2008 Holiday Dates 2009 Holiday Dates Winter'2008 New Year's Day: January 1 Three Kings Day (Dia de los Santos Reyes): January 6 Martin Luther King, Jr's Birthday: Monday, January 21 Groundhog Day: February 02 Mardi Gras: Tuesday, February 05 Ash Wednesday: February 06 Lincoln's Birthday: February 12 Valentine's Day: February 14 President's Day: Monday, February 18 Washington's Birthday: February 22 Leap Day: February 29 Palm Sunday: Sunday, March 16 St. Patrick's Day: March 17 Purim (Begins at Sundown*): March 20 Spring'2008 Good Friday: March 21 Baha'i New Year (Naw Ruz): March 21 Easter: Sunday, March 23 April Fool's Day: April 1 Passover (Begins at Sundown*): April 19 Earth Day: April 22 Eastern Orthodox Easter: Sunday, April 27 Yom Ha Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) (Begins at Sundown*): May 01 Cinco de Mayo: May 5 Mother's Day: Sunday, May 11 Memorial Day: Monday, May 26 Shavuot (Begins at Sundown*): June 08 Flag Day: June 14 Juneteenth: June 19 Father's Day: Sunday, June 15 Summer'2008 US Independence Day: July 04 Labor Day: Monday, September 01 Fall'2008 Ramadan: September 01 (Depends on the sighting of the moon in North America) Rosh Hashanah (Begins at Sundown*): September 29 Yom Kippur (Begins at Sundown*): October 08 Sukkot (Begins at Sundown*): October 13 Columbus Day (observed): October 13 Halloween: October 31 Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead): November 1 All Saint's Day: November 1 All Soul's Day: November 2 Veterans Day: November 11 Thanksgiving Day (US): Thursday, November 27 Winter'2008 World Aids Day: December 01 Day Without Art: December 01 Bodhi Day: December 08 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary: December 08 Chanukah (Begins at Sundown*): December 21 Christmas Day: December 25 Kwanzaa: December 26 - January 01, 2009 Boxing Day: December 26 *Because the Jewish day begins and ends at sundown, holidays begin at sundown.