What's New 
on the 
Holidays and Observances Website?

We are constantly building new deep-dive guides, holiday countdowns, and wellness tips. These are the things that we added to the website in October 2026!

New Festivals and Events Calendars

Starting in 2027, we have added a new World Festivals and Events Calendar. I started it to get the Festivals and Events off of our Holidays and Observances Calendars. I quickly realized that I need to add an additional Calendar and separate out the World Festivals and Events from the U.S. Festivals and Events, so a U.S. Calendar will be coming shortly.

In October my goal was to finish the U.S. State Holidays pages, (almost there!) and to include from 5-10 of the top Festivals and Events in each state on the page. Those will now be in the U.S. Calendar.

The World Festivals and Events Calendar will soon just have the World Festivals. In 2027, I will be working on doing more of the Holidays Around the World pages and adding a Festivals and Events section to each County. 

📍 Our 50 U.S. State Holidays Project Is Growing!

We are officially building out complete holiday, history, and local festival profiles for all 50 states before November. Check out our newest completed states:

🥑 New in Dietary Trends & Recipes

Other New Recipes:

• Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
• Pumpkin Chili 
• Pumpkin Granola

NEW! Health Guides

Discover the powerful connection between daily stress, health, and weight management. Our new multi-page sections on Obesity (Adult & Children) and Stress tracks the specific health awareness days, weeks, and months dedicated to finding daily balance.

Winter Holiday Decorating 

New! Summary Page Sections

Get a massive head start on the biggest shopping weekend of the year! Explore our brand-new shopping directories to track history, dates, and festive timelines. Includes pages on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday!

Character Traits - New Pages!

Update on the Healthy Diet Habits Website Migration to the Holiday site!

We are shutting down Kerry's Healthy Diet Habits website and moving the contents over to the Holiday site The bulk of her content will fit fabulously in the Holiday site! - Examples:

• Her Nutrition section will be under National Nutrition Month in March.

• Her Emotional Eating section will be under Emotional Overeating Awareness Month in April

• Her approx. 100 Healthy Recipes are currently being moved to our Holiday Recipe Hub.

• Her Soup Recipes will represent National Soup Month in January and will be coming in November 2026. 

My goal for her site migration is to be finished before September 7, 2027, when her annual website renewal hits, so the contents will be steadily moved over the next months.

New: Detailed Monthly Holidays

Looking for more than just a list? We have created a complete guide breaking down the meaning, history, and wellness themes behind every single month-long observance and celebration in each month.

View our detailed months:
[January Monthly Holidays / February Monthly Holidays / March Monthly Holidays / April Monthly Holidays / May Monthly Holidays / June Monthly Holidays / July Monthly Holidays / August Monthly Holidays / September Monthly Holidays / October Monthly Holidays / November Monthly Holidays / December Monthly Holidays] 

Starting with November 2026, we will now have a Monthly Holiday as a Monthly Focus for each month. The focus for November is our new National Gratitude Month page! 

Topical Detail Guides

Looking for a deep-dive into specific types of celebrations this month? Check out our complete, detailed monthly breakdown guides for each category:

• January Animal Holidays (All animals except cats & dogs)
• January Children's Holidays
• January Chocolate Holidays
• January Drink Holidays
• January Festivals and Events
• January Food Holidays
• January Garden Holidays
• January Health Holidays
• January Military & Patriotic Holidays
• January Music Holidays
• January Pet Holidays (Dedicated strictly to cats & dogs)
• January Religious Holidays
• January Shopping & Retail Holidays (coming soon!)
• January Sports Holidays
• January Women's Health & Lifestyle Holidays
  

In 2027, we will be building out topical detail pages like above for each of the months.

🗓️ Looking Ahead: 2027 Moving Dates Update