Category:Secular Holidays

From Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers

Unlike religious, tribal, and local festivals, which usually are connected to solar, lunar, or stellar sightings, Secular Holidays tend to take place on dates linked to the world's secular, or governmental calendars. Despite this, they are regional festivities that bring joy to the people in the lands where they are celebrated, and over time a great deal of folklore and folk magic attaches to them.

Because the Association of Independent Readers and Rootworkers is based in the United States of America, we are keeping a calendar of American secular holidays here. These days have special meaning to us beyond the concept of "a day off from work," and in their own secular way, they mark the seasons as surely as do the Taoist Seasonal Festivals, Pagan and Neo-Pagan Wheel of the Year, or cycle of yearly Christian or Jewish festivals.

New Year's Eve and New Year's Day: December 31st - January 1st

Martin Luther King Day: 3rd Monday in January

Groundhog Day: February' 2nd

Presidents' Day (Washington and LIncoln's Birthdays): 3rd Monday in February

Leap Year Day: February 29th

April Fool's Day: April 1st

Beltane, May Day (International Worker's Day): May 1st

Cinco de Mayo (Mexico): May 5th

Mother's Day: 2nd Sunday in May

Memorial Day (US): May 31st, Last Monday of May

Founders Day (AISC): June 6th

Father's Day: 3rd Sunday in June