TRADITIONS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
November
Friday Nov 21 Dayton Peace Agreement Day - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Friday Nov 21 Dignity and Freedom Day - Ukraine
Saturday Nov 22 Teacher´s Day - Costa Rica
Saturday Nov 22 Special Working Day - Latvia
Saturday Nov 22 Albanian Alphabet Day - (Albanian community) Republic of Macedonia
Sunday Nov 23 Sunday of the Dead - Germany
Sunday Nov 23 St George's Day - Georgia
Sunday Nov 23 Labor Thanksgiving Day - Japan
Sunday Nov 23 Rudolf Maister Day - Slovenia
Monday Nov 24 National Sovereignty Day - Argentina
Monday Nov 24 Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom Day - India
Monday Nov 24 Labor Thanksgiving Day observed - Japan
Tuesday Nov 25 Statehood Day - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Thursday Nov 27 Thanksgiving Day - United States and Puerto Rico
Thursday Nov 27 Aviation Day - Venezuela
Friday Nov 28 Independence Day - Albania
Friday Nov 28 Independence from Spain - Panama
Friday Nov 28 Robert E Lee's Birthday - United States
Friday Nov 28 Presidents' Day - United States
Friday Nov 28 Lincoln's Birthday/Lincoln's Day - United States
Friday Nov 28 Black Friday - United States
Friday Nov 28 American Indian Heritage Day - United States
Saturday Nov 29 Liberation Day - Albania
Sunday Nov 30 First Sunday Advent - Austria, Germany, United States
Sunday Nov 30 Independence Day - Barbados
Sunday Nov 30 Bonifacio Day - Philippines
Sunday Nov 30 St Andrew's Day – Romania and United Kingdom
Sunday Nov 30 First Sunday of Advent, Christian – Canada and United States (& more)
December
Monday Dec 1 Independence Day observed - Barbados
Monday Dec 1 Day of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan
Monday Dec 1 Day off for Independence from Spain - Panama
Monday Dec 1 National holiday - Romania
Monday Dec 1 St Andrew's Day observed - United Kingdom
Monday Dec 1 Cyber Monday Observance - United States
Tuesday Dec 2 National Day - United Arab Emirates
Wednesday Dec 3 National Day Holiday (Public Sector) - United Arab Emirates
Wednesday Dec 3 Day of Navarre - Spain
Thursday Dec 4 National Day Holiday (Public Sector) - United Arab Emirates
Friday Dec 5 National Day Holiday (Public Sector) - United Arab Emirates
Friday Dec 5 St Nicholas' Eve/Sinterklaas - Netherlands
Friday Dec 5 The King's Birthday - Thailand
Friday Dec 5 Father's Day – Thailand
Saturday Dec 6 St Nicholas' Day Observance - United States
Sunday Dec 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Observance - United States
Monday Dec 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception Christian – Canada and United States (& more)
Thursday Dec 11 Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster Observance – Canada
Friday Dec 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Observance - United States
Tuesday Dec 16 Day of Reconciliation Public Holiday - South Africa
Wednesday Dec 17 Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day) Jewish holiday – Canada and United States (& more)
Wednesday Dec 17 Pan American Aviation Day Observance – United States
Wednesday Dec 17 Wright Brothers Day Observance – United States
Sunday Dec 21 December Solstice Season - Canada and United States (& more)
Wednesday Dec 24 Last day of Hanukkah Jewish holiday – Canada and United States (& more)
Wednesday Dec 24 Christmas Eve Observance, Christian – Canada and United States (& more)
Thursday Dec 25 Christmas National holiday, Christian – Canada and United States (& more)
Thursday Dec 25 Quaid-e-Azam Day Public Holiday - Pakistan
Friday Dec 26 Boxing Day National holiday - MB, NB, NL, NS, ON, PE, YT – Canada
Friday Dec 26 Kwanzaa (until Jan 1) Observance – United States
Friday Dec 26 Day After Christmas Day State holiday KS,KY,NC,NC,NH,SC,TX,VA – United States
Friday Dec 26 Washington's Birthday State holiday Indiana – United States
Wednesday Dec 31 New Year's Eve State holiday LA, MI, WI – United States
Wednesday Dec 31 New Year's Eve Observance - Canada and United States (& more)