Upcoming Holidays & Other Notable Dates

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Mostly for personal reference, feel free to suggest some I may have missed or overlooked (I'm Canadian, Julian's American, there's bound to be some confusion). I'm not going to do anything with a lot of these, but it helps keep track.

NOVEMBER (2011)
- All Saint's Day (1st)
- Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos (1st, 2nd note: Mexican holiday)
- Election Day (2nd note: off year)
- Guy Fawkes Day (5th note: UK holiday)
- Daylight Savings Ends (6th)
- Eid al-Adha (6th - 9th)
- Veterans Day (11th note: Remembrance Day in Commonwealth, Armistice Day in others)
- Sadie Hawkins Day (15th?)
- Trans* Remembrance Day (20th)
- Thanksgiving (24th)
- Black Friday (25th)
- Islamic New Year (27th note: different calendar)

Birthdays: Edward Nygma (15th, here), Jonathan Crane (16th, here)

DECEMBER (2011)
- World AIDs Day (1st)
- Ashura (5th)
- National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (7th)
- Hanukkah/Chanukah (20th note: sunset - 28th)
- Winter Solstice (22nd)
- Saturnalia (note: ?)
- Christmas Eve (24th)
- Christmas Day (25th)
- Boxing Day (26th note: Commonwealth)
- Kwanzaa (26th - January 1st)
- New Year's Eve (31st)

JANUARY (2012)
- New Year's (1st)
- Friday the Thirteenth
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day (16th)
- Lunar/Chinese New Year (23rd note: Year of the Dragon)


FEBRUARY (2012)
- Groundhog Day (2nd)
- Lincoln's Birthday (12th)
- Valentine's Day (14th)
- President's Day (20th note: Washington's Birthday)
- Anniversary of the implication of the Gregorian Calendar (24th Note: Julian's 'birthday')
- Leap Day (29th)

Zodiac: Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21), Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21), Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 20), Aquarius (Jan 20 - Feb 18), Pisces (Feb 19 - March 20). Year of the Rabbit (Feb 3 2011 - Jan 22 2012) - next is Year of the Dragon.