Calendar Holiday List

Calendar Holiday List... Important 2012 Dates for Gift Giving, Gift Making and Gift Ideas Throughout the Year

Here's a handy list of holidays and other special dates to help you with gift ideas all year long. If you want an excuse to get creative, to give something sweet or to have a party, you'll find it here.

Some holidays are kind of silly but who cares, right! Sometimes it's the goofy holidays and the silly themes that help people create the most inspired gifts and celebrations.

If you're looking through this list and you realize suddenly that you need some good last minute gift ideas, click on over to our cheap homemade gift ideas that don't make cheap gifts (several of these ideas happen to make great last minute gift ideas).

2012 Calendar Holiday List - Click on a Month Below

January	February	March	April
May	June	July	August
September	October	November	December

2012 Calendar Holiday List - Holidays in Order of Date

January

January is National Hobby Month.

January 1 is New Year's Day in the United States
January 5 is National Bird Day
January 10 is Houseplant Appreciation Day
January 13 is Friday the 13th
January 16 is Martin Luther King Day
January 19 is National Popcorn Day
January 21 is National Hugging Day
January 23 is Chinese New Year
January 23 is National Pie Day
January 23 is National Handwriting Day
January 24 is Compliment Day

February

February is National Heart Month, Black History Month, National Cherry Month and National Dental Month.

February 1 is National Freedom Day
February 2 is Groundhog Day
February 5 is Super Bowl Sunday
February 8 is Boy Scout Day
February 12 is Lincoln's Birthday
February 14 is Valentine's Day
February 20 is Presidents' Day in the United States
February 21 is Fat Tuesday... Mardi Gras
February 22 is Ash Wednesday
February 22 is Washington's Birthday
February 26 is Oscar Academy Awards Night
February 29 is Leap Day

March

March is National Nutrition Month, National Women's History Month, National Irish American Heritage Month and National Craft Month.

March 2 is Dr. Suess' Birthday and Read Across America Day
March 2 is Employee Appreciation Day
March 8 is Purim
March 11 is Daylight Savings Time
March 12 is Girl Scouts Day
March 15 is Absolutely Incredible Kids Day
March 17 is St. Patrick's Day
March 18 is Mothering Sunday Mother's Day in the UK
March 20 is First Day of Spring
March 20 is International Earth Day
March 25 is Feast of Annunciation
March 30 is National Doctor's Day

April

April is Cancer Control Month and Poetry Month

April 1 is April Fool's Day
April 1 is Palm Sunday
April 6 is National Walk to Work Day
April 6 is Good Friday
April 7 is Jewish Passover beginning at sunset
April 8 is Easter Sunday
April 8 through April 14 is National Library Week
April 13 is Friday the 13th
April 15 is Income Tax Day in the United States
April 16 is Patriots Day
April 20 is National Day of Silence
April 22 through April 28 is Administrative Professionals Week
April 22 is Earth Day
April 25 is Administrative Professionals Day (a.k.a. Secretaries Day)
April 27 is National Arbor Day

May

May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month and Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.

May 1 is May Day
May 1 is Mother Goose Day
May 3 is World Press Freedom Day
May 4 is Bird Day
May 5 is Cinco de Mayo in Mexico
May 6 is National Teacher Day (a.k.a. Teacher Appreciation Day)
May 6 through May 12 is National Nurses Week
May 11 is Eat What You Want Day
May 11 is School Nurses Day
May 12 is International Nurses Day
May 13 is Mother's Day
May 15 is National Chocolate Chip Day
May 19 is Armed Forces Day
May 24 is Victoria Day in Canada
May 26 is International Jazz Day
May 28 is Memorial Day observed in United States

June

June is National Rose Month and National Dairy Month.

June 5 is World Environment Day
June 14 is Flag Day
June 17 is Father's Day
June 19 is Juneteenth (a.k.a. Freedom Day, Emancipation Day)
June 20 is Summer Solstice (a.k.a. The 1st Day of Summer and the longest day of the year)
June 24 is St. Baptiste Day

July

July is National Picnic Month

July 2 is Canada Day observed in Canada
July 4 is Independence Day (a.k.a. 4th of July) in United States
July 14 is Bastille Day (a.k.a. Fête Nationale) in France
July 24 is Parents Day

August

August is Family Fun Month and National Golf Month

August 5 is Friendship Day
August 5 is Sister's Day
August 15 is Assumption Day (a.k.a. Assumption of Mary)
August 19 is National Aviation Day
August 26 is Women's Equality Day
August 26 is National Dog Day

September

September is National Hispanic Heritage Month and Classical Music Month.

September 3 is Labor Day in the United States and Canada
September 9 is National Grandparent's Day
September 11 is 911 Remembrance
September 11 Patriot Day
September 16 is Rosh Hashanah
September 16 is Stepfamily Day
September 17 is Constitution Day
September 22 through October 7 Octoberfest (celebration dates vary)
September 21 is International Day of Peace
September 22 is Autumnal Equinox (a.k.a. The 1st Day of Fall and equal periods of daylight and dark)
September 28 is Native American Day
September 28 is National Good Neighbor Day
September 30 is Gold Star Mother's Day

October

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, National Diabetes Month and National Pizza Month.

October 1 is World Vegetarian Day
October 1 is Child Health Day
October 5 is World Teacher Day
October 6 is International Frugal Fun Day
October 7 is World Smile Day
October 8 is Columbus Day observed
October 8 is Thanksgiving Day in Canada
October 8 is National Children's Day
October 16 is National Bosses Day
October 20 is Sweetest Day
October 24 is United Nations Day
October 28 is Mother-in-Law Day
October 31 is Halloween

November

November is Aviation History Month, American Indian Heritage Month, National Adoption Awareness Month and Peanut Butter Lovers Month.

November 1 is Dia de los Muertos in Mexico-a.k.a. Day of the Dead
November 1 is All Saint's Day
November 2 is All Soul's Day
November 4 is End of Daylight Savings Time in the United States
November 6 is Election Day
November 11 is Veterans Day in the United States
November 11 is Remembrance Day in Canada
November 13 is World Kindness Day
November 20 is National Child Day in Canada
November 22 is Thanksgiving Day in the United States
November 23 is Black Friday

December

December is Write a Friend Month.

December 1 is AIDS Awareness Day
December 2 is The Christian First Monday of Advent (ends December 24th)
December 7 is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
December 9 is Jewish Hanukkah Beginning at sunset
December 10 is Human Rights Day
December 17 is Wright Brother's Day
December 21 is Winter Solstice (a.k.a. The 1st Day of Winter and the shortest Day of the Year)
December 24 is Christmas Eve
December 25 is Christmas Day
December 26 is Boxing Day
December 26 through January 1 is Kwanzaa
December 31 is New Year's Eve