2008 Holidays and Occasions
USA Canada Australia New Zealand United Kingdom
You would like to send your chosen one some love greetings?
You are not sure where to start?
Here are some occasions you may want to consider for writing:
Tuesday, January 01 New Year’s Day
Tuesday, January 01 Kwanzaa ends
Sunday, January 06 Epiphany
Monday, January 07 Eastern Orthodox Christmas
Monday, January 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Saturday, January 26 Australia Day [AUS]
Saturday, February 02 Groundhog Day
Wednesday, February 06 Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 06 Waitangi Day [NZ]
Thursday, February 07 Chinese New Year (Year of the Rat)
Thursday, February 14 Valentine’s Day
Monday, February 18 Washington’s Birthday Observed
Sunday, March 02 Mothering Sunday [UK]
Sunday, March 09 Daylight Saving Time Begins [US]
Monday, March 10 Commonwealth Day [UK]
Monday, March 16 Palm Sunday
Tuesday, March 17 St. Patrick’s Day
Thursday, March 20 First Day of spring
Friday, March 21 Good Friday
Sunday, March 23 Easter
Monday, March 24 Easter Monday [AUS, CAN, NZ, UK]
Tuesday, April 01 April Fools’ Day
Sunday, April 06 Daylight Saving Time Begins [CAN]
Sunday, April 20 Passover begins
Tuesday, April 22 Earth Day
Wednesday, April 23 Administrative
Professionals Day
Friday, April 25 ANZAC Day [AUS, NZ]
Sunday,
April 27 Eastern Orthodox Easter
Sunday, April 27 Passover
ends
Thursday, May 01 May Day
Friday, May 02
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Saturday, May 10 Mother’s Day [MEX]
Sunday,
May 11 Mother’s Day [AUS, CAN, NZ, US]
Saturday, May 17
Armed Forces Day
Monday, May 19 Victoria Day [CAN]
Monday,
May 26 Memorial Day Observed
Monday, May 26 Spring Bank
Holiday [UK]
Monday, June 02 Queen’s Birthday [NZ]
Monday,
June 09 Queen’s Birthday [AUS – except WA]
Sunday, June 15
Father’s Day
Friday, June 20 First Day of Summer
Tuesday,
June 24 St Jean Baptiste Day [CAN – Quebec]
Tuesday, July 01
Canada Day [CAN]
Friday, July 04 Independence Day
Monday,
August 04 Civic Holiday [CAN]
Monday, August 25 Summer Bank
Holiday [UK]
Monday, September 01 Labor Day [CAN, US]
Sunday,
September 07 Grandparents Day
Sunday, September 07
Father’s Day [AUS, NZ]
Thursday, September 11 Patriot Day
Monday,
September 22 First Day of Autumn
Tuesday, September 30 Rosh
Hashanah Begins
Wednesday, October 01 Rosh Hashanah Ends
Thursday,
October 09 Yom Kippur
Monday, October 13 Columbus Day
Observed
Monday, October 13 Thanksgiving [CAN]
Thursday,
October 16 Boss’ Day
Saturday, October 18 Sweetest Day
Sunday,
October 26 Daylight Saving Time Ends [CAN]
Monday, October
27 Labour Day [NZ]
Friday, October 31 Halloween
Sunday,
November 02 Daylight Saving Time Ends [US]
Tuesday, November
04 Election Day
Tuesday, November 11 Veterans Day
Tuesday,
November 11 Remembrance Day [AUS, CAN, UK]
Thursday,
November 27 Thanksgiving
Sunday, December 07 Pearl Harbor
Remembrance Day
Sunday, December 21 First Day of Winter
Monday,
December 22 Hanukkah Begins
Wednesday, December 24 Christmas
Eve
Thursday, December 25 Christmas Day
Friday,
December 26 Boxing Day [AUS, CAN, NZ, UK]
Friday, December
26 Kwanzaa Begins
Monday, December 29 Hanukkah Ends
Wednesday,
December 31 New Year’s Eve