1. Holidays in the UK and the USA Barbora Navrátilová 4.B

2. January 1 st – New Year’s Day 25 th – Burns’ Night (Scotland) 3rd Monday in January-Martin Luther King Day(USA)

3. February 12 st -Abraham Lincoln´s birthday(USA) 14 st – Valentine’s Day 17 th – Shrove Tuesday or ‘Pancake Day’(GB) 19 th – Chinese New Year 3rd Monday in Ferbuary-President´s Day(USA) 22 st -George Washington´s birthday(USA)

4. March 1 st – St David’s Day (Wales) 15 th – Mother’s Day(GB) 17 th – St Patrick’s Day (Northern Ireland+USA)

5. April 1 st – April Fools’ Day(GB) 3 rd –6 th – Easter weekend(GB) 23 rd – St George’s Day (England), William Shakespeare’s birthday(GB) Sunday immediately following Good Friday- Easter(USA)

6. May 1 st – Beltane(GB) 4 th and 25 th – Bank holidays(GB) 2nd Sunday in May-Mother´s Day(USA) Last Monday in May-Memorial Day(USA)

7. June 13 th – The Queen’s Official Birthday(GB) 21 st – Father’s Day(GB) 21 st – Summer solstice(GB) 3rd Sunday in June-Father´s Day 29 th –July 12 th – Wimbledon Tennis Championships(GB)

8. July 4 th - Independence Day(USA) 17 th – Eid al-Fitr(GB)

9. August 1 st –8 th – Eisteddfod(GB) 7 th –31 st – Edinburgh Festival Fringe(GB) 31 st – Notting Hill Carnival(GB)

10. September 1st Monday in September-Labor Day(USA) 18 th –22 nd – London Fashion Week(GB)

11. October 2nd Monday in October-Columbus Day(USA) 31 st – Halloween

12. November All month – Movember 5 th – Bonfire night(GB) 11 th – Diwali(GB) 11 th – Remembrance Day(GB) 11 th - Veterans Day(USA) 4th Thursday in November-Thanksgiving Day(USA) 30 th – St Andrew’s Day (Scotland)

13. December 6 th –14 th – Hanukkah(Jewish) 25 th – Christmas 26 th – Boxing Day(GB) 26 th -1 st -January-Kwanzaa 31 st – New Year´s Eve