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Boxing Day

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Boxing Day Date: December 26

Boxing Day is celebrated in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

The day is also known as the St. Stephen’s Day and is a public national holiday. The main essence of the day is to share one’s fortunes with other needy people. The name is derived from the fact that the day after Christmas the boxes in the house of the Christians are filled with gifts and articles that they have in excess and give to the poor and the needy.

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Posted on 26 Dec 2011 in : Australia Holidays,Canada Holidays,December Holidays,New Zealand Holidays,United Kingdom Holidays


Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday is a Holiday

Queen’s Birthday is a public holiday in Australia.Queen’s Birthday is a public holiday in New Zealand.Queen’s Birthday is a public holiday in Fiji.

Queen’s Birthday: June 14

Queen’s Birthday is a public holiday in Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand.

The Commonwealth countries, or Commonwealth Realms, celebrates the Queen’s Birthday on the second Monday of June. The current monarch is Queen Elizabeth II, she was born on April 21, 1926, so the date does not follow the exact date of the birth of the Queen, and it is celebrated in different dates in other Commonwealth nations.

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Posted on 13 Jun 2011 in : Australia Holidays,Cook Islands Holidays,December Holidays,Fiji Holidays,June Holidays,New Zealand Holidays,Palau New Guinea Holidays


Mothers Day Australia


Mothers Day: May 9

Mothers Day is celebrated in Australia on Sunday.

In Australia, Mothers’ Day is seriously celebrated and recognised as a day all Australians express their gratitude to their Mother, Grandmother and mother figures in there lives.

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Posted on 09 May 2011 in : Australia Holidays,May Holidays


Labour Day; May Day; Workers’ Day; Day of Kazak

May Day is an international holiday worldwide.

May Day Date: May 1

May Day is celebrated throughout most of the world as a public holiday.

May 1 is considered as the Labour Day by almost all the nations of the world. The workers of the world celebrate this as an annual holiday. This day is the result of a massive labor union movement; this day celebrates the social and economic achievements of workers. This day is also known as May Day. Not only these two names, May 1 has many other names like Worker’s day, National Unification Day, Day of Kazak people’s Unity, Eid el-Ommal, etc.

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Posted on 01 May 2011 in : Afghanistan Holidays,Albania Holidays,Algeria Holidays,Andorra Holidays,Angola Holidays,Antigua and Barbuda Holidays,Antilles and Aruba Holidays,Argentina Holidays,Armenia Holidays,Australia Holidays,Austria Holidays,Azerbaijan Holidays,Bahamas Holidays,Bahrain Holidays,Balearic Islands Holidays,Bangladesh Holidays,Barbados Holidays,Belarus Holidays,Belgium Holidays,Belize Holidays,Benin Holidays,Bermuda Holidays,Bhutan Holidays,Bolivia Holidays,Bosnia and Herzegovina Holidays,Botswana Holidays,Brazil Holidays,British Virgin Islands Holidays,Brunei Darussalem Holidays,Bulgaria Holidays,Burkina Faso Holidays,Burundi Holidays,Cambodia Holidays,Cameroon Holidays,Canada Holidays,Cape Verde Holidays,Central African Republic Holidays,Chad Holidays,Chile Holidays,China Holidays,Colombia Holidays,Comoros Holidays,Congo Holidays,Costa Rica Holidays,Cote d'Ivoire Holidays,Croatia Holidays,Cuba Holidays,Cyprus Holidays,Czech Republic Holidays,Denmark Holidays,Djibouti Holidays,Dominica Holidays,Dominican Republic Holidays,DR Congo Holidays,Ecuador Holidays,Egypt Holidays,El Salvador Holidays,Equatorial Guinea Holidays,Eritrea Holidays,Estonia Holidays,Ethiopia Holidays,Fiji Holidays,Finland Holidays,France Holidays,French Guiana Holidays,Gabon Holidays,Gambia Holidays,Georgia Holidays,Germany Holidays,Ghana Holidays,Greece Holidays,Greenland Holidays,Grenada Holidays,Guatemala Holidays,Guinea Bissau Holidays,Guinea Holidays,Guyana Holidays,Haiti Holidays,Honduras Holidays,Hungary Holidays,Iceland Holidays,India Holidays,Indonesia Holidays,Iran Holidays,Iraq Holidays,Ireland Holidays,Israel holidays,Italy Holidays,Jamaica Holidays,Japan Holidays,Jordan Holidays,Kazakhstan Holidays,Kenya Holidays,Kiribati Holidays,Krygyzstan Republic Holidays,Kuwait Holidays,Laos Holidays,Latvia Holidays,Lebanon Holidays,Lesotho Holidays,Liberia Holidays,Libya Holidays,Liechtenstein Holidays,Lithuania Holidays,Luxembourg Holidays,Macau Holidays,Macedonia Holidays,Madagascar Holidays,Malawi Holidays,Malaysia Holidays,Maldives Holidays,Mali Holidays,Malta Holidays,Marshall Islands Holidays,Mauritania Holidays,Mauritius Holidays,May Holidays,Mexico Holidays,Moldova Holidays,Monaco Holidays,Mongolia Holidays,Montenegro Holidays,Morocco Holidays,Mozambique Holidays,Myanmar Holidays,Namibia Holidays,Nauru Holidays,Nepal Holidays,Netherlands Holidays,New Caledonia Holidays,New Zealand Holidays,Nicaragua Holidays,Niger Holidays,Nigeria Holidays,North Korea Holidays,Norway Holidays,Oman Holidays,Pakistan Holidays,Palau Holidays,Palau New Guinea Holidays,Panama Holidays,Paraguay Holidays,Peru Holidays,Philippines Holidays,Poland Holidays,Portugal Holidays,Puerto Rico Holidays,Qatar Holidays,Reunion Islands Holidays,Romania Holidays,Russia Holidays,Rwanda Holidays,Samoa Holidays,San Marino Holidays,Sao Tome Holidays,Saudi Arabia Holidays,Senegal Holidays,Seychelles Holidays,Sierra Leone Holidays,Singapore Holidays,Slovakia Holidays,Slovenia Holidays,Solomon Islands,Somalia Holidays,South Africa Holidays,South Korea Holidays,Spain Holidays,Sri Lanka Holidays,St. Kitts Holidays,St. Lucia Holidays,St. Vincent Holidays,Sudan Holidays,Suriname Holidays,Swaziland Holidays,Sweden Holidays,Switzerland Holidays,Syria Holidays,Tahiti Holidays,Taiwan Holidays,Tajikistan Holidays,Tanzania Holidays,Thailand Holidays,Togo Holidays,Tonga Holidays,Trinidad and Tobago Holidays,Tunisia Holidays,Turkey Holidays,Turkmenistan Holidays,Tuvalu Holidays,Uganda Holidays,Ukraine Holidays,United Arab Emirates Holidays,United Kingdom Holidays,Uruguay Holidays,US Virgin Islands Holidays,Uzbekistan Holidays,Vanuatu Holidays,Venezuela Holidays,Yemen Holidays,Zambia Holidays,Zimbabwe Holidays


Anzac Day Solemnly Observed in Australia and New Zealand

Anzac Day is a national holiday in Australia. Anzac Day is a national holiday in New Zealand.

Anzac Day: April 25

Anzac Day is a national holiday in Australia and New Zealand.

The acronym ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, and April 25 is the day that Australia and New Zealand remember the Anzac members who fought during World War I at Gallipoli in Turkey. More recently it commemorates all members who have served in military operation for both countries.
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Posted on 24 Apr 2011 in : Australia Holidays,New Zealand Holidays

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