;United Kingdom-common days

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COMMENT=Updated 22 april 2020 \nyearly or regular days limited to the common days for the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland in separate files) \nall days for the entire United Kingdom available in United Kingdom-days


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Es-8Su =Hall Sunday*                ;Note=Sunday before Fat Tuesday {e}
Es-7Mo =Hall Monday/Collop Monday/Rose Monday/Merry Monday ;Note=Monday after Hall Sunday {e}
Es-7Tu =Shrove Tuesday              ;Note=Tuesday after Hall Sunday {e}
Es-7Tu =Pancake Day                 ;Note=Shrove Tuesday {e}
Es-4Su =Mothering Sunday**          ;Note=Laetare Sunday {e}
Es-4Su =Simnel Sunday*              ;Note=4th Sunday Lent, eating of Simnel cakes {e}
Es-3Su =Carling Sunday*             ;Note=5th Sunday Lent {e}
Es-3Dy =Queen gives 'Maundy money'* ;Note=Maundy Thursday {e}

Es+2Dy =Easter Tuesday              ;Note={e}
Es+2Su =Hocktide                    ;Note=1st Sunday after Easter {e}
Es+2Mo =Hocktide/Binding Monday     ;Note=men traditionally raised money for charity {e}
Es+2Tu =Hocktide/Binding Tuesday    ;Note=women traditionally raised money for charity {e}
Es+7Sa>1986 =#1986th Mars for Jesus (Christians)* ;Note=1st 1987 London (1987 & 1988 City March), Saturday before Pentecost Sunday {e}
Es+8Mo =Pentecost Monday/Whitmonday   ;Note={e}
Es+8Tu =Pentecost Tuesday/Whittuesday ;Note={e}
Es+8We =Mother Shipton's Day        ;Note=Wednesday following Whitsunday, Ursula Sontheil (patron saint of women working in laundries) {e}

04.1.>2008 =1st day #2008th National Braille week (8d)   ;Note=1st 2009, World Braille Day {d-01-04}
11.1.>2008 =8th & last day #2008th National Braille week ;Note=1st 2009 {d-01-04}
06.1.  =St James's Palace's Chapel Royal, Queen's Gifts (gold, frankincense & myrrh)* ;Note=offered on behalf of the Queen {d}
14.1.  =coldest day of the year (British folklore)* ;Note=St Hilary {d}
14.1.>2010 =#2010th STIQ Day (Sexually Transmitted Infection Question)* ;Note=1st 2011, Sexual Health Awareness Day {d}
18.1.  =Winnie the Pooh Day*             ;Note=Birthday of Winnie's author A.A. Milne (1882) {d}
27.1.>2000 =#2000th Holocaust Memorial Day ;Note=1st UK 2001, #1945th birthday liberation Auschwitz {d}
31.1.>1987 =National Bug Busting Day     ;Note=1e 1988, also 15 June & 31 Oct. {d}

01.2.+1Fr>2011 =#2011th Feel Good Friday*     ;Note=1st 2012, Samaritans {m}
01.2.+1Su>2007 =#2007th British Yorkshire Pudding Day* ;Note=1st 2008, 1st Sunday February {m}
01.2.+1Su =1st day Bramley Apple Week (8d)    ;Note=1st Sunday February {m}
01.2.+2Su =8th & last day Bramley Apple Week
01.2.+3We>2011 =#2011th University Mental Health & Wellbeing Day ;Note=1st 2012, 3rd Wednesday February {m}
01.2.+4Fr>2003 =#2003th Work Your Proper Hours Day* ;Note=1st 2004 {m}

06.2.>1951 =London, Royal Salutes*            ;Note=1952 Accession of Queen Elizabeth II {d}
07.2.>1996 =1st day #1996th National Marriage Week (8d)   ;Note=1st 1997 {d}
14.2.>1996 =8th & last day #1996th National Marriage Week ;Note=1st 1997 {d-02-07}
10.2.  =Plimsoll Day*                         ;Note=1824 birthday Samuel Plimsoll, 1876 Bill required a mark on a ship's hull to indicate the waterline for maximum cargo capacity {d}
14.2.  =Think about Sex Day*                  ;Note=Sexual Advice Association, formerly the Sexual Dysfunction Association {d}
14.2.>1998 =#1998th Gold Heart Day*           ;Note=1st 1999 {d}
14.2.-1Su>2008 =1st day #2008th Children of Alcoholics Week (7d, NACoA)    ;Note=week containing Valentine’s Day, National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) {d-02-14}
14.2.+1Sa>2008 =7th & last day #2008th Children of Alcoholics Week (NACoA) ;Note=week containing Valentine’s Day, National Association for Children of Alcoholics (NACoA) {d-02-14}
14.2.>1996 =1st day #1996th National Nest Box Week (8d, BTO)    ;Note=1st 1997, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) {d}
21.2.>1996 =8th & last day #1996th National Nest Box Week (BTO) ;Note=1st 1997, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) {d-04-14}
26.2.  =National Wear Red Day*                ;Note=raising awareness of heart disease {d}

23.4.>1994<1998 =#1994th World Book Day UK* ;Note=1st 1995, 1998 >1st Thursday March {d}
01.3.+1Th>1997  =#1994th World Book Day UK* ;Note=UK & Ireland, UNESCO 23 April (& UK 1995>1997) {m}

01.3.%1801,10 =#1801,10th 10-yearly census (March>June) ;Note=1st 1801, only exception 1941 {d}
07.3.>1983<1985 =1st National No Smoking Day (Ash Wednesday)* ;Note=1st 7 March 1984, 2nd 20 March 1985, 1986 >2nd Wednesday March {m}
20.3.>1984<1986 =2nd National No Smoking Day*                 ;Note=1st 7 March 1984 (Ash Wednesday), 2nd 20 March 1985, 1986 >2nd Wednesday March {m}
01.3.+2We>1985  =#1983th National No Smoking Day**            ;Note=1st 7 March 1984 (Ash Wednesday), 2nd 20 March 1985, 1986 >2nd Wednesday March {m}

21.3.  =Gloucestershire Back BadgeBack Badge Day* ;Note=Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire & Wiltshire Regiment, 1802 Battle of Alexandria {d}
21.3.-1Mo>2009 =1st day Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week (7d)   ;Note=since 2010 week including 21 March (World Down Syndrome Day), till 2009 begin June {xd-03-21}
21.3.+1Su>2009 =7th & last day Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week ;Note=since 2010 week including 21 March (World Down Syndrome Day), till 2009 begin June {xd-03-21}
21.3.>1998 =start #1998th Tree Care Campaign (>21 September #0000) ;Note=1st 1999 {d}
24.3.  =Day of Albion/Prytania/Britannia*         ;Note=guardian goddess of Great Britain (Albion) {d}
25.3.  =(OS) British Empire, 1st day of the year until 1751** ;Note=Lady Day {d}
25.3.  =Freedom Day                               ;Note=1807 passage Slave Trade Act {d}
25.3.*OE1+4Dy*NE7 =Lord falls in our Lady's lap (omen of evil for England) ;Note=Easter Sunday on the same date as Lady Day {d-03-25)
25.3.  =Swallow Day*                              ;Note=swallows return {d}

05.2.>1987<1989       =1st Red Nose Day ;Note=1988, 2nd 10 March 1989, >unpair years, mostly 3rd last Froday March {xm-03}
10.3.>1988<1990       =2nd Red Nose Day ;Note=1989, 1st 5 February 1988, 1991 >unpair years, mostly 3rd last Friday March {xm-03}
31.3.%1991,2-3Fr>1990<2011 =#1985,2th Red Nose Day (fund raising, unpair years) ;Note=3th last Friday March {xm-03}
18.3.>2010<2012       =13th Red Nose Day ;Note=2011 {xm-03}
31.3.%1991,2-3Fr>2011 =#1985,2th Red Nose Day (fund raising, unpair years) ;Note=3th last Friday March {xm-03}

01.4.+1Su =Daffodil Sunday*                ;Note=1st Sunday April, daffodils >sicks in hospitals {m}
01.4.+2Sa+1Su =legal (not applied) Easterdate (Easter Act, 1928)* ;Note=Sunday after 2nd Saturday april, {m}

01.4.  =start government's financial year* ;Note={d}
04.4.-1Sa =Tax Saturday*                   ;Note=Saturday before 05 Apr. {m-04}
06.4.  =start of the personal tax year **  ;Note=Jul. date (OS) ‘Lady Day’, New Year until 1752 (#1752 years ago) {d}
06.4.>1996 =#1996th Phone in Sick Day (United Kingdom) ;Note=1st UK 1997, 2000 world >May 2, >US & Canada May 1 {d}
09.4.  =Jenkin's Ear Day (#1731th anniversary)* ;Note=1731 {d}
18.4.+1Mo+6Dy*B21-6Dy>2003 =1st day National Stop Snoring Week (5d)   ;Note=if week before Easter >2nd week after Easter {d-04-18}
18.4.+1Mo+6Dy*B21-2Dy>2003 =5th & last day National Stop Snoring Week ;Note=if week before Easter >2nd week after Easter {d-04-18}
19.4.  =Pimrose Day                        ;Note=Benjamin Disraeli died 1881, primrose was his favourite flower {d}
21.4.>1951 =London-Hyde Park/Tower of London, Queen's Birthday Gun Salute* ;Note=41/62-gun salute to mark the actual birthday of The Queen {d}
21.4.  =National Tea Day
22.4.>2018 =#2018th Stephen Lawrence Day   ;Note=1st 2019 {d}
23.4.  =Londen, off. announcement new Knights/Ladies ‘Most Noble Order of the Garter’ ;Note=St Georges Day (Apr. 23) {d}
05.3.>2010<2012 =UK/Ireland, 1st World Book Night     ;Note=1st 2011, 2012 >23 Apr. {d-04-23}
23.4.>2011      =UK/Ireland, #2010th World Book Night ;Note=1st 2011, 2012 >23 Apr. {d}
23.4.-3Dy+1Su =National Drive It Day       ;Note=Sunday nearest to 23 April (23 April 1900, 1st day Thousand Mile Trial) {d-04-23}
30.4.-1Su>1973     =1st day #1973th Save the Children Week (7d)*   ;Note=1st 1974 {x}
30.4.-1Su+1Sa>1973 =7th & last day #1973th Save the Children Week* ;Note=1st 1974 {x}

01.5.+1Mo>2009 =#2009th Misophonia Monday* ;Note=1st 2010 {m}
01.5.+2Su-1Dy =National Mills Weekend*     ;Note={m}
01.5.+2Su     =National Mills Weekend*     ;Note={m}
01.5.+3Sa-1Su>1956 =1st day #1956th Christian Aid Week (7d)   ;Note=1st 1957, charity Christian Aid {m}
01.5.+3Sa>1956     =7th & last day #1956th Christian Aid Week ;Note=1st 1957, charity Christian Aid {m}

18.5.-3Dy+1Su-2Dy =Museums At Night Weekend (Fr>Su)
18.5.-3Dy+1Su-1Dy =Museums At Night Weekend (Fr>Su)
18.5.-3Dy+1Su     =Museums At Night Weekend (Fr>Su) ;Note=Sunday closest to 18 May (Intern. Museum Day) {d-05-18}

01.6.+1Sa =Butterfly Education & Awareness Day (AFB) ;Note=Association For Butterflies (AFB) {m}
01.6.+1Su =National Cancer Survivors Day   ;Note={m}
01.6.+3Su =Father's Day                    ;Note=3th Sunday June {m}
01.6.+3Fr>2006 =#2006th National Flip Flop Day ;Note=1st 2007 {m}
01.7.+3We>1997<2009 =#1997th National Ride to Work Day* ;Note=1st UK 1998, 2009 >3rd Monday June {m-06}
01.6.+3Mo>2008      =#1997th National Ride to Work Day* ;Note=1st UK 1998, 2009 >3rd Monday June {m-06}

01.6.>1983 =1st day #1983th Volunteers’ Week (7d)   ;Note=1st 1984 {d}
02.6.>1952 =London, Gun salute for Coronation Day (12:00, #1953 year ago)* ;Note=1953, Hyde Park {d}
07.6.>1983 =7th & last day #1983th Volunteers’ Week ;Note=1st 1984 {d-06-01}
08.6.>1992 =#1992th National Tampon Alert Day* ;Note=1st 1993, also Intern. .. since .. {d}
08.6.-1Mo  =1st day National Tampon Alert Week (7d)   ;Note=week including 8 June since .. {d-06-08}
08.6.+1Su  =7th & last day National Tampon Alert Week ;Note=week including 8 June since .. {d-06-08}
10.6.  =Mad Hatter Day (UK)*               ;Note=2nd Silly Day, Oct. 6 in US {d}
11.6.+1Sa  =London, Trooping the Colour (11:00, National Day, since 1748, #1748 years ago) ;Note=Saturday on/after 11 June {xm}
15.6.  =Magna Carta Day                    ;Note=1215, Magna Carta receives royal seal {d}
15.6.>1987 =National Bug Busting Day       ;Note=1e 1988, also 31 Jan. & 31 Oct. {d}
15.6.>2014 =#2014th National Beer Day      ;Note=1st 2015, date that Magna Carta was sealed in 1215 and ale is mentioned in clause 35 of Magna Carta {d}
18.6.  =Waterloo Day*                      ;Note=celebrated by certain regiments of the British Army {d}
20.6.-1Mo>1997 =1st day #1997th Refugee Week        ;Note=1st 1998, week (Mo>Su) including World Refugee Day (20 June) {d-06-20}
20.6.+1Su>1997 =7th & last day #1997th Refugee Week ;Note=1st 1998, week (Mo>Su) including World Refugee Day (20 June) {d-06-20}
23.6.  =Britain, Traditional Midsummer*    ;Note=St. John's Eve {d}

01.7.+1Mo     =1st day National Childhood Obesity Week (7d)   ;Note={m}
01.7.+1Mo+1Su =7th & last day National Childhood Obesity Week ;Note={m}

05.7.  =Old Midsummer Day/Old St John's Day* ;Note=1752 moved due to introduction Gregorian Calendar {d}
06.7.>2005 =#2005th Day of the Stolen Kiss ;Note=1st 2006, UK's national kissing day {n}
14.7.  =Emmeline Pankhurst Day*              ;Note=birthday Emmeline Pankhurst (born Goulden) (1858) {d}
14.7.  =(NS) Dog-days begin ;Note=3 July Jul. (OS), >Aug. 11 Jul (OS) (Aug 22 Greg. NS) {d}
15.7.  =Saint-Swithin’s Day (if it rains it will rain for forty days) ;Note=Bishop of Winchester {d}
16.7.>1989 =#1989th National Hug Day*        ;Note=1st national day 1990 {d}

01.8.+1We>1986<1988 =1st Playday ;Note=1st 1987, none 1988, annual since 1989 {m}
01.8.+1We>1988      =#1987th Playday ;Note=1st 1987, none 1988, annual since 1989 {m}

05.8.  =National Oyster Day*                     ;Note=1st day legal season for oysters {d}
12.8.*LUX =Glorious Twelfth (start open season grouse shooting) ;Note=if Sunday >Monday, >01 Dec. {d-08-12}
22.8.  =(NS) Dog-days end ;Note=11 August Jul. (OS), since 3 July Jul. (OS) (14 July Greg. NS) {d}

01.9.+1Su     =1st day Migraine Awareness Week (7d)   ;Note={m}
01.9.+1Su+1Sa =7th & last day Migraine Awareness Week ;Note={m}
01.9.+2Su>1994 =British Christian churches, #1994th Racial Justice Sunday* ;Note=2nd Sunday September, 1st 1995 {m}
01.9.+3Mo     =1st day Meningitis Awareness Week (7d)   ;Note={m}
01.9.+3Mo+1Su =7th & last day Meningitis Awareness Week ;Note={m}
01.9.+3Sa>1983<2010     =1st day #1983th Beachwatch (We)   ;Note=1st 1984, weekend, 2010 >4 days {m}
01.9.+3Sa+1Dy>1983<2010 =2nd & last day #1983th Beachwatch ;Note=1st 1984, weekend, 2010 >4 days {m}
01.9.+3Sa-1Dy>2009      =1st day #1983th Beachwatch (4d)   ;Note=1st 1984 (weekend), 2010 >4 days (Fr>Mo) {m}
01.9.+3Sa+2Dy>2009      =4th & last day #1983th Beachwatch ;Note=1st 1984 (weekend), 2010 >4 days (Fr>Mo) {m}
01.9.+4Mo>2009     =1st day #2009th National Work Life Week (5d)   ;Note=1st 2010 {m}
01.9.+4Mo+1Fr>2009 =5th & last day #2009th National Work Life Week ;Note=1st 2010 {m-09}

02.9.  =Great Britain & Ireland, Calendar Adjustment Day ;Note=British Calendar Act of 1751, correcting the Gregorian calendar, September 2nd, 1752 last day Julian calender {d}
03.9.  =Cromwell Day**                           ;Note=1658 death Oliver Cromwell {d}
05.9.+1Su     =Wakes Sunday                      ;Note=Sunday after 4 Sep. {m}
05.9.+1Su+1Mo =Wakes Monday                      ;Note=Monday following Sunday after 4 Sept. {m}
09.9.>2017 =#2017th Emergency Services Day       ;Note=1st 2018, the 999 Day begins from 9am to represent the 9th hour of the 9th day of the 9th month {d}
13.9.>2005 =#2005th Roald Dahl Day*              ;Note=1st 2006 (would have been Roald Dahl’s 90th birthday) {d}
15.9.>1939 =Battle of Britain Day**              ;Note=1940 aerial bombing raid on United Kingdom {d}
15.9.+1Su>1942 =London-Westminster Abbey, #1942th Battle of Britain Sunday* ;Note=Sunday on/after 15 Sept., 1st 1943 St. Paul's Cathedral, since 1944 Westminster Abbey {m}
15.9.-1Mo>1999 =1st day #1999th Lymphatic Cancer Awareness Week (7d)   ;Note=1st 2000, Monday>Sunday including World Lymphoma Awareness Day (15 Sept.) {d-09-15}
15.9.+1Su>1999 =7th & last day #1999th Lymphatic Cancer Awareness Week ;Note=1st 2000, Monday>Sunday including World Lymphoma Awareness Day (15 Sept.) {d-09-15}
15.9.-1Su =1st day Agatha Christie Week (8d)     ;Note=from Sunday on/before 15 Sept. (birthday Agatha Christie) >next Sunday {d}
16.9.+1Su =8th & last day Agatha Christie Week   ;Note=from Sunday on/before 15 Sept. (birthday Agatha Christie) >next Sunday {d-09-15}
16.9.>2012 =National Teaching Assistants Day     ;Note=1st 2013 {d}
23.9.  =1st day Seed Gathering Season (>23 October) ;Note=traditionally start of autumn {d}
27.9.>1990 =#1990th National World’s Biggest Coffee Morning ;Note=1st National 1991 (1st 1990) {d}

01.10.-3Dy+1Sa>2005     =1st day Red Squirrel Week (9d)   ;Note=since 2006 Saturday closest to 1 October {d-10-01}
01.10.-3Dy+1Sa+2Su>2005 =9th & last day Red Squirrel Week ;Note=since 2006 start Saturday closest to 1 October >2nd Sunday {d-10-01}
01.10.+1Mo+1Th>1995 =#1995th National Poetry Day* ;Note=Thursday after the 1st Monday (or 4th last Thursday) {xm}
01.10.+1Fr>1995 =#1995th Jeans for Genes*         ;Note=1st Friday October, 1st 1996 {m}
01.10.+1Sa =National Badger Day*                  ;Note={m}
01.10.%1990,2+2Sa =Hospice & Palliative Care Day* ;Note=2nd Saturday October {m}
01.10.%1991,2+2Sa =Hospice & Palliative Care Day with Voices for Hospices* ;Note=2nd Saturday October, day yearly, voices odd years {m}
01.10.+2Su =Seed Gathering Sunday*                ;Note=2nd Sunday October {m}
01.10.+2Mo>2007     =1st day #2007th Humphreys Pyjama Week* (5d)   ;Note=1st 2008, The Children's Trust {xm}
01.10.+2Mo+1Fr>2007 =5th & last day #2007th Humphreys Pyjama Week* ;Note=1st 2008, The Children's Trust {xm}
01.10.+2Mo>2001     =1st day Bramley Apple Pie Week (7d)   ;Note=2nd Monday since 2002 {m}
01.10.+2Mo+1Su>2001 =7th & last day Bramley Apple Pie Week ;Note=Sunday after 2nd Monday since 2002 {m}

02.10.+1Fr>2006 =#1997th Byte Night*   ;Note=1st 1998 September, 2007 >October, annual sleep out in support of Action for Children {xm}

13.10. =English Language Day (UK)      ;Note=1362 1st opening of parlaiment with speech in English, UN Apr. 23 {d}
18.10.>2009 =#2009th Anti Slavery Day* ;Note=1st 2010, Anti-Slavery Day Act (April 2010) {d}
18.10. =St. Luke's little summer       ;Note={d}
21.10. =Trafalgar Day                  ;Note=1805 Victory of Trafalgar {d}
21.10.>1989 =#1989th Apple Day*        ;Note=1st 1990, many celebrations are held on the weekends around that date {d}
21.10.-3Dy+1Su =London, Trafalgar Parade & Service* ;Note=Sunday nearest Oct. 21, march >Trafalgar Square remembers triumph of Nelson at Trafalgar in 1805 {d-10-21}
21.10.*WEV =Everybody Writes Day              ;Note=writing event primary &  secondary schools, weekday on/before 21 Oct. {d}
21.10.*WEV>2010 =#2010th National Heroes Day* ;Note=1st 2011, schools: weekday on/before 21 Oct. {d}
22.10.>2009 =#2009th National Nut Day*        ;Note=1st UK 2010 {d}
23.10. =last day Seed Gathering Season (since 23 September) ;Note={d-09-23}
25.10. =Black Cat Awareness Day*              ;Note=UK {d}
30.10. =Mischief Night*                       ;Note=day before Halloween {d}
31.10.>1987 =National Bug Busting Day         ;Note=1e 1988, also 31 Jan. & 15 June {d}

31.10.-1Su-6Dy>2009 =1st day #2009th Bruxism Awareness Week (7d)*     ;Note=1st 2010 {xm}
31.10.-1Su>2009     =7th and last day #2009th Bruxism Awareness Week* ;Note=1st 2010 {xm}
31.10.-1Fr>2002 =#2002th Wear It Pink Day          ;Note=Breast Cancer Campaign, 1st 2003 {m}
31.10.-1Sa>1995 =#1995th CSV Make a Difference Day ;Note=last Saturday October, Community Service Volunteers (CSV), 1st 1996 {m}

;The State Opening usually takes place in (October or) November on the first day of the new parliamentary session. 
;There will also be a State Opening shortly after a general election

01.11.+1We>1998 =#1998th National Stress Awareness Day*    ;Note=1st 1999 {m}
01.11.+3Su-1Mo>2008 =1st day #2008th Self Care Week (7d)   ;Note=1st 2009 {m}
01.11.+3Su>2008     =7th & last day #2008th Self Care Week ;Note=1st 2009 {m}
01.11.+3Mo>2007     =1st day #2005th Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week (7d)   ;Note=1st 2006, 3rd Monday since 2008, 2006 december, 2007 november {xm}
01.11.+3Mo+1Su>2007 =7th & last day #2005th Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week ;Note=1st 2006, from 3rd Monday since 2008, 2006 december, 2007 november {xm}

01.11. =1st day Psoriasis Awareness Week (7d)*   ;Note={d}
04.11. =Mischief Night/Devil's Night             ;Note=Eve of Guy Fawkes Day, northern England, Scotland, Ireland {d}
07.11. =7th & last day Psoriasis Awareness Week  ;Note={d-11-01}
05.11. =Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes Night           ;Note=1605 Gunpower Plot (#1605 years ago) {d}
11.11.-3Dy+1Su =Remembrance Sunday               ;Note=Sunday closest to Nov. 11 {m}
11.11.-3Dy+1Su =London, Cenotaph Parade (11:00)* ;Note=Remembrance Sunday {m}
25.11.>1997 =#1997th White Ribbon Day*           ;Note=1998 1st UK (WOMANKIND), 1981 1st Latin America, 2000 1st UN {d}
30.11.-1Sa>1999 =#1999th Buy Nothing Day*        ;Note=1st UK 2000 {m}

01.12.+1Sa>1989     =#1989th Tree Dressing Day ;Note=1st 1990, 1st full weekend December {m}
01.12.+1Sa+1Dy>1989 =#1989th Tree Dressing Day ;Note=1st 1990, 1st full weekend December {m}
01.12.+1Su>1974          =last day #1974th National Tree Week ;Note=1st 1975 {xm-12}
01.12.+1Su-2Sa>2009      =1st day #1974th National Tree Week  ;Note=1st 1975, 2010>9 days, before 2010 12 days {xm-12}
01.12.+1Su-2We>1974<2010 =1st day #1974th National Tree Week  ;Note=1st 1975, 12 days, 2010>9 days {xm-12}

01.12. =1st day National Anger Awareness Week (7d)   ;Note={d}
07.12. =7th & last day National Anger Awareness Week ;Note={d-12-01}
24.12.-4Su-1Dy =Wreath Making Day*                   ;Note=making the Advent Wreath {m-12}
25.12.>1932 =#1932th Royal Christmas Message (15:00 GMT) ;Note=1st 1932, none 1969, until 1956 radio, since 1957 TV {d}
25.12.+1Su =Christmas Sunday*                        ;Note=Sunday on/after 25.12 {m}


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