#holiday a day on which work is suspended by law or custom
supertype: #particular_day__day a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day"
subtype: #half-holiday a day on which half is free from work or duty
subtype: #religious_holiday__religiousholiday__holy_day a day specified for religious observance
subtype: #fast_day a day designated for fasting
subtype: #feast_day__feastday__fete_day a day designated for feasting
subtype: #Christian_holy_day a religious holiday for Christians
subtype: #quarter_day__quarterday a Christian holy day; (Britain) one of four specified days when certain payments are due
subtype: #Martinmas__St_Martin's_Day__November_11 the feast of Saint Martin; a quarter day in Scotland
subtype: #Annunciation_Day__Annunciation__Lady_Day__March_25 a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
subtype: #Michaelmas_Day__Michaelmas__September_29 honoring the archangel Michael; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
subtype: #Candlemas_Day__Candlemas__Feb_2 feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland
subtype: #Lammas_Day__Lammas__August_1 commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England
subtype: #Christmas_Day__Christmas__Xmas__Dec_25 a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
subtype: #Midsummer_Day__Midsummer's_Day__St_John's_Day__June_24 a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
subtype: #Pentecost__Whitsunday seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
subtype: #holy_day_of_obligation a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion
subtype: #Solemnity_of_Mary__January_1 (Roman Catholic) a holy day of obligation
subtype: #Ascension_of_the_Lord__Ascension__Ascension_Day the 40th day after Easter; celebrates the Ascension of Christ into heaven
subtype: #Assumption_of_Mary__Assumption__August_15 celebration of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended
subtype: #All_Saints'_Day__Allhallows__November_1__Hallowmas__Hallowmass a Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835
subtype: #December_8__Immaculate_Conception Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854
subtype: #Christmas_Day__Christmas__Xmas__Dec_25 a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
subtype: #Saint_Agnes's_Eve__January_20 a Christian holy day
subtype: #Easter_Sunday__Easter_Day the day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated
subtype: #Palm_Sunday Sunday before Easter
subtype: #Passion_Sunday second Sunday before Easter
subtype: #Good_Friday Friday before Easter
subtype: #Low_Sunday the Sunday following Easter
subtype: #Holy_Saturday the Saturday before Easter; the last day of Lent
subtype: #Holy_Innocents'_Day__Innocents'_Day December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem
subtype: #Septuagesima_Sunday__Septuagesima the 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter)
subtype: #Quinquagesima_Sunday__Quinquagesima the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
subtype: #Quadragesima__Quadrigesima_Sunday the first Sunday in Lent
subtype: #Trinity_Sunday eighth Sunday after Easter
subtype: #Rogation_Day one of the three days before Ascension Day; observed by some Christians as days of supplication
subtype: #Maundy_Thursday__Holy_Thursday the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper
subtype: #Corpus_Christi.Christian_holy_day__corpuschristi Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246
subtype: #Saints_Peter_and_Paul__June_29 first celebrated in the 3rd century
subtype: #Epiphany_of_Our_Lord__Epiphany__Twelfth_day__Three_Kings'_Day__January_6 twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
subtype: #Saint_Joseph__St_Joseph__March_19 a Christian holy day
subtype: #Twelfth_night eve of Twelfth day; evening of January 5
subtype: #All_Souls'_Day__November_2 a day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory
subtype: #Ash_Wednesday the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance
subtype: #Ember_Day a day set aside for fasting and prayer
subtype: #Advent_Sunday the first of four Sundays of Advent
subtype: #Mardi_Gras__Shrove_Tuesday__pancake_day the last day before Lent
subtype: #Jewish_holy_day a religious holiday for Jews
subtype: #Rosh_Hodesh__Rosh_Chodesh (Judaism) the beginning of each month in the Jewish calendar; marked by a special liturgy
subtype: #high_holy_day__high_holiday Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity
subtype: #Rosh_Hashanah__Rosh_Hashana__Rosh_Hashonah__Rosh_Hashona__Jewish_New_Year (Judaism) a solemn Jewish fast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar
subtype: #Yom_Kippur__Day_of_Atonement (Judaism) a solemn Jewish fast day; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic Law
subtype: #Purim (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
subtype: #Succos__Sukkoth__Feast_of_Booths__Feast_of_Tabernacles__Tabernacles (Judaism) a Jewish harvest festival
subtype: #Shavous__Shabuoth__Shavuoth__Shavuot__Pentecost__Feast_of_Weeks (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
subtype: #Shimchath_Torah__Simchat_Torah__Simhath_Torah__Simhat_Torah__Simchas_Torah__Rejoicing_over_the_Law__Rejoicing_of_the_Law__Rejoicing_in_the_Law (Judaism) a Jewish holy day celebrated on the 22nd or 23rd of Tishri to celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of readings of the Torah
subtype: #Tishah_b'Av__Tishah_b'Ab__Tisha_b'Av__Tisha_b'Ab__Ninth_of_Av__Ninth_of_Ab__Fast_of_Av__Fast_of_Ab (Judaism) a Jewish fast day commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
subtype: #Hanukkah__Hanukah__Chanukah__Festival_of_Lights__Feast_of_Lights__Feast_of_Dedication__Feast_of_the_Dedication__feastofthededication (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem
subtype: #Lag_b'Omer (Judaism) Jewish holy day; the 33rd day after the 2nd day of Passover; the 18th day of Iyar
subtype: #movable_feast__moveable_feast a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years
subtype: #Easter a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
subtype: #Pasch__Pascha an archaic name for Easter or Passover
subtype: #Passover__Pesach__Pesah__Feast_of_the_Unleavened_Bread (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
subtype: #Pasch__Pascha an archaic name for Easter or Passover
subtype: #Christmas_Eve__Dec_24 the day before Christmas
subtype: #legal_holiday__national_holiday authorized by law and limiting work or official business
subtype: #New_Year's_Day__New_Year's__January_1 the first day of the year
subtype: #Martin_Luther_King_Jr's_Birthday__Martin_Luther_King_Day observed on the Monday closest to January 15
subtype: #Presidents'_Day (US) the 3rd Monday in February; commemorates both United States Presidents Lincoln and Washington
subtype: #Memorial_Day__Decoration_Day U.S., last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
subtype: #Independence_Day__Fourth_of_July__July_4 a legal holiday in the United States
subtype: #Labor_Day first Monday in September in U.S. and Canada
subtype: #Columbus_Day__Discovery_Day__October_12 a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
subtype: #Christmas_Day__Christmas__Xmas__Dec_25 a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
subtype: #Boxing_Day (British) first weekday after Christmas
subtype: #bank_holiday any of several weekdays when banks are closed; a legal holiday in Britain
subtype: #Commonwealth_Day__Empire_day__May_24 British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth
subtype: #Dominion_Day__July_1 (Canada) a legal holiday commemorating receiving dominion status in 1867
subtype: #Bastille_Day__July_14__july14 a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris Bastille in 1789
subtype: #Veterans'_Day__Armistice_Day__November_11 US: formerly Armistice Day; called Veterans Day since 1954
subtype: #Thanksgiving_Day__Thanksgiving fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians
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