Countdowns

Christmas is December 25, and it is the most widely celebrated holiday in the world. Over 2 billion people observe it...

Christmas Eve is December 24, the night before Christmas. For many families, Christmas Eve is when the real celebrati...

Halloween is October 31, and it is one of those holidays that people start preparing for weeks in advance. The costum...

Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. For most American families, it is the big...

New Years Day is January 1, the first day of the calendar year. The real celebration happens the night before, on New...

Valentines Day is on February 14. It is the one day of the year when flower prices double, restaurant reservations be...

Easter is the most important holiday in Christianity, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Unlike most holid...

The Fourth of July celebrates the day in 1776 when the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, ...

New Years Eve is December 31, the last day of the year and one of the biggest party nights on the calendar. An estima...

Eid al-Fitr (the "Festival of Breaking the Fast") marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. It is ...

🕯️ What is Kwanzaa? Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration (December 26 to January 1) honoring African heritage in A...

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the holiest month in Islam. During Ramadan, Muslims fast from ...

Diwali is the Festival of Lights, and it is one of the most widely celebrated holidays in the world. Observed by over...

Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is the most important holiday in Chinese culture. ...

Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights, an eight-day celebration that usually falls in late November or December. ...

April Fools Day falls on April 1 every year, and nobody is entirely sure how it started. The most popular theory conn...

Mardi Gras means "Fat Tuesday" in French, and it is the last day of feasting before the Christian season of Lent begi...

International Womens Day is observed on March 8 every year. It is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cult...

St. Patricks Day is on March 17, and it has grown from a quiet Irish religious observance into one of the biggest par...

Earth Day is April 22, and it is the largest secular observance in the world, with over 1 billion people participatin...

Mothers Day in the United States falls on the second Sunday of May. It is the third highest selling holiday for flowe...

Fathers Day falls on the third Sunday of June in the United States. Compared to Mothers Day, it took much longer to g...

There is something special about counting down to your birthday. Its the one day of the year thats entirely about you...

Boxing Day is December 26, the day after Christmas. It is a public holiday in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,...

The "back to school" period generally falls between late August and early September in the United States, though exac...

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally the biggest in-store shopping day of the year. The name ori...

Cyber Monday is the Monday after Thanksgiving, and it has become the biggest online shopping day of the year. The ter...

The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League, and it is far more than a sporting event. It...

Election Day in the United States falls on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. For presidential ele...

Tax Day is the annual deadline for filing federal income tax returns in the United States, usually April 15. If that ...

Labor Day is the first Monday of September, and for most Americans it marks the unofficial end of summer. Pools close...

Memorial Day is the last Monday of May, and it is the day Americans honor military personnel who died while serving. ...

Summer officially starts on the summer solstice, which falls on June 20 or 21 in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the l...

Winter officially begins on the winter solstice, around December 21 in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the shortest da...

Spring officially begins on the vernal equinox, around March 20 in the Northern Hemisphere. On this day, day and nigh...

Fall (or autumn, if you prefer) officially begins on the autumnal equinox, around September 22 in the Northern Hemisp...

Saturday. The most anticipated day of the week. The word comes from the Roman god Saturn (Saturni dies in Latin), and...

Monday. Named after the Moon (from the Old English "Monandaeg," meaning "Moon's day"), it is statistically the most d...

Sunday is the day most of the world agrees to do nothing, and feel good about it. The name comes from the Old English...

Tuesday is named after Tiw (or Tyr), the Norse god of war and combat, which is fitting because Tuesday is statistical...

Wednesday sits right in the middle of the work week, which is why Americans call it "Hump Day." Get over the hump, an...

Thursday is named after Thor, the Norse god of thunder, lightning, and smashing things with a hammer. It is the day t...

Friday. The word alone makes most people feel a little lighter. It is the gateway to the weekend, the finish line of ...