| Children's Day - Saturday June 1, 2019 cards/flowers : Originated in the World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925.
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| Fathers' Day - Sunday June 3, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Liberation Day - Wednesday June 5, 2019 cards/flowers : Commemorates the resolution which lead to independence on June 29, 1976
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| Fathers' Day - Wednesday June 5, 2019 cards/flowers :
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| Fathers' Day - Sunday June 10, 2018 cards/flowers : except in Antwert
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| Mothers' Day - Sunday June 10, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Valentine's Day - Wednesday June 12, 2019 cards/flowers :
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| End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day) - Friday June 15, 2018 cards/flowers : The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran; a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, a number of other days. Allah desires for you ease; He desires not hardship for you; and that you should complete the period, and that you should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that perhaps you may be thankful NOT a public holiday [Wikipedia]
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| Fathers' Day - Sunday June 17, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Tuen Ng Festival (Dragon Boats) - Monday June 18, 2018 cards/flowers : The festival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar, the source of its alternative name, the Double Fifth Festival. The focus of most celebrations involves eating zongzi (sticky rice treats wrapped in bamboo leaves), drinking realgar wine (雄黃酒, xiónghuángjiǔ), and racing dragon boats.
The story best known in modern China holds that the festival commemorates the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan (c. 340–278 BC) of the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period of the Zhou Dynasty. [Wikipedia]
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| Fathers' Day - Friday June 21, 2019 cards/flowers :
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| Fathers' Day - Sunday June 23, 2019 cards/flowers :
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| Mothers' Day - Sunday June 24, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Youth Day - Sunday July 1, 2018 cards/flowers : NOT a public holiday
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| Armed Forces Day - Monday July 1, 2019 cards/flowers : NOT a public holiday
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| St Cyrilus and St Methodius - Friday July 5, 2019 cards/flowers : Cyril and Methodius were two brothers born in Thessaloniki in the Byzantine Empire in the 9th century, who became missionaries of Christianity in Khazaria and Great Moravia. They both perfected a Slavonic alphabet which is now known as the Cyrillic alphabet and translated the liturgy into this language.
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| Fathers' Day - Sunday July 8, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Arbor Day - Thursday July 12, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Behdeinkhlam - Sunday July 21, 2019 cards/flowers : Agrarian festival that asks God to chase away plagues and diseases and to bless the people with good health and a bountiful
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| Racial Harmony Day - Sunday July 21, 2019 cards/flowers : NOT a public holiday
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| Parents' Day - Sunday July 22, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Fathers' Day - Sunday July 22, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Christmas in July - Thursday July 25, 2019 cards/flowers :
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| Tu B'Av - Friday July 27, 2018 cards/flowers : Celebration of love -- similar to Valentine
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| Arbor Day - Sunday July 29, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Earthquake Mourning - Monday July 30, 2018 cards/flowers : Remembrance of the 2010 earthquake
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| Sisters' Day - Sunday August 5, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Fathers' Day - Thursday August 8, 2019 cards/flowers : 8th day of the 8th month
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| Mothers' Day - Monday August 12, 2019 cards/flowers :
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| Fathers' Day - Sunday August 12, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Assumption - Thursday August 15, 2019 cards/flowers :
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| Mothers' Day - Thursday August 15, 2019 cards/flowers :
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| Chinese Valentine's day - Friday August 17, 2018 cards/flowers : It was said that the Goddess of Heaven, out of pity, decided to let them unite once on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month as she was touched by their love for each other.
In some versions it is the Emperor of Heaven, the cowherd's father, or the cowherd's mother who has the role of separating the lovers for them to focus on their work instead of romance.
The star Deneb is a fairy who acts as a chaperone when the lovers meet on the magpie bridge. Rather than once a year, there is a version where the lovers were permitted to reunite once a month.
There is a belief that sometime during the night of Qixi, the two stars Altair and Vega will actually unite on the same side of the Milky Way.
Similar stories are told throughout Asia: in Japan, Korea, Thailand, Laos and Indonesia. In South-east Asia the stories were known as Sudhana Jataka, believed to be one of the stories of the past lives of the Buddha, or the jataka
[Wikipedia]
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| Indian National Day - Sunday August 18, 2019 cards/flowers : To recognize the contributions Indo-St. Lucians have made to the development of the island.
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Sunday August 19, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Isese Day - Tuesday August 20, 2019 cards/flowers : Traditional celebration observed by the Osun community
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| Eid-ul-Adha - Feast of the Sacrifice (may be changed to the nearest day) - Wednesday August 22, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism - Friday August 23, 2019 cards/flowers : Kommunismi ja natsismi ohvrite mälestuspäev: Day when the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was signed in 1939.
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| Grandparents Day - Sunday August 26, 2018 cards/flowers : To honor grandparents, to give grandparents an opportunity to show love for their children's children, and to help children become aware of strength, information, and guidance older people can offer.
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| Sri Krishna Jayanthi (Janmashtami) - Tuesday August 28, 2018 cards/flowers : Krishna (literally black , dark , dark-blue ) is a Hindu deity, regarded as an avatar of Vishnu and in some traditions considered the Supreme Being. Krishna is often depicted as an infant or young boy playing a flute as in the Bhagavata Purana or as a youthful prince giving direction and guidance as in the Bhagavad Gita. The stories of Krishna appear across a broad spectrum of Hindu philosophical and theological traditions.They portray him in various perspectives: a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a divine hero and the Supreme Being.
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| National Day on Detained-Missing People - Friday August 30, 2019 cards/flowers : From 2007 onwards
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| Fathers' Day - Sunday September 2, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Teachers' Day - Friday September 7, 2018 cards/flowers : NOT a public holiday
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| Grandparents Day - Sunday September 9, 2018 cards/flowers : To honor grandparents, to give grandparents an opportunity to show love for their children's children, and to help children become aware of strength, information, and guidance older people can offer The official flower of the Grandparents Day is the forget-me-not
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| Family Day - Sunday September 9, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Rosh Hashanah - Monday September 10, 2018 cards/flowers : Jewish New Year NOT a public holiday
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| Teachers' Day - Tuesday September 10, 2019 cards/flowers :
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| El am Hejir New Year (may be changed to the nearest day) - Wednesday September 12, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| All Souls' Day - Friday September 13, 2019 cards/flowers : Commemoration of the Faithful Departed Day (Merelots)
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| Fathers' Day - Sunday September 16, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Yom Kippur - Tuesday September 18, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Day of Mourning - Friday September 20, 2019 cards/flowers : President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996. On 20 September 2011, Rabbani was assassinated by a suicide bomber entering his home in Kabul.
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| International Day of the Bosnian - Friday September 28, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Grandparents Day - Tuesday October 2, 2018 cards/flowers : To honor grandparents, to give grandparents an opportunity to show love for their children's children, and to help children become aware of strength, information, and guidance older people can offer.
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| Children's Day - Thursday October 4, 2018 cards/flowers : NOT a public holiday
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| Fathers' Day - Sunday October 7, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Mothers' Day - Monday October 8, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Arbor Day - Wednesday October 10, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Mothers' Day - Sunday October 14, 2018 cards/flowers : Mother's Day is not only a token of deep respect and love for mothers. This is the recognition, at the state level, of the critical role of women in the development of the society, the confirmation that the family and maternity are the priorities of the country’s social policy.
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| Arbor Day - Monday October 15, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Saint Gallus - Tuesday October 16, 2018 cards/flowers : Day of the city's patron. In the city of St. Gall, generally observed. Kriens, Hochwald [Solothurn], St Gallen
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| Chung Yeung Festival - Wednesday October 17, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Prakhar Tshechu - Friday October 19, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Womens' Day - Saturday October 20, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Mother's Day - Sunday October 21, 2018 cards/flowers : Mother’s Day surprise party. The young children Children encircle the mothers and read poems they have written in their honor. After this, the surprise comes when a door is opened and all the children’s grandmothers who have been in hiding come in and a great party ensues. (Bollyspice)
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| Remembrance Day - Sunday October 21, 2018 cards/flowers : Serbian WWII Victims Remembrance Day
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| Sovereignty Day - Thursday October 25, 2018 cards/flowers : In remembrance of the day in 1991 when the last Yugoslav soldier left Slovenia.
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| Youth Day - Friday October 26, 2018 cards/flowers : Symbolises His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said wise vision, honour and care for the youth at all levels.
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| Grandparents Day - Sunday October 28, 2018 cards/flowers : To honor grandparents, to give grandparents an opportunity to show love for their children's children, and to help children become aware of strength, information, and guidance older people can offer.
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| President Chiang Kai-Shek's Birthday - Wednesday October 31, 2018 cards/flowers : Not a compulsory holiday.
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| Halloween - Wednesday October 31, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| All Saints' Day - Thursday November 1, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Red Ribbon day - Thursday November 1, 2018 cards/flowers : 'Mothers Against Drunk Driving Project Red Ribbon Day'. The red ribbon symbolizes the importance of planning ahead for a safe ride home in order to prevent drinking and driving. It reminds people that deaths and injuries caused by impaired driving are avoidable and preventable
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| All Souls' Day - Saturday November 3, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| All Saints' Day - Sunday November 4, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Deepavali/Dipabali - Wednesday November 7, 2018 cards/flowers : The Light festival starts with festivities. The week celebrates 1.Dhanteras, 2.Kali Chaudas, 3.Deepavali, 4.Navu-Varsha (new year), 5.Bhai-beej. The Vai cast is mainly concerned. May last several days. NOT a public holiday
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| Mitrovdan - Thursday November 8, 2018 cards/flowers : The Great Martyr Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher of Thessalonica was the son of a Roman proconsul in Thessalonica. Three centuries had elapsed and Roman paganism, spiritually shattered and defeated by the multitude of martyrs and confessors of the Savior, intensified its persecutions. The parents of St Demetrius were secretly Christians, and he was baptized and raised in the Christian Faith in a secret church in his father's home,
St Demetrius is regarded as a protector of the young, and is also invoked by those struggling with lustful temptations
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| Commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall - Friday November 9, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| St Martin's Day - Sunday November 11, 2018 cards/flowers : The most popular of all saints' days, especially with children. children prepare for the arrival of St. Martin by making paper lanterns. St. Martin arrives to towns at dusk on a big horse named Shimmel. All the children gather with their lit lanterns and parade through town behind him singing songs in his honor. [Yahoo]
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| Remembrance Day - Sunday November 11, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Fathers' Day - Sunday November 11, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Veteran's Day - Sunday November 11, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| America's Day - Friday November 16, 2018 cards/flowers : Commemorates the First Salute to the American Flag by a foreign power
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| Saint Isabel Day - Saturday November 17, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Prophet's Anniversary - Eid-Milad Nnabi (may be changed to the nearest day) - Wednesday November 21, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Mothers' Day - Sunday November 25, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Hanukkah - Friday November 30, 2018 cards/flowers : Commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt (2nd century BC) NOT a public holiday
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| Mothers' Day - Sunday December 2, 2018 cards/flowers : Materitse 2nd Sunday before Christmas
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| Hanukkah - Sunday December 2, 2018 cards/flowers : Commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt (2nd century BC)
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| Fathers' Day - Wednesday December 5, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Saint Nicholas - Thursday December 6, 2018 cards/flowers : A festival for children related to surviving legends of the saint, and particularly his reputation as a bringer of gifts.
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| Immaculate Conception - Saturday December 8, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Memorial Day - Tuesday December 11, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Memorial Day - Monday December 17, 2018 cards/flowers : In tribute to the late Mohamed Bouazizi who commited suicide on Dec. 17, 2010, in Sidi Bouzid
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| Working Women's Day - Saturday December 22, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Mothers' Day - Saturday December 22, 2018 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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| Christmas Eve - Monday December 24, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| Christmas Day - Tuesday December 25, 2018 cards/flowers : Not a bank holiday, but increasingly popular.
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| Fathers' Day - Wednesday December 26, 2018 cards/flowers :
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| New Year's Eve - Monday December 31, 2018 cards/flowers : NOT a public holiday
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