NewYear Valentines Lent SaintPatrick GoodFriday MemorialDay FlagDay Independence Columbus Halloween Thanksgiving Hanukkah * Out with the old Remember your sweetheart. A season of fasting and pentinence before Easter. The patron saint of Ireland. Commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus. In memory of soldiers killed in war. Commemorates June 14, 1777. Commemorates adoption of an important document in 1776. Discovered the New World in 1492. Costumes and treats. It all started at Plymouth in 1621. Commemorates the victory of the Maccabees over Antiochus Epiphanes in 165 b.c.