Holiday Promotion Ideas

January
1 New Year’s Day
4 Trivia Day
3 Feast of the Epiphany- Three Kings Day – date varies
5 National Bird Day
10 Houseplant Appreciation Day
18 Martin Luther King’s Birthday – celebrated third Monday
25 Opposite Day
26 Australia Day
Daily January holidays and special days
February
2 Groundhog’s Day
3 Feed the Birds Day
7 Super Bowl Sunday, Superbowl 55
12 Lincoln’s Birthday
12 Chinese New Years It’s the Year 4719!
14 Valentines Day
15 President’s Day – third Monday of month
15 Singles Awareness Day
16 Mardi Gras(Fat Tuesday)
17 Ash Wednesday
20 Hoodie-Hoo Day
22 Washington’s Birthday
26 Purim begins at sundown
28 Oscar Night 2021
Leap Day – not until 2024
Winter Olympics begins – not until 2022
Winter Olympics ends – not until 2022
Daily February holidays and special days
March
8 International Women’s Day
14 Daylight Savings begins at 2:00 a.m. – date varies
15 Ides of March
17 St. Patrick’s Day
20 International Earth Day – also called Sun-Earth Day
20 Spring (Vernal) Equinox – date varies
25 Feast of the Annunciation
27 Passover begins at sundown, lasts 8 days.
28 Palm Sunday
Daily March holidays and special days
April
1 April Fool’s Day
1 International Tatting Day
2 Good Friday
2 National Walk to Work Day 1st Friday
4 Easter Sunday
12 Ramadan begins
15 Income taxes due (most years, it is due on the 15th)
19 Patriot’s Day Third Monday
21 Administrative Professionals Day, formerly “Secretaries Day” – date varies
22 Earth Day (U.S.)
22 Take Your Daughter to Work Day 4th Thursday
30 Arbor Day always the last Friday in April
Daily April holidays and special days
May
1 Kentucky Derby Day. Mint Juleps, anyone!? – date varies
1 May Day
4 Star Wars Day
5 Cinco de Mayo
4 National Teacher’s Day – Tuesday of the first full week of May
8 VE Day, WW II
9 Mother’s Day – second Sunday
9 Lilac Sunday – second Sunday in May
15 Armed Forces Day -third Saturday
24 Victoria Day (Canada) – usually the 24th
31 Memorial Day – last Monday
Daily May holidays and special days
June
6 D Day, WWII
14 Flag Day
19 Juneteenth Day
20 Summer Solstice – the longest day of the year! date varies
20 Father’s Day – third Sunday
Daily June holidays and special days
July
1 Canada Day (Dominion Day) – observed the following day, if July 1 falls on a Sunday
4 Independence Day
5 National Bikini Day
21 National Hot Dog Day – third Wednesday of month
22 Hammock Day …relax and enjoy!
23 Summer Olympics begins – rescheduled from 2020 due to Coronavirus
Daily July holidays and special days
August
1 National Mountain Climbing Day
3 National Watermelon Day
8 Summer Olympics ends
10 National S’mores Day
12-13 Perseid Meteor Shower – peak dates vary
13 Left Hander’s Day
14 V-J Day
28 Stuffed Green Bell Peppers Day
30 National Marshmallow Toasting Day
Daily August holidays and special days
September
2 VJ Day, WWII
6 Labor Day – first Monday
6 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
11 911 Remembrance
12 Grandparents Day – first Sunday after Labor Day
15 Yom Kippur
17 Constitution Day
18 Oktoberfest begins in Germany date varies
21 International Peace Day (UN)
22 Autumnal Equinox – date varies
24 Native American Day the fourth Friday of the month
Daily September Holidays and special days
October
1 International Day for the Elderly
1 World Smile Day first Friday of the month
3 Oktoberfest ends in Germany
11 Columbus Day observed on second Monday
11 Indigenous People Day second Monday of month
11 Thanksgiving Day in Canada, 2nd Monday
15 Boss’s Day – Weekday closest to October 16
16 Sweetest Day 3rd Saturday
24 United Nations Day
23 Make a Difference Day 4th Saturday
31 Halloween
Daily October holidays and special days
November
1 All Saint’s Day
7 Daylight Savings time ends gain 1 hour of sleep – date varies
1-2 Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
2 All Soul’s Day – usually on the 2nd
2 U.S. General Election Day – please exercise your right to vote
11 Veteran’s Day
13 Caregiver Appreciation Day
13 Sadie Hawkins Day
18 Great American Smokeout – third Thursday
20 Universal Children’s Day
25 Thanksgiving Day – fourth Thursday
26 Black Friday – the day after Thanksgiving
28 Advent begins
28 Chanukah lasts 8 days
Daily November holidays and special days
December
7 Pearl Harbor Day
12 Poinsettia Day
21 Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year)
23 Festivus – for the rest of us!
25 Christmas
26 Boxing Day – date can vary
26 Kwanzaa
27 National Fruitcake Day
31 New Year’s Eve
Daily December holidays and special days