Secular Holidays
See also: International observanceMany other days are marked to celebrate events or people, around the world, but are not strictly holidays as time off work is rarely given.
- Valentine's Day (14 February)
- International Women's Day (8 March, particularly in former Soviet bloc countries and mainland China)
- International Men's Day (19 November in Canada, Australia, India, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Singapore, South Africa and Malta)
- Labour Day, Worker's Day or May Day (1 May in most countries. The United States and Canada both celebrate on the first Monday in September)
- Mother's Day (date varies widely, e.g. second Sunday in May in parts of North America, 10 May in Mexico; in the UK it is on the fourth Sunday in Lent and has an Anglican origin)
- Father's Day
- International Day of Peace (21 September, decided by the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations)
- Halloween (31 October)
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