Special dates – ABC Diamond

Pancake Day in 2024.

Pancake Day is on Tuesday, 13 February in 2024.

Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday.

Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent, which is the 40-day period to prepare for … Read the rest

Is Yule Christmas or Pagan?

Yule is one of the oldest winter solstice festivals, with origins among the ancient Norse thousands of years ago. This was well before Christ, or Christmas.

Yule Tide is the winter solstice, December 21–22 in the Northern Hemisphere or June … Read the rest

National Girlfriends Day

National Girlfriends Day is on the 1st August each year and was intended to encourage women across the U.S. to get together and celebrate their special bond of friendship.

Reading up on ‘National Girlfriends day’ showed me that the term … Read the rest

Fathers Day

Fathers Day is not on the same day in every country.

Some examples are:

Fathers Day in Australia.

6th September 2021 is Fathers Day in Australia.

Fathers Day in New Zealand.

6th September 2021 is Fathers Day in New Zealand.

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11 November 2020 Remembrance Day

What does Remembrance day actually remember?.

Remembrance Day is held on the 11th November every year.

World War One, or the Great War, ran from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

At 11am on 11 November 1918, Germany … Read the rest

National Boyfriend Day began in 2015..

Saturday, 3 October 2020 is Boyfriend’s Day in 2020.

Looking at various websites, it appears that the ‘National Boyfriend day’ only began in 2015 and is celebrated on various different days.

The dates used, … Read the rest

National Sunglasses Day 27 June 2020

Brought to you by The Vision Council, National Sunglasses Day is a commemorative date held annually on June 27 celebrating the importance of wearing shades to protect the eyes from the sun’s harsh ultraviolet (UV) rays.