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Sunday 1 January – New Year’s Day
Saturday 17 March – St Patrick’s Day
Sunday 1 April – April Fool’s Day
Sunday 12 May – Mother’s Day – The celebration of Mother’s Day, while fairly universal, has not been set to a standardised date, so the Common Calendar standardises it on this Sunday, the traditional date in both the Commonwealth of Australia and the United States of America.
Sunday 18 June – Father’s Day – The celebration of Father’s Day, while fairly universal, has not been set to a standardised date, so the Common Calendar standardises it on this Sunday, the traditional date in both the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Sunday 8 July – Summerfest (Winterfest) Day – A tradition I started in 2007, it allows for the cultural aspects of Christmas relating to summer (for the Southern Hemisphere [mainly Australian and New Zealand customs]) / winter (for the Northern Hemisphere) to be celebrated in each other’s hemispheres.
Sunday 4 September – Grandparents’ Day – While the celebration of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are fairly universal, Grandparents’ Day is only widely observed in the United States. The Common Calendar spreads it to the rest of the world, although brings it forward one week to avoid a clash with World Peace Day.
Sunday 11 September – World Peace Day – Observed on the anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers in New York City, USA in 2001, this day invites people around the world to remember the reality of uncertainty and conflict in our world and to renew their efforts and desires for world peace.
Wednesday 1 November – All Saints’ Day – The notion of Halloween re-christened, the idea of scary blood and gore costumes is out. Instead, under the Common Calendar, children of Christian faith will attend church with their families (the 1st November church service or Mass) in the early evening of Tuesay 31 October (typically 5 pm), and then will go collecting candy and exchanging scripture verses, dressed as their favourite saint. All schools (for students of all ages, not only young children) will dismiss children on Tuesday 31 October at whatever is the usual time for the start of the lunch break, to allow for the celebration. Total closure of schools on Wednesday 1 November is optional and to be left to the discretion of the school itself or of the relevant school authority.

Sunday 1 January – New Year’s Day

Saturday 17 March – St Patrick’s Day

Sunday 1 April – April Fool’s Day

Sunday 12 May – Mother’s Day – The celebration of Mother’s Day, while fairly universal, has not been set to a standardised date, so the Common Calendar standardises it on this Sunday, the traditional date in both the Commonwealth of Australia and the United States of America.

Sunday 18 June – Father’s Day – The celebration of Father’s Day, while fairly universal, has not been set to a standardised date, so the Common Calendar standardises it on this Sunday, the traditional date in both the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Sunday 11 September – World Peace Day – Observed on the anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers in New York City, USA in 2001, this day invites people around the world to remember the reality of uncertainty and conflict in our world and to renew their efforts and desires for world peace.