*
Share This
Holiday table
table started by
danny for the Time Commons
A holiday is a day set aside for celebration or observance. It usually occurs at a regular time in the calendar, and may be religious or...
more
\^/ Plot Points:
select property to plot
x
Add another type with the property you want to view.
| x name | x image | x Also Typed With | x Day Of Year | x Holiday Category | x article |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x New Year's Day |
|
January 1 | International holiday |
New Year's Day is the first day of the year. On the modern Gregorian calendar, it is celebrated on January 1, as it was also in ancient Rome (though other dates were also used in Rome). In all countries using the Gregorian calendar, except for...
|
|
| US Federal holiday | |||||
| US trading holiday | |||||
| x Christmas |
|
Holiday Period | December 25 | Western Christian Holiday |
Christmas (IPA: /krɪsməs/), also referred to as Christmas Day or Christmastide, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that marks and honors the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. His birth, which is the basis for the Anno Domini system of dating,...
|
| Film subject | US Federal holiday | ||||
| Broadcast Genre | |||||
| Quotation Subject | |||||
| x Election Day (US) | First Tuesday following the first Monday in November | US Federal holiday |
Election Day in the United States is the day set by law for the selection of public officials by popular ballot. For federal offices, it occurs on the Tuesday following the first Monday of November (so the earliest possible date is November 2 and...
|
||
| x Election Day (UK) | UK Legal Holiday |
Election Day in the United Kingdom is by tradition a Thursday, but the date for general elections is not fixed by law. Most other European countries hold all Elections on Sundays. Polls in the United Kingdom open at 7:00 and close at 22:00.
A...
|
|||
| x Martin Luther King Day |
|
Namesake | Third Monday of January | US Federal holiday |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a United States holiday marking the birthdate of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., observed on the third Monday of January each year, around the time of King's birthday, January 15. It is one of four United States...
|
| x Inauguration Day |
|
January 20 | US Federal holiday |
Inauguration Day is the day every four years on which the President of the United States is sworn in and takes office. The next Inauguration Day will occur on January 20, 2009.
The inauguration for the first U.S. president, George Washington, was...
|
|
| x May Day |
|
May 1 | Communist holiday |
May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several public holidays. In many countries, May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labour movement. As a day of...
|
|
| Pagan holiday | |||||
| x 1st day of Eid ul-Adha | 10th day of Dhul Hijja | Islamic holiday | |||
| x New Year's Eve |
|
TV Genre | December 31 | International holiday |
New Year's Eve is on December 31, the final day of the Gregorian year, and the day before New Year's Day.
New Year's Eve is a separate observance from the observance of New Year's Day. In modern Western practice, New Year's Eve is celebrated with...
|
| Media genre | |||||
| x President's day |
President's Day was a national holiday in the People's Republic of Haven in the Honorverse.
President's Day celebrated the date of the reigning hereditary president's of the People's Republic of Haven's birth. On this day the government all but...
|
||||
| x Memorial Day |
|
Last Monday of May | US Federal holiday |
Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (on May 26 in 2008). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in military service to their country. First enacted to honor...
|
|
| x Independence Day (US) |
|
July 4 | US Federal holiday |
In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July (or the Fourth), is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great...
|
|
| National Day | |||||
| x Labor Day (US) | First Monday of September | US Federal holiday |
Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September. The holiday originated in 1882 as the Central Labor Union (of New York City) sought to create "a day off for the working citizens".
Congress made Labor Day a...
|
||
| x Columbus Day |
|
Second monday in October | US Federal holiday |
Many American countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in America, which occurred on October 12, 1492 in the Julian calendar and October 21, 1492 in the modern Gregorian calendar, as an...
|
|
| x Veterans Day |
|
November 11 | US Federal holiday |
Veterans Day is an American holiday honoring military veterans. Both a federal holiday and a state holiday in all states, it's always celebrated on November 11th each year. However, if it occurs on a Sunday then the following Monday is designated...
|
|
| x Thanksgiving |
|
Fourth Thursday of November | US Federal holiday |
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, at the end of the harvest season, is an annual American Federal holiday to express thanks for one's material and spiritual possessions. The period from Thanksgiving...
|
|
| x Presidents' Day |
|
Third Monday of February | US Federal holiday |
Washington's Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is also commonly known as Presidents Day (or President's Day). As Washington's Birthday or Presidents Day, it is also the official name of a...
|
|
| February 18 | |||||
| x Epiphany |
|
January 6 | Western Christian Holiday |
Epiphany (Greek for "to manifest" or "to show"), is a Christian feast day which celebrates the "shining forth" or revelation of God in human form in the person of Jesus Christ. The feast falls on January 6. Western Christians commemorate the...
|
|
| x Ash Wednesday | Western Christian Holiday |
In the Western Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and occurs forty days before Easter (excluding Sundays). It falls on a different date each year, because it is dependent on the date of Easter; it can occur as early as...
|
|||
| x Presentation of Jesus at the Temple |
|
February 2 | Western Christian Holiday |
The Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple celebrates an early episode in the life of Jesus, and falls on or around 2 February. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Presentation is the fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary. In the Eastern...
|
|
| x Easter |
|
Holiday Period | First Sunday after the first full moon on or after March 21 | Western Christian Holiday |
Easter (Greek: Πάσχα, Pascha or Pasxa) is the most important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. Christians believe that Jesus was resurrected from the dead two days after his crucifixion, and celebrate this resurrection on Easter...
|
| x Maundy Thursday |
|
Thursday before Easter | Western Christian Holiday |
In the Christian liturgical calendar, Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday) is the feast or holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter that commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles. It is the fifth day of Holy Week,...
|
|
| x Good Friday |
|
Friday before Easter | Western Christian Holiday |
Good Friday, also called Holy Friday or Great Friday, is the Friday preceding Easter Sunday ("Pascha"). It commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Golgotha.
Based on the scriptural details of the Sanhedrin Trial of Jesus, and...
|
|
| x Holy Saturday |
|
Saturday before Easter | Western Christian Holiday |
Holy Saturday (Latin: Sabbatum Sanctum) is the day after Good Friday. It is the day before Easter and the last day of Holy Week, in which Christians prepare for Easter.
On this day the church commemorates the time that Jesus Christ lay in the tomb...
|
|
| x Christmas Eve |
|
Western Christian Holiday |
Christmas Eve, December 24, is the day before Christmas Day, the celebrated birthday of Jesus Christ.
In the Western Christian Churches, the Christmas season liturgically begins on Christmas Eve, and is preceded by a four-week fast called Advent....
|
||
| x ANZAC Day |
|
April 25 |
Anzac Day is commemorated by Australia and New Zealand on 25 April every year to honour members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I. Anzac Day is also celebrated in the Cook...
|
||
| x Yom Ha'atzmaut |
|
5 Iyar | National Day |
Yom Ha'atzmaut (Hebrew: יום העצמאות yom hā-‘aṣmā’ūṯ; Arabic: عيد الاستقلال) is the national independence day of Israel, commemorating its declaration of independence in 1948.
It falls on the 5th of the Jewish month of Iyar, celebrating the...
|
|
| Israeli National Holiday | |||||
| x Passover |
|
Jewish holiday |
Passover (Hebrew, Yiddish: פֶּסַח, Pesach, Tiberian: pɛsaħ, Israeli: Pesah, Pesakh, Yiddish: Peysekh) is a Jewish and Samaritan holy day and festival commemorating God sparing the Jews when He killed the first born of Egypt. Followed by the seven...
|
||
| x Simchat Torah |
|
Jewish holiday |
Simchat Torah (also Simchas Torah, Hebrew: שמחת תורה, lit., "Rejoicing with/of the Torah,") is a celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle. Simchat Torah is a component of the...
|
||
| x Diwali |
|
Event | 29 Ashwin |
Deepavali, or Diwali is a major Indian holiday, and a significant festival in Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Many legends are associated with Diwali. Today it is celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs across the globe as the "Festival of...
|
|
| x Fast of Esther |
The Fast of Esther (Ta'anit Ester, Hebrew תענית אסתר) is a Jewish fast from dawn until dusk on Purim eve, commemorating the three day fast observed by the Jewish people in the story of Purim. This fast was accepted by the Jews for all future...
|
||||
| x Lag Ba'omer |
|
Lag BaOmer (Hebrew: ל"ג בעומר), also known as Lag LaOmer amongst Sephardic Jews, is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the thirty-third day of the counting of the Omer which is on the 18th of Iyar.
Lag BaOmer is Hebrew shorthand for 33rd of Omer (Lag,...
|
|||
| x Tu Bishvat |
|
Tu Bishvat (or Tu B'Shevat) (Hebrew: ט״ו בשבט) is a minor Jewish holiday in the Hebrew month of Shevat, usually sometime in late January or early February, that marks the "New Year of the Trees" (Hebrew: ראש השנה לאילנות, Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot)....
|
|||
| x Sukkot |
|
Exhibition subject | Jewish holiday |
Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt ; "booths", also known as Sukkos, Succoth, Feast of Booths or Feast of Tabernacles), is a Biblical pilgrimage festival that occurs in autumn on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late...
|
|
| x Tenth of Tevet | Day Of Year | Tenth of Tevet | Jewish holiday |
Tenth of Tevet (Hebrew: עשרה בטבת, Asara BeTevet), the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet, is a minor fast day in Judaism. It falls out either seven or eight days after the conclusion of Hannukah, depending on whether Rosh Chodesh of Tevet that...
|
|
| x Shavuot |
|
Jewish holiday |
Shavuot (or Shavuos, in Ashkenazi usage; Hebrew: שבועות, lit. "Weeks") is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (late May or early June). Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of the day God gave the Ten...
|
||
| x Kshamavaani |
Kshamavani or "Forgiveness Day" is a day of forgiving and seeking forgiveness for the followers of Jainism. It is celebrated on the 14th day of the holy month of Bhadrapad. "Micchami Dukadam" is the common phrase when asking for forgiveness.
On this...
|
||||
| x Hola Mohalla | |||||