JANUARY

1st 				New Year's Day 
				(Hogmanay) 

25th 				Burns' Night 

30th 				Up-Helly-Aa 
(Last Tuesday in Jan.) 		Neujahr auf den Shetland-Islands

				

FEBRUARY

14th 				Saint Valentine's Day 

27th				Shrove Tuesday - "Pancake Day" 
(Moveable Feast)  			Faschingdienstag

MARCH	

		
1st 				Saint David's Day 

17th 				Saint Patrick's Day 

25th				Mothering Sunday
4th Sunday in Lent			(Muttertag)
(4.Sonntag in der Fastenzeit)			

 

APRIL

1st 				April Fool's Day 

12th 				Maundy Thursday
(Moveable Feast) 
			 
13th 				Good Friday 
(Moveable Feast)  		
	
15th 				Easter Sunday
(Moveable Feast)  	
		 
16th 				Easter Monday
(Moveable Feast)  			 

21st 				the Queen's birthday 

23rd 				Saint George's Day 

MAY

7th 				May Day 

28th				Whit Monday 
(Moveable Feast)  

JUNE

9th 				The Queen's Official birthday
(2nd Saturday in June) 		and Trooping the Colour 

17th 				Father's Day 

21st 				Midsummer's Day, Summer Solstice
				(Sommersonnenwende)


JULY

15th 				St. Swithun's Day 

AUGUST

12th 				"The Glorious 12th" 
				(Beginn der Jagdsaison auf Schottische Schneehühner)

SEPTEMBER

Various 				Harvest Festivals

OCTOBER

31st 				Hallowe'en 


NOVEMBER

5th 				Bonfire Night (Herbstfeuer)

11th 				Remembrance Day, auch Poppy Day
				Volkstrauertag

30th 				Saint Andrew's Day 

DECEMBER

6th 				Advent 

24th 				Christmas Eve 

25th 				Christmas Day 

26th 				Boxing Day 

31st 				New Year's Eve 

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