May the Fourth be with you!

[melannen]

Happy Star Wars day, everybody! May the Fourth starts off a month of important holidays every year:

May 4: Star Wars Day (Feast of St. Carrie)/Reichenbach Day
First Saturday in May (May 5 this year): Free Comic Book Day
May 25: Lilac Day/Towel Day
June 5: Barricade Day


Of course there's also:
February 15: International Fanworks Day
March 11: The Eleventh of March, March the Eleventh
March 14: Pi Day
The Monday after the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox: Republic of Two Systems Independence Day
September 19: Talk Like A Pirate Day
September 22: A Long-Expected Party Day
October 3: 3 OCT 11 Don't Forget
October 13: XF Day
October 23: Mole Day (unless you are one of the schismatics who celebrates on June 2)
December 25 - January 1: Yuletide Reading Week
Mid-Late January: More Joy Day


What other important holidays am I missing?

Comments

[lannamichaels]

There's Due South day, which i think is march 11?

[melannen]

Of course! How could I have forgotten about this day, the eleventh of March?

[tassosss]

More Joy Day in January, though I'm not sure how it's calculated.

[melannen]

Hmm, yeah, it seems to be wildly variable in mid-to-late January.

[moetushie]

September 22 - Hobbit Day, Bilbo and Frodo's birthday.

[melannen]

Ah, of course, the Party day!

[genarti]

October 3rd is a holiday for Fullmetal Alchemist fandom, though I'm not sure there's an agreed-upon name -- DON'T FORGET day?? Fullmetal Alchemist day? I usually just see it with something like that plus/or the relevant manga panel or anime screencap. (It's the day Ed and Al tried to do human transmutation, which we know because Ed has "3 OCT 11 DON'T FORGET" carved into the inside of his State Alchemist watch.)

I was going to mention Barricade Day, but then I remembered how to read and saw you already had it. :p

[melannen]

I was going to say "the FMA one seems less cheerful than the others" but then I remembered Barricade Day was on the list. :P

[genarti]

Hahaha! I mean... true. I did kind of hesitate before I typed the word "holiday" there. And Barricade Day is at least, uh, gleefully angsty, most of the time? Er.

If December 25th is Yuletide Reading Day (which: yes, obviously), does that make January 1 Yuletide Reveals Day/Year Round-Up Memes Day, or is that getting entirely too granular?

[melannen]

I was trying to avoid too many fest-related ones (otherwise this would definitely have to include things like Lupercalia) - it would quickly turn into a fest calendar - but I feel like YT reading day was too important to leave off. (Really it's a weeklong holiday from the 25th to the 1st, I guess.)

[genarti]

Yeah, sensible. They're two different kinds of fandom calendar, really. So having the one YT day stand in for the whole extended festival of it makes sense!

[stellar_dust]

10/13 - X-Files day! No one really seems to celebrate 11/21 though, as far as I can tell, alas.

[melannen]

Yes, I can't believe I left that one off this long!

Did you know it's impossible to google "October 13" without also getting results for 1013? Makes it really hard to look for stuff about X-Files day.

[sholio]

Oct. 23 is Caffrey-Burke Day in White Collar fandom!