| Epiphany - Wednesday January 6, 2021 cards/flowers :
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| Fathers' Day - Wednesday January 6, 2021 cards/flowers : Paterice
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| Regional holiday - Friday January 8, 2021 cards/flowers : Cadiz Day in Cadiz only
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| Peace Agreement - Saturday January 9, 2021 cards/flowers :
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| Orthodox New Year - Thursday January 14, 2021 cards/flowers : The Roman Era year of 2755 begins on January 14, 2003. During the 20th and 21st centuries, this is the New Year's Day (January 1st) for the Julian calendar. Some Eastern Orthodox churches still celebrate New Year's on this day May only be observed by the local Orthodox community.
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| New Year's Day - Thursday January 14, 2021 cards/flowers : from 2013 onwards
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| Arbor Day - Friday January 15, 2021 cards/flowers :
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| Grandmothers Day - Thursday January 21, 2021 cards/flowers : Dzień Babci
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| Grandfathers Day - Friday January 22, 2021 cards/flowers : Dzień Dziadka
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| Chinese New Year - Friday January 24, 2020 cards/flowers : Www.tourismthailand.org Chinese community only
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| Chinese New Year - Saturday January 25, 2020 cards/flowers : At New Year during the night, the Jade Emperor conveyed all animals. Only 12 showed up. To thank them, Buddha dedicated one symbolic year per visitor. Each new born would inherit the relevant animal's characteristics. NOT a public holiday
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| National Bible Day - Monday January 27, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Three Holy Hierarchs - Thursday January 30, 2020 cards/flowers : Refers to Basil the Great (also known as Basil of Caesarea), Gregory the Theologian (also known as Gregory of Nazianzus) and John Chrysostom. They were highly influential bishops of the early church who played pivotal roles in shaping Christian theology. Wikipedia
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| Día de la Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Tenerife only) - Monday February 3, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Mother's Day - Sunday February 9, 2020 cards/flowers : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation.
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| Valentine's Day - Friday February 14, 2020 cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February Women purchase gifts for men on February 14, and men reciprocate their love and affection on “White Day,” March 14.
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| Valentine's Day - Friday February 14, 2020 cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February
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| Defenders' Day - Saturday February 15, 2020 cards/flowers : NOT a public holiday
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| Democracy Day (Rashtriya Prajatantra Divas) - Wednesday February 19, 2020 cards/flowers : The Rana Dynasty ruled Nepal for 104 years. It was on this day in 1951 when they were ousted from power. To mark this political shift, the Nepali army sounds the bugle at sunrise and fires cannons atop the Bhimsen tower in Kathmandu. A formal ceremony to commemorate the day is held at the Nepal Army Pavilion and attended by the Prime Minister and other key government officials. Celebration of the Democracy Day, however, has not been consistently observed by the Maoist-led government although the country’s Armed Forces and civilian organizations honor this day with their own version of programs. [http://thaholiday.com]
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| Maha Shivaratri - Saturday February 22, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Dragobete - Monday February 24, 2020 cards/flowers : Dragobete was the son of Baba Dochia, which stands for the main character in the pagan myth related to spring arrival and the end of the harsh winter. Due to his endless kindness he was chosen – according to some sources, by Virgin Mary – to be the Guardian of Love.
The day is particularly known as the day when the birds are betrothed . It is around this time that the birds begin to build their nests and mate. On this day, considered locally the first day of spring, boys and girls gather vernal flowers and sing together. [Wikipedia]
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| Grandmothers Day - Sunday March 1, 2020 cards/flowers : Depuis 1987
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| Shrove Monday/Green Monday - Monday March 2, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Arbor Day - Wednesday March 4, 2020 cards/flowers : Tree-planting day
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| Saint Casimir's day - Wednesday March 4, 2020 cards/flowers : Patron saint of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Russia
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| Womens' Day - Sunday March 8, 2020 cards/flowers : except in the Gaza Strip
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| Women's Day - 1/2 day for working women - Sunday March 8, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Mothers' Day - Sunday March 8, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Womens' Day - Sunday March 8, 2020 cards/flowers : Nőnap
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| Holi / Holika / Medin Poya/Dola Purnima - Tuesday March 10, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Arbor Day - Thursday March 12, 2020 cards/flowers : Tree-Planting Day
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| Mothers' Day - Sunday March 15, 2020 cards/flowers : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation.
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| Anniversary of the Revolution 1848-49 - Sunday March 15, 2020 cards/flowers : Hungarian revolt against the Austrian rule Only observed by the Hungarian community (Transylvania)
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| St Patrick's Day - Tuesday March 17, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Day of Solidarity - Wednesday March 18, 2020 cards/flowers : Between Crimea and Russia
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| Arbor Day - Wednesday March 18, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| San José - Thursday March 19, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| St Joseph's Day - Thursday March 19, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Fathers' Day - Thursday March 19, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Gom Kora Tshechu - Friday March 20, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Noruz - Friday March 20, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| St Benedict - Saturday March 21, 2020 cards/flowers : Catholic Christian recognition of the father of the The Benedictine Order. It was the first Order of the Western Church Monastic tradition. Patron saint of speleologists. only in Engelberg
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| Vernal Equinox - Saturday March 21, 2020 cards/flowers : NOT a public holiday
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| Mothers' Day - Saturday March 21, 2020 cards/flowers : Ruz-e Madar in Arabic
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| Noruz - Saturday March 21, 2020 cards/flowers : From 2011 onwards
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| Arbor Day - Saturday March 21, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Mothers' Day - Sunday March 22, 2020 cards/flowers : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation. Called "Mothering Sunday" in the UK
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| Noruz - Sunday March 22, 2020 cards/flowers : From 2012 onwards
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| Arbor Day - Tuesday March 24, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Greek National Day - Wednesday March 25, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Day of Peace - Thursday March 26, 2020 cards/flowers : 'Día Nacional por la Paz, la Vida y la Justicia' is an appeal to Salvadorian society to favour life, peace and security and to repudiate the violent and criminal actions.
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| Union Day - Friday March 27, 2020 cards/flowers : March 27, 1918, is one of the most significant days in the Romanian history. At that moment, after 106 years of Tsarist occupation, Bessarabia returned to its natural borders, being the first Romanian province that united with Romania
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| Tibet Liberation Day (Tibet only) - Saturday March 28, 2020 cards/flowers : Serfs' Emancipation Day
On March 28, 1959, Tibetan serfs and slaves, who accounted for more than 90 percent of the region's population, were freed after the central government foiled an armed rebellion staged by the Dalai Lama and his supporters, Only celebrated in Tibet, NOT in the rest of China.
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| Mother's Day - Sunday March 29, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Cesar Chavez Day - Tuesday March 31, 2020 cards/flowers : Labor leader Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. Proclaimed a national commemorative holiday in 2014 by President Barack Obama.
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| April Fools Day - Wednesday April 1, 2020 cards/flowers : As the story goes, in 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day, instead of the last week of March which was previously observed. In 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.
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| Pascua Florida Day - Thursday April 2, 2020 cards/flowers : Anniversary of the discovery of Florida in 1513 by Juan Ponce de León, who was looking for gold and the Fountain of Youth. He probably named the land Pascua Florida because the date was near Easter ( Pascua in Spanish) Florida
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| Mother's Day - Saturday April 4, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Toussaint Louverture Anniversary - Tuesday April 7, 2020 cards/flowers : A former slave who became a general in the French army of Napoleon, Toussaint Louverture (1743 - 1803)established a new constitution of the Dominican Republic.
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| Maundy Thursday - Thursday April 9, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Good Friday - Friday April 10, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Easter - Sunday April 12, 2020 cards/flowers : From 2019 onwards
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 13, 2020 cards/flowers : from 2014 onwards
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| Passover - Wednesday April 15, 2020 cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus NOT a public holiday
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| Orthodox Holy Saturday - Saturday April 18, 2020 cards/flowers : Great Saturday – ts’iteli parask’evi
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 20, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Friday April 24, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Deportation Day - Sunday April 26, 2020 cards/flowers : In the early 1950s, former deportees or their families wanted a national celebration for preserving the memory of the deportation.
The law of 14 April 1954, unanimously passed by the French Parliament has responded to the need to preserve the memory of the deportation by creating the National Day of Remembrance of the victims and heroes of the deportation . Not a public holiday
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| Buddha's Anniversary - Thursday April 30, 2020 cards/flowers :
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