Welcome to our Special Days calendar. We have discovered during our years on line trading that our customers love to celebrate key events in the calendar. The majority of the following events are of Celtic origin and in many cases instantly recognizable by all nationalities.
We believe that you don't have to be of Celtic origin to celebrate any of these special occasions, all it needs is a willingness to enjoy the occasion and perhaps a love and interest in the origins of the festival.
Calendar
| Burns Night |
The birthday of Robert Burns, the famous Scottish poet |
25th Jan |
| St. Valentine's Day |
Celebrated by lovers exchanging gifts and cards |
14th Feb |
| St. David's Day |
The festival of St. David, the patron saint of Wales |
1st March |
| Mother's Day |
A day to pay tribute to your Mother |
10th March |
| Australia, Canada and the USA |
12th May |
| St. Patrick's Day |
The festival of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland |
17th March |
| Easter Day |
A Christian festival with pagan origins, celebrated by exchanging Easter gifts |
31st March |
| St. George's Day |
The festival of St. George, the patron saint of England |
23rd April |
| Father's Day |
A day for giving gifts to your Father |
16th June |
| Australia and New Zealand |
1st Sept |
| Halloween |
Originally a pagan festival, also known as Samhain |
31st Oct |
| Thanksgiving |
A major holiday in the USA and Canada, celebrated by a Thanksgiving meal traditionally including turkey |
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| Canada |
14th Oct |
| USA |
28th Nov |
| St. Andrew's Day |
The festival of St. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland |
30th Nov |
| Christmas |
A Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, which is celebrated at the time of the Winter Solstice also known as Saturnalia |
25th Dec |
| Hogmanay |
A major Celtic celebration still celebrated in Scotland, originally associated with the Winter Solstice to say farewell to the Old Year and welcome the New Year |
31st Dec |
| Weddings |
The wedding ceremony and the exchanging of vows and promises represents a couple's eternal and everlasting love for each other. During pagan times known as a handfasting. Auspicious days for marrying are 1st May, 21st June and 31st December |
| Anniversaries |
It is traditional for the couple on the anniversary of the wedding ceremony to celebrate another year together |
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