List of Holidays for 2008

Here's a quick list of holidays for 2008.

January Holidays:

1st - New Year's Day
1st - Kwanzaa Ends - Dec 26th thru Jan 1st
6th - Epiphany
7th - Orthodox Christmas
15th - Martin Luther King Jr Day - always the third Monday in January
26th - Australia Day Page
20th - American Inauguration Day -is always on the 20th day of January every 4 years

February Holidays:

2nd - Groundhog Day
2nd - Candlemas
12th - Lincoln's Birthday
14th - Valentine's Day
18th - Chinese New Year
19th - President's Day - 3rd Mon in Feb
20th - Mardi Gras - Tue before Ash Wednesday
21st - Lent Begins on Ash Wednesday
21st - Ash Wednesday - 7th Wed preceding Easter
22nd - Washington's Birthday
February is Black History Month & International Friendship Month

March Holidays:

11th - Daylight Saving Time DAY - which is the 2nd Sunday
17th - St. Patrick's Day
21st - First Day of Spring

April Holidays:

1st - Palm Sunday
1st - April Fools Day
5th - Maundy Thursday
6th - Good Friday
6th - Orthodox Good Friday
8th - Easter
8th - Orthodox Easter
28th - Arbor Day - Last Fri in Apr

May Holidays:

1st - May Day
3rd - National Day of Prayer - 1st Thursday in May
5th - Cinco de Mayo
13th - Mother's Day - 2nd Sun in May
19th - Armed Forces Day
17th - Ascension Day
28th - Memorial Day (observed) -Last Mon in May
30th - Pentecost

June Holidays:

14th - Flag Day
17th - Father's Day - 3rd Sun in Jun
21st - First Day of Summer

July Holidays:

1st - Canada Day (Observed)
4th - Independence Day - Sunday
14th - Bastille Day

August Holidays:

5th - Friendship Day - First Sun in Aug

September Holidays:

3rd - U.S. and Canadian Labor Day - 1st Mon in Sept
9th - National Grandparent's Day - 1st Sun after Labor Day
11th - Patriot Day
11th - Remembering September 11th
23rd - First Day of Autumn

October Holidays:

14th - National Children's Day - 2nd Sun in Oct
8th - Columbus Day Observed - 2nd Mon in Oct
15th - Canadian Thanksgiving - 2nd Mon in Oct
16th - National Boss Day
20th - Sweetest Day - 3rd Sat in Oct
22nd - Mother-in-Law Day - 4th Sun in Oct
31st - Halloween

November Holidays:

1st - All Saint's Day
2nd - All Soul's Day
4th - Daylight Saving Time Ends
6th - Presidential Election Day - 1st Tue after 1st Mon in Nov
11th - Remembrance Day (Canada)
11th - Armistice Day
11th - Veteran's Day
22nd - Thanksgiving in US 4th Thu in Nov

December Holidays:

2nd - Advent Begins
7th - Pearl Harbor Day
21st - First Day of Winter
24th - Christmas Eve
25th - Christmas Day
26th - Boxing Day (Canada)
26th - Kwanzaa Begins - Dec 26th thru Jan 1st
31st - New Year's Eve