Non-holiday Notable Days
- Super Bowl Sunday (the day of the National Football League's championship, festivities generally including in-home parties and watching the game on television with beverages and snacks)
- Super Tuesday (political event, variable)
- Tax Freedom Day (day in which an average citizen is said to have worked enough to pay his or her taxes for the year, used by opponents of taxation)
- Opening Day (The beginning of the Major League Baseball season and an unofficial indication that summer is approaching)
- Tax Day (federal and state tax deadline, (April 15) or if on weekend or holiday, next closest Monday or business day)
- Oktoberfest (celebrated most often in areas with contemporary or historic populations of German heritage)
- Black Friday (Busy shopping day where stores lower prices the Friday after Thanksgiving, traditionally the start of the Christmas shopping season)
- Cyber Monday (The equivalent of Black Friday, except online, the Monday after Black Friday)
- Festivus (December 23): made famous on the television show Seinfeld.
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