sunday in October, where?)
- Pioneer Day (July 24 in Utah, United States)
- Sweetest Day (third Saturday in October, Ohio and Michigan in the United
States)
Humorous, entertaining holidays
Some humorous events have captured the attention of the public, to the
point where they have been promoted as annual events. These "funny"
holidays are generally intended as humorous distractions and excuses to share
laughs among friends.
- Bloomsday (June 16 based on James Joyce's novel Ulysses)
- International Talk Like a Pirate Day
- Mole Day (October 23)
- Pi Approximation Day (July 22)
- Pi Day (March 14)
- X-Day (July 5 in the Church of the SubGenius)
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