Some of these I actually celebrate and some I just acknowledge the day/want to keep in mind. (Date) Holiday-notes

• (January 1) New Year's Day-eat chicken to defy PA Dutch superstition
• (January 5) Twelfth Night-some people say it should be January 6 but the 5th makes more sense because I would expect Christmas to be the first day of Christmas, y'know?
• (February 8 2016--date varies) Chinese New Year-eat Chinese food and recognize what year of the zodiac it is
• (February 9 2016--date varies) Mardi Gras
• (February 14) Valentine's Day
• (February 15--date varies) President's Day
• (March 14) Pi Day-eat pie
• (March 15) Post-Pi Day-in 2015 I celebrated this with the Pogues by helping them eat their leftover pie so I think it should be a holiday
• (March 17) St. Patrick's Day-I'm part Irish
• (April 1) April Fools'/Poisson d'Avril
• (Date varies) Maundy Thursday
• (Date varies) Good Friday
• (Date varies) Easter Sunday
• (April 22) Earth Day
• (April 23) Shakespeare's birthday
• (May 1) May Day-thank God for spring and maybe revive the "May basket" tradition
• (May 5) Cinco de Mayo
• (May 8) V-Day (Victory in Europe Day)-originally celebrated in 1945, marked end of WWII
• (2nd Sunday in May--date varies) Mother's Day
• (3rd Sunday of June--date varies) Father's Day
• (July 4) American Independence Day
• (July 14) Bastille Day-even though I think the French Revolution was kind of awful; it has other significance.
• (September 7 2015--date varies) Labor Day
• (October 31) Halloween/Free Candy Day-costumes and candy!
• (November 1) All Saint's Day-I only care about this one cuz it is on my birthday
• (November 5) Guy Fawkes' Day
• (November 11) Veteran's Day/Armistice Day-Armistice Day commemorates end of WWI.
• (November 26 2015--date varies) Thanksgiving
• (December 24) Christmas Eve
• (December 25) Christmas Day
• (December 31) New Year's Eve-party with Pogues