A year in events celebrated by the nursery
January
- New Year’s Day (1st)
- World Braille Day (4th)
- Epiphany (6th)
- Lohri (13th)
- Martin Luther King Day (15th)
- Tu B’Shevat/Arbor Day (24th – 25th)
- Burns Night (25th)
February
- Candlemas (2nd)
- Isra and Mi’raj (6th – 7th)
- Lunar New Year (10th)
- Chinese New Year (10th)
- Shrove Tuesday/Carnival/Pancake Day (13th)
- Ash Wednesday/Carnival (14th)
- Valentines Day (14th)
- Lent (Begins 14th)
March
- St. David’s Day (1st)
- Maha Shivaratri (8th)
- Mother’s Day (10th)
- Ramadan (Begins 10th)
- St. Patrick’s Day (17th)
- Purim (23rd – 24th)
- Palm Sunday (24th)
- Holi (24th – 25th)
- Maundy Thursday (28th)
- Good Friday (29th)
- Holy Saturday (30th)
- Easter Sunday (31st)
April
- April Fools’ Day (1st)
- Easter Monday (1st)
- Laylatul Qadr/Night of Power (5th)
- Ramadan (Ends 9th)
- Eid Al-Fitr (10th – 11th)
- Vaisakhi (13th)
- Passover (22nd – 30th)
- St. Georges Day (23rd)
May
- Yom HaShoah (5th – 6th)
- May Day (6th)
- Ascension Day (9th)
- Pentecost (19th)
- Whit Monday (20th)
- Vesak (23rd)
June
- Pride Month
- Shavuot
- The King’s Official Birthday (15th)
- Father’s Day (16th)
- Eid Al-Adha (16th – 19th)
- Windrush Day (22nd)
July
- Muharram/Islamic New Year (7th)
- St. Swithin’s Day (15th)
- Ashura (16th – 17th)
- Asalha Puja Day (21st)
August
- World Humanitarian Day (19th)
- Raksha Bandhan (19th)
September
- Milad un-Nabi/Mawlid (15th – 16th)
- International Day of Peace (21st)
October
- Black History Month
- Rosh Hashannah (2nd – 4th)
- Yom Kippur (11th – 12th)
- Sukkot (16th to 23rd)
- Halloween (31st)
November
- All Saints’ Day (1st)
- Diwali (1st)
- Guy Fawkes Night (5th)
- Remembrance Sunday (10th)
- Armistice Day (11th)
- St. Andrew’s Day (30th)
December
- Advent (1st – 24th)
- Hanukkah (25th – 2nd Jan)
- Christmas Eve (24th)
- Christmas Day (25th)
- New Years Eve (31st)