Holidays and Observances in the United States in 2002
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Tuesday | New Year's Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Jan 6 | Sunday | Epiphany | Christian | |
| Jan 7 | Monday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Orthodox | |
| Jan 8 | Tuesday | Battle of New Orleans | State Legal Holiday | Louisiana |
| Jan 13 | Sunday | Stephen Foster Memorial Day | Observance | |
| Jan 14 | Monday | Orthodox New Year | Orthodox | |
| Jan 18 | Friday | Lee-Jackson Day | State Holiday | Virginia |
| Jan 19 | Saturday | Robert E. Lee's Birthday | State Legal Holiday | Florida |
| Jan 19 | Saturday | Confederate Heroes' Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Jan 21 | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Jan 21 | Monday | Robert E. Lee's Birthday | State Holiday | AL, AR, GA, MS |
| Jan 21 | Monday | Idaho Human Rights Day | State Holiday | Idaho |
| Jan 21 | Monday | Civil Rights Day | State Holiday | Arizona, New Hampshire |
| Jan 27 | Sunday | International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust | United Nations observance | |
| Jan 27 | Sunday | World Leprosy Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Jan 28 | Monday | Tu Bishvat/Tu B'Shevat | Jewish holiday | |
| Jan 29 | Tuesday | Kansas Day | State Observance | Kansas |
| Feb 1 | Friday | National Freedom Day | Observance | |
| Feb 1 | Friday | National Wear Red Day | Observance | |
| Feb 1 | Friday | First Day of Black History Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Feb 2 | Saturday | World Wetlands Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Feb 2 | Saturday | Groundhog Day | Observance | |
| Feb 3 | Sunday | Super Bowl | Sporting event | |
| Feb 4 | Monday | Rosa Parks Day | Local observance | California |
| Feb 6 | Wednesday | National Girls and Women in Sports Day | Observance | |
| Feb 12 | Tuesday | Lincoln's Birthday | State Holiday | CA, CT, IL, MO, NJ, NY |
| Feb 12 | Tuesday | Georgia Day | State Observance | Georgia |
| Feb 12 | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | State Holiday | Alabama*, Louisiana |
| Feb 12 | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | Observance, Christian | |
| Feb 12 | Tuesday | Lunar New Year | Observance | |
| Feb 13 | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | Christian | |
| Feb 14 | Thursday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Feb 14 | Thursday | Statehood Day | Local observance | Arizona |
| Feb 15 | Friday | Susan B. Anthony's Birthday | State Observance | Wisconsin |
| Feb 16 | Saturday | Elizabeth Peratrovich Day | State Observance | Alaska |
| Feb 18 | Monday | Presidents' Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Feb 18 | Monday | Presidents' Day | State Holiday | All except DE, FL, GA, IA, IN, KS, KY, LA, NC, NM, RI, WI |
| Feb 18 | Monday | Presidents' Day | State Legal Holiday | KY, LA, WI |
| Feb 18 | Monday | Daisy Gatson Bates Day | State Holiday | Arkansas |
| Feb 21 | Thursday | International Mother Language Day | United Nations observance | |
| Feb 23 | Saturday | Eid al-Adha | Muslim | |
| Feb 25 | Monday | African-American Scientist and Inventor Day | State Observance | Virginia |
| Feb 25 | Monday | George Rogers Clark Day | State Observance | Indiana |
| Feb 26 | Tuesday | Purim | Jewish holiday | |
| Feb 28 | Thursday | Linus Pauling Day | Local observance | Oregon |
| Mar 1 | Friday | St. David's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 1 | Friday | Read Across America Day | Observance | |
| Mar 1 | Friday | Employee Appreciation Day | Observance | |
| Mar 1 | Friday | First Day of Women's History Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Mar 1 | Friday | First Day of Irish American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Mar 2 | Saturday | Texas Independence Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Mar 4 | Monday | Casimir Pulaski Day | State Observance | Illinois, Indiana |
| Mar 4 | Monday | Casimir Pulaski Day | State Observance | Wisconsin |
| Mar 5 | Tuesday | Town Meeting Day | State Holiday | Vermont |
| Mar 8 | Friday | International Women's Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 15 | Friday | Muharram | Muslim | |
| Mar 17 | Sunday | St. Patrick's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 17 | Sunday | Evacuation Day | State Holiday | Massachusetts* |
| Mar 18 | Monday | Evacuation Day observed | State Holiday | Massachusetts* |
| Mar 20 | Wednesday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Mar 21 | Thursday | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 21 | Thursday | World Poetry Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 22 | Friday | World Water Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 23 | Saturday | World Meteorological Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 24 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Christian | |
| Mar 24 | Sunday | Ashura | Muslim | |
| Mar 24 | Sunday | World Tuberculosis Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 25 | Monday | International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 25 | Monday | Maryland Day | Local observance | Maryland |
| Mar 25 | Monday | Seward's Day | State Holiday | Alaska |
| Mar 26 | Tuesday | Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day | State Holiday | Hawaii |
| Mar 27 | Wednesday | Passover Eve | Jewish holiday | |
| Mar 28 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Christian | |
| Mar 28 | Thursday | Passover (first day) | Jewish holiday | |
| Mar 29 | Friday | Good Friday | State Holiday | CT, DE, HI, IN, KY, LA, NC, ND, NJ, TN, TX** |
| Mar 30 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Christian | |
| Mar 30 | Saturday | Doctors' Day | Observance | |
| Mar 31 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 31 | Sunday | César Chávez Day | State Holiday | California |
| Mar 31 | Sunday | César Chávez Day | State Holiday | Texas** |
| Apr 1 | Monday | April Fool's Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Apr 1 | Monday | Easter Monday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 1 | Monday | César Chávez Day (substitute) | State Holiday | California |
| Apr 2 | Tuesday | Pascua Florida Day | Local observance | Florida |
| Apr 4 | Thursday | Last Day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 6 | Saturday | National Tartan Day | Observance | |
| Apr 7 | Sunday | United Nations' World Health Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 7 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Apr 9 | Tuesday | Yom HaShoah | Jewish commemoration | |
| Apr 15 | Monday | Tax Day | Observance | |
| Apr 15 | Monday | Father Damien Day | Local observance | Hawaii |
| Apr 15 | Monday | Patriots' Day | State Holiday | Maine, Massachusetts |
| Apr 15 | Monday | Boston Marathon | Sporting event | |
| Apr 16 | Tuesday | Emancipation Day | Local observance | |
| Apr 17 | Wednesday | Yom Ha'atzmaut | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 21 | Sunday | San Jacinto Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Apr 22 | Monday | Earth Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 22 | Monday | Oklahoma Day | Local observance | Oklahoma |
| Apr 22 | Monday | Confederate Memorial Day | State Holiday | Alabama, Georgia |
| Apr 23 | Tuesday | World Book and Copyright Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 24 | Wednesday | Administrative Professionals Day | Observance | |
| Apr 26 | Friday | World Intellectual Property Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 26 | Friday | Arbor Day | State Holiday | Nebraska |
| Apr 26 | Friday | Confederate Memorial Day | State Legal Holiday | Florida |
| Apr 29 | Monday | Arbor Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| Apr 29 | Monday | Confederate Memorial Day | State Holiday | Mississippi |
| Apr 30 | Tuesday | Lag BaOmer | Jewish holiday | |
| May 1 | Wednesday | Law Day | Observance | |
| May 1 | Wednesday | Loyalty Day | Observance | |
| May 1 | Wednesday | Lei Day | Local observance | Hawaii |
| May 1 | Wednesday | First Day of Military Appreciation Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| May 1 | Wednesday | First Day of Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| May 2 | Thursday | National Day of Prayer | Observance | |
| May 3 | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | Orthodox | |
| May 3 | Friday | World Press Freedom Day | United Nations observance | |
| May 3 | Friday | Kentucky Oaks | Sporting event | |
| May 4 | Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Orthodox | |
| May 4 | Saturday | Kent State Shootings Remembrance | Local observance | Ohio |
| May 4 | Saturday | Kentucky Derby | Sporting event | |
| May 4 | Saturday | Rhode Island Independence Day | Local observance | Rhode Island |
| May 5 | Sunday | Orthodox Easter | Orthodox | |
| May 5 | Sunday | Cinco de Mayo | Observance | |
| May 6 | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | Orthodox | |
| May 6 | Monday | National Nurses Day | Observance | |
| May 7 | Tuesday | National Teacher Appreciation Day | Observance | |
| May 8 | Wednesday | World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day | Worldwide observance | |
| May 8 | Wednesday | Truman Day | State Holiday | Missouri |
| May 8 | Wednesday | Victory in Europe Day | Observance | |
| May 9 | Thursday | Ascension Day | Christian | |
| May 10 | Friday | Confederate Memorial Day | State Holiday | North Carolina, South Carolina |
| May 12 | Sunday | International Nurses Day | Worldwide observance | |
| May 12 | Sunday | Mother's Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| May 12 | Sunday | Mother's Day | Observance | |
| May 14 | Tuesday | Primary Election Day | State Holiday | West Virginia |
| May 15 | Wednesday | International Day of Families | United Nations observance | |
| May 15 | Wednesday | Peace Officers Memorial Day | Observance | |
| May 17 | Friday | Shavuot | Jewish holiday | |
| May 17 | Friday | National Defense Transportation Day | Observance | |
| May 18 | Saturday | Armed Forces Day | Observance | |
| May 18 | Saturday | Preakness Stakes | Sporting event | |
| May 19 | Sunday | Pentecost | Christian | |
| May 20 | Monday | Whit Monday | Christian | |
| May 22 | Wednesday | International Day for Biological Diversity | United Nations observance | |
| May 22 | Wednesday | National Maritime Day | Observance | |
| May 24 | Friday | The Prophet's Birthday | Muslim | |
| May 25 | Saturday | African Liberation Day | Worldwide observance | |
| May 25 | Saturday | National Missing Children's Day | Observance | |
| May 26 | Sunday | Trinity Sunday | Christian | |
| May 27 | Monday | Memorial Day | Federal Holiday | |
| May 27 | Monday | Decoration Day | State Holiday | AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA |
| May 27 | Monday | Jefferson Davis' Birthday | Local observance | Mississippi |
| May 30 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Christian | |
| May 31 | Friday | World No Tobacco Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 1 | Saturday | First Day of Pride Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Jun 1 | Saturday | Statehood Day | Local observance | Kentucky, Tennessee |
| Jun 3 | Monday | Jefferson Davis' Birthday | Local observance | Florida |
| Jun 3 | Monday | Jefferson Davis' Birthday | State Holiday | Alabama |
| Jun 4 | Tuesday | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 5 | Wednesday | World Environment Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 6 | Thursday | D-Day | Observance | |
| Jun 8 | Saturday | Belmont Stakes | Sporting event | |
| Jun 11 | Tuesday | Kamehameha Day | State Holiday | Hawaii |
| Jun 12 | Wednesday | Loving Day | Observance | |
| Jun 14 | Friday | Army Birthday | Observance | |
| Jun 14 | Friday | Flag Day | Observance | |
| Jun 15 | Saturday | Juneteenth Day | State Observance | AK, DE, OK |
| Jun 16 | Sunday | Father's Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| Jun 16 | Sunday | Father's Day | Observance | |
| Jun 17 | Monday | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 17 | Monday | Bunker Hill Day | State Holiday | Massachusetts |
| Jun 19 | Wednesday | Juneteenth | Observance | |
| Jun 19 | Wednesday | Juneteenth Day | State Observance | FL, IA, NE*, OR |
| Jun 19 | Wednesday | Juneteenth | State Observance | Minnesota |
| Jun 19 | Wednesday | Emancipation Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Jun 20 | Thursday | World Refugee Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 20 | Thursday | West Virginia Day | State Holiday | West Virginia |
| Jun 21 | Friday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 26 | Wednesday | International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 26 | Wednesday | International Day in Support of Victims of Torture | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 28 | Friday | Carolina Day | State Observance | South Carolina |
| Jul 4 | Thursday | Independence Day | State Holiday | AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, OK |
| Jul 4 | Thursday | Independence Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Jul 6 | Saturday | International Day of Cooperatives | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 11 | Thursday | World Population Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 13 | Saturday | Nathan Bedford Forrest Day | Local observance | Tennessee |
| Jul 14 | Sunday | Bastille Day | Observance | |
| Jul 18 | Thursday | Tisha B'Av | Jewish holiday | |
| Jul 24 | Wednesday | Pioneer Day | State Holiday | Utah |
| Jul 27 | Saturday | National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day | Observance | |
| Jul 28 | Sunday | Parents' Day | Observance | |
| Aug 1 | Thursday | Colorado Day | State Observance | Colorado |
| Aug 4 | Sunday | Coast Guard Birthday | Observance | |
| Aug 4 | Sunday | American Family Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| Aug 7 | Wednesday | Purple Heart Day | Observance | |
| Aug 9 | Friday | International Day of the World's Indigenous People | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 12 | Monday | International Youth Day | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 12 | Monday | Victory Day | State Holiday | Rhode Island |
| Aug 15 | Thursday | Assumption of Mary | Christian | |
| Aug 16 | Friday | Hawaii Statehood Day | State Holiday | Hawaii |
| Aug 16 | Friday | Bennington Battle Day | State Holiday | Vermont |
| Aug 18 | Sunday | National Senior Citizens Day | Observance | |
| Aug 19 | Monday | National Aviation Day | Observance | |
| Aug 23 | Friday | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 26 | Monday | Women's Equality Day | Observance | |
| Aug 27 | Tuesday | Lyndon Baines Johnson Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Aug 31 | Saturday | International Overdose Awareness Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 2 | Monday | Labor Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Sep 7 | Saturday | Rosh Hashana | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 7 | Saturday | Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day | Observance | |
| Sep 7 | Saturday | Rosh Hashana | State Holiday | Texas** |
| Sep 8 | Sunday | International Literacy Day | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 8 | Sunday | National Grandparents Day | Observance | |
| Sep 9 | Monday | California Admission Day | State Holiday | California* |
| Sep 11 | Wednesday | Patriot Day | Observance | |
| Sep 13 | Friday | Friday the 13th | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 15 | Sunday | First Day of National Hispanic Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Sep 15 | Sunday | Constitution Commemoration Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| Sep 16 | Monday | Yom Kippur | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 16 | Monday | International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 16 | Monday | Yom Kippur | State Holiday | Texas** |
| Sep 17 | Tuesday | Citizenship Day | Observance | |
| Sep 18 | Wednesday | Air Force Birthday | Observance | |
| Sep 20 | Friday | National POW/MIA Recognition Day | Observance | |
| Sep 21 | Saturday | First Day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 21 | Saturday | International Day of Peace | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 22 | Sunday | Emancipation Day | Local observance | Ohio |
| Sep 23 | Monday | International Celebrate Bisexuality Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 23 | Monday | American Indian Day | State Observance | Tennessee |
| Sep 23 | Monday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Sep 26 | Thursday | World Maritime Day | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 27 | Friday | Last Day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 27 | Friday | World Tourism Day | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 27 | Friday | Native American Day | State Observance | California, Nevada |
| Sep 28 | Saturday | Shmini Atzeret | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 28 | Saturday | National Public Lands Day | Observance | |
| Sep 29 | Sunday | Simchat Torah | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 29 | Sunday | World Heart Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 29 | Sunday | Gold Star Mother's Day | Observance | |
| Oct 1 | Tuesday | International Day of Older Persons | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 1 | Tuesday | World Vegetarian Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Oct 4 | Friday | Feast of St Francis of Assisi | Christian | |
| Oct 4 | Friday | Isra and Mi'raj | Muslim | |
| Oct 5 | Saturday | World Teachers' Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 6 | Sunday | German American Day | Observance | |
| Oct 7 | Monday | World Habitat Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 7 | Monday | Child Health Day | Observance | |
| Oct 9 | Wednesday | World Post Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 9 | Wednesday | International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 9 | Wednesday | Leif Erikson Day | Observance | |
| Oct 10 | Thursday | World Mental Health Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 10 | Thursday | World Sight Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Oct 11 | Friday | Casimir Pulaski Day | State Observance | Michigan |
| Oct 13 | Sunday | Navy Birthday | Observance | |
| Oct 13 | Sunday | Chicago Marathon | Sporting event | |
| Oct 14 | Monday | Columbus Day | State Holiday | All except AK, AR, HI, NV |
| Oct 14 | Monday | Columbus Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Oct 14 | Monday | Fraternal Day | State Holiday | Alabama |
| Oct 14 | Monday | Native American Day | State Holiday | South Dakota |
| Oct 14 | Monday | Indigenous People's Day | State Observance | California* |
| Oct 14 | Monday | American Indian Heritage Day | State Holiday | Alabama |
| Oct 15 | Tuesday | White Cane Safety Day | Observance | |
| Oct 16 | Wednesday | World Food Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 16 | Wednesday | Boss's Day | Observance | |
| Oct 17 | Thursday | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 18 | Friday | Alaska Day | State Holiday | Alaska |
| Oct 19 | Saturday | Sweetest Day | Observance | 13 states |
| Oct 24 | Thursday | United Nations Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 24 | Thursday | World Development Information Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 25 | Friday | Nevada Day | State Holiday | Nevada |
| Oct 27 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Oct 31 | Thursday | Halloween | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Friday | All Saints' Day | Christian | |
| Nov 1 | Friday | World Vegan Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Nov 1 | Friday | First Day of Native American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Nov 2 | Saturday | All Souls' Day | Christian | |
| Nov 3 | Sunday | New York City Marathon | Sporting event | |
| Nov 5 | Tuesday | Election Day | Observance | |
| Nov 5 | Tuesday | Election Day | State Holiday | New Jersey |
| Nov 5 | Tuesday | Susan B. Anthony Day | State Observance | West Virginia |
| Nov 6 | Wednesday | Ramadan Starts | Muslim | |
| Nov 6 | Wednesday | International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 7 | Thursday | Return Day | State Holiday | Delaware* |
| Nov 10 | Sunday | World Science Day for Peace and Development | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 10 | Sunday | Marine Corps Birthday | Observance | |
| Nov 11 | Monday | Veterans Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Nov 16 | Saturday | International Day for Tolerance | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 17 | Sunday | World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 19 | Tuesday | International Men's Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Nov 20 | Wednesday | Universal Children's Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 20 | Wednesday | Africa Industrialization Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 20 | Wednesday | World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 20 | Wednesday | Transgender Day of Remembrance | Worldwide observance | |
| Nov 21 | Thursday | World Television Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 21 | Thursday | World Philosophy Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 25 | Monday | International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 28 | Thursday | Thanksgiving Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Nov 29 | Friday | International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 29 | Friday | Day After Thanksgiving | State Holiday | 21 states |
| Nov 29 | Friday | Black Friday | Observance | |
| Nov 30 | Saturday | Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day) | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 1 | Sunday | First Sunday of Advent | Christian | |
| Dec 1 | Sunday | Lailat al-Qadr | Muslim | |
| Dec 1 | Sunday | World AIDS Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 2 | Monday | International Day for the Abolition of Slavery | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 3 | Tuesday | International Day of Disabled Persons | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 5 | Thursday | International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 6 | Friday | St Nicholas Day | Observance | |
| Dec 7 | Saturday | Last Day of Chanukah | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 7 | Saturday | International Civil Aviation Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 7 | Saturday | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | Observance | |
| Dec 7 | Saturday | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | State Observance | Alaska |
| Dec 7 | Saturday | Delaware Day | State Observance | Delaware |
| Dec 9 | Monday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Christian | |
| Dec 10 | Tuesday | Human Rights Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 10 | Tuesday | Wyoming Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| Dec 12 | Thursday | Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe | Christian | |
| Dec 13 | Friday | Friday the 13th | Worldwide observance | |
| Dec 13 | Friday | National Guard Birthday | Observance | |
| Dec 15 | Sunday | Asarah B'Tevet | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 15 | Sunday | Bill of Rights Day | Observance | |
| Dec 17 | Tuesday | Pan American Aviation Day | Observance | |
| Dec 17 | Tuesday | Wright Brothers Day | Observance | |
| Dec 18 | Wednesday | International Migrants Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 21 | Saturday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 24 | Tuesday | Christmas Eve | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 24 | Tuesday | Christmas Eve | State Holiday | Texas |
| Dec 25 | Wednesday | Christmas Day | State Holiday | All |
| Dec 25 | Wednesday | Christmas Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Dec 26 | Thursday | Kwanzaa (first day) | Observance | |
| Dec 26 | Thursday | Day After Christmas Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Dec 31 | Tuesday | New Year's Eve | Observance | |
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