New Year's, New Year's Day, January 1 - the first day of the year

Martin Luther King Day, Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday - observed on the Monday closest to January 15

holiday - a day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"

Presidents' Day - the third Monday in February; commemorates both presidents Lincoln and Washington

Decoration Day, Memorial Day - U.S., last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war

Fourth of July, Independence Day, July 4 - a legal holiday in the United States

Labor Day - first Monday in September in U.S. and Canada

Columbus Day, Discovery Day, October 12 - a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus

Christmas Day, Dec 25, Xmas, Christmas - a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland

Boxing Day - first weekday after Christmas

bank holiday - any of several weekdays when banks are closed; a legal holiday in Britain

Commonwealth Day, Empire day, May 24 - British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth

Dominion Day, July 1 - a legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867

14 July, Bastille Day - a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789

Armistice Day, November 11, Veterans' Day - a legal holiday in the United States; formerly Armistice Day but called Veterans' Day since 1954

Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day - fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag