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Christmas 2025

Christmas is one of the most important Christian holidays, commemorating the story of the birth of the faith’s most important figure, Jesus Christ. It is celebrated annually, and this year falls on Thursday, December 25. Observers attend special services at their local church, and at home put up Christmas trees, … »
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Election Day 2025

Election Day in the U.S. always falls on the first Tuesday in November, which this year is November 4. In the late eighteenth century when the early American government was determining how to carry out elections, state legislatures selected November dates to accommodate the autumn harvest season, and Tuesdays so … »
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Daylight Saving Time Ends 2025

Daylight Saving Time (abbreviated DST and sometimes misspelled as “Daylight Savings Time”) is the practice found in many countries of adjusting the clocks to ensure the most efficient amount of daylight hours. It was first established an energy-saving measure throughout the First and Second World Wars. The time selected for … »
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Columbus Day 2025

Columbus Day is observed annually on the second Monday in October, and commemorates the historical figure Christopher Columbus, the navigator from Genoa, Italy widely credited with “discovering” the Americas in his 1492 voyage across the Atlantic Ocean (his first of four between 1492 and 1504), which sparked European interest in … »
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