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Order is approximate, since some of these do move around:
New Year
January 1
St. David’s Day March 1
Celebrated to honor Shakespeare’s Henry V
Celebrated with a leek upon your cap
St. Patrick’s Day
March 17
A day on which to wear orange
Renunciation Day
March 24
Celebrated to honor Ada Palmer’s Terra Ignota series
Celebrating the day on which the heads of the three major flying-car transportation groups, and the head of the EU, declared the end of geographic countries by renouncing their citizenship
Yuri’s Night April 12
Celebrates the first human to enter space
Smallpox Eradication Day
May 8
Sing “The Ballad of Smallpox Gone ”
The Glorious 25th of May
May 25
Celebrated to honor Terry Pratchett’s Night Watch
Juneteenth
June 19
Celebrated to honor the end of slavery, even though it wasn’t this day or this location, or even the end of the institution.
Longest Day
June 21ish
Soon it will be dark again
Moon Landing Day
July 20
Celebrated to honor the first time humans walked upon another celestial sphere
Worldcon
August, ish
Stanislav Petrov Day
September 26
Celebration of a day when the world did not end
St. Crispin’s Day
October 25
Celebrated to honor Shakespeare’s Henry V
Vasily Arkhipov Day
October 27
Halloween
October 31
a ritual of reversal and rebellion Smallpox Eradication Day
December 9
A holiday so powerful it’s worth celebrating twice. 500 Million, But Not A Single One More .
Longest Night
December 21ish
Soon it will be sunny again