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Thu. 1/25
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All day
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First quarter
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Fri. 2/2
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All day
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Groundhog Day
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All day
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Full moon
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Sat. 2/3
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All day
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Tu B'Shvat
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Sat. 2/10
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All day
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Last quarter
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Mon. 2/12
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All day
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Lincoln's Birthday
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Wed. 2/14
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All day
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Valentine's Day
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All day
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St. Valentine's Day
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Sat. 2/17
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All day
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New moon
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All day
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Shabbat Shekalim
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Sun. 2/18
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All day
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Rosh Chodesh Adar
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Mon. 2/19
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All day
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President's Day
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All day
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Rosh Chodesh Adar
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All day
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Shrove Monday
Monday before Ash Wednesday. Also called Rose Monday. In Denmark, today is calledFastelavn. In Germany and Austria today coincides with Fasching (or Feast of Fools).
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Tue. 2/20
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All day
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Shrove Tuesday
Today is the last day of Shrovetide, and a time of merrymaking before Lent. Also known as Mardi Gras.
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Wed. 2/21
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All day
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Ash Wednesday
46 days before Easter. The Day of Ashes, is the first day of Lent, occuring forty days before Easter not counting Sundays. The ancient custom on this day is for the faithful to receive on the forehead the sign of a cross marked with blessed ashes. The palms from the previous Palm Sunday are burned and the ashes are blessed for the ceremony before the Mass.
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Thu. 2/22
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All day
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Washington's Birthday
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Sat. 2/24
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All day
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First quarter
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Thu. 3/1
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All day
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Ta'anit Esther
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Sat. 3/3
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All day
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Full moon
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