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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Famous quotes containing the word secular:
“Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)