Celebrating our Holidays

In the US we just celebrated Flag Day and Father's Day, and it got me to wondering about our other holidays, and the holidays around the world. So you know what you do when your wanting answers, you go online to see what you can find. Well I came across Earth Calendar. This site allows you to search by year, month and day or by country for holidays celebrted.

It made for interesting searching, especially by country. Not alot of countries find time to have holidays like the good old USA. In fact we have two really important ones coming up, July 15 is National Ice Cream Day and July 23 is National Hod Dog Day!!! Yea we do have one other holiday coming up, the 4th of July, you may have heard of it.

So here's the question, what are the major, if that the proper word, holidays that you celebrate where you live?

If you have the time and talent why not downoad a screenshot showing people celetrating or if you are a skinner lets see what you can do with some skins.

Check the link out and see if they have all your countries holidays identified.


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Interesting:-

January-1

New Year's Day

January-2

Bank Holiday

January-27

WWII Genocide Memorial Day

March-1

St. David's Day

March-16

Red Nose Day

March-17

St. Patrick's Day

March-18

Mothering Sunday

April-1

April Fool's Day

April-6

Good Friday

April-8

Easter

April-9

Easter Monday

April-21

Queen's Birthday (actual date)

April-23

St. George's Day

May-7

May Day Bank Holiday

May-8

V-E Day

May-28

Spring Bank Holiday

July-12

Battle of Boyne/Orangemen`s Day

July-14

Emmeline Pankhurst Day

July-15

St. Swithin's Day

August-27

Summer Bank Holiday

September-19

Talk Like a Pirate Day

September-29

Michaelmas

October-31

Hallowe'en

November-5

Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes Day)

November-11

Remembrance Day

November-30

St. Andrew's Day

December-25

Christmas Day

December-26

Boxing Day

December-31

New Year's Eve

A lot of days there for the UK, but only 8 are actually holidays (days off work) 

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"Talk Like a Pirate Day"

You say Americans are weird...
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"Talk Like a Pirate Day"

You say Americans are weird...


Giggles gently/kindly in Fairyy squiggles direction. Then provides killer quote from origins of "Talk Like a Pirate Day".


International Talk Like A Pirate Day began in the mists of the 1990s, when two Yankees, John Baur (Ol' Chum Bucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy), be talkin' like pirates all o'a sudden. They decided that, to further the noble causes of the sweet trade of piracy, September 19 each year be the day when all souls over the world should be talkin' like pirates. For years, their valiant efforts were wasted, until they contacted a man by the name of Dave Barry, who be writin' a humour column for the great masses o' landlubbers out yonder.

He showed his devotion to the cause by promoting the Day to millions of people across the world from the tropical climes of Miami, to the wild and weary shores of Thunder Bay. From thar, the media across the seven seas carried the story, and it reached every corner of the world!
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Thsnks for responding folks, for awhile I thought I created another dead post.   
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Around these parts we celebrate Friday afternoons..........
I've always felt that Mondays should be a National Holiday.
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Yes...we have TGIF Day ..... and take a two day holiday after each one.....
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Our main holiday is called 'The Sickie'. You can take it anytime you like
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I wonder if anyone wants to attempt a screenshot on that theme Fuzzy?             
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International Talk Like A Pirate Day began in the mists of the 1990s, when two Yankees, John Baur (Ol' Chum Bucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy), be talkin' like pirates all o'a sudden. They decided that, to further the noble causes of the sweet trade of piracy, September 19 each year be the day when all souls over the world should be talkin' like pirates. For years, their valiant efforts were wasted, until they contacted a man by the name of Dave Barry, who be writin' a humour column for the great masses o' landlubbers out yonder.


Aye, and here I was thinking it was a Johnny Depp thing.
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March 20th in Iran is Petroleum Day.LOL show offs.