1.New Year’s Day

January 1, the first day of a calendar year, usually celebrated as a legal holiday.

★New Year’s Eve

The evening before the New Year’s Day.

2.Saint Valentine’s Day

February 14; observed in honor of a martyr of the third century. The customary sending of valentines, candy, etc. to sweethearts on this day is not connected with the saint.

3.Easter

An annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus, held on the first Sunday after the date of the first full moon that occurs on or after March 21.

★Easter Sunday

The Sunday on which Easter is held.

★Easter egg

A colored egg on an egg-shaped piece of candy, etc. used as an Easter gift or ornament.

4.April Fools’ Day

The first day of April.

★A Fools’ Day

Another name for the day.

★April Fool

A victim of jokes played on April Fools’ Day.

5.May Day

May 1; as a traditional spring festival, often celebrated by dancing, crowning a May queen, etc.; as a more recent international labor holiday (of American origin), observed in many countries by parades, demonstrations, etc.

★Mayday

The international radiotelephonic signal for help, used by ships and aircraft in distress.

★May queen

A girl or young woman crowned with flowers and honored by merrymakers as queen on May Day.

6.Mother’s Day

The second Sunday in May; a day set aside (in the United States) in honor of mothers.

7.Memorial Day

A day designated in the United States for honoring dead members of the armed forces. In most States, a legal holiday, falling on May 30; in Southern States, April 26, May 10, or June 3.