{"id":10450,"date":"2024-09-25T10:03:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T14:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=10450"},"modified":"2025-11-06T16:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:02:35","slug":"holidays-in-the-movies-calendar-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2024\/09\/25\/holidays-in-the-movies-calendar-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays in the Movies: calendar summary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the past few years we have been cultivating holiday themed watching to get us in the right frame of mind for every holiday. We have now amassed a list complete enough to get it into a chronologically arranged table of contents post for all the holidays in the movies posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 1st<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: New Year<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Second new moon after December solstice<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Lunar New Year<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Second Sunday in February<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: The Big Game<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
February 14th<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Valentines<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Third Monday of February<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: President\u2019s Day<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Forty seven days prior to Easter<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Mardi Gras<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Mid-March and\/or tied to Easter<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Spring Break<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
March 17th<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: St. Patrick\u2019s Day<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
April 1st<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: April fools<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
First Sunday after a full moon falling on or after March 21st<\/td>Holidays in Movies: Easter<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
April 8th<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Rex Manning Day<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
April 21st<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Antonio Bay Anniversary<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
14th day of Nissan at the time of the full moon<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Passover<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
April 22nd<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Earth Day<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
April 24rd<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: the day we watch Urban Legend<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Last Friday in April (FL Arbor Day: third Friday in January)<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Arbor Day<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
May 1st<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: May Day<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Beginning of May<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Prom<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Beginning to mid-May<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Schools Out<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Second Sunday in May<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Mother\u2019s Day<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Last Monday of May<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Memorial Day<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Third Sunday of June<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Father’s Day<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
June 20 or 21st<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Summer Solstice<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
July 4th<\/td>Holidays in Movies: 4th of July<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
July 17-24th<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Nelson\u2019s Oktoberfest<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
July 25th<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Christmas in July<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Late August<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Back to School<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
First Monday of September<\/td>Holidays in Movies: Labor Day<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
October 31st (starting with the fall equinox) <\/td>The Holiday Schmidt: Halloween zine (coming soon)<\/td><\/tr>
November 11th<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Veteran\u2019s Day<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Forth Thursday of November<\/td>Holidays in Movies: Thanksgiving<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
25th day of Kislev<\/td>Holidays in the Movies: Hanukkah<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
December 25th (starting on Black Friday)<\/td>The Holiday Schmidt: Christmas zine (coming soon)<\/td><\/tr>
December 25th<\/td>My favorite Christmas Carol<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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