Chinese New Year (varies between Jan. 21 and Feb. 19) -- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Jan. 15, celebrated the third Monday in January) -- Valentine's Day (Feb. 14) -- President's Day (the third Monday in February) -- St. Patrick's Day (Mar. 17) -- Swallow's return (Mar. 19) -- Buzzard's return (Mar. 15) -- Solstice/equinox quilt (Mar. 20/21, June 20/21, Sept. 20/21, Dec. 20/21) -- April showers (April) -- The Easter tree (varies between Mar. 22 and Apr. 25) -- Trees 'n' breeze (Arbor Day, usually the last Friday in April) -- Cinco de Mayo (May 5) -- Kentucky Derby day (the first Saturday in May) -- Be kind to animals (the first week of May) -- Mother's Day (the second Sunday in May) -- Eliza Doolittle Day (May 20) -- Adopt-a-shelter-cat month (June) -- Flag Day (June 14) -- Father's Day (the third Sunday in June) -- Independence Day (July 4) -- Bastille Day (July 14) -- Moon walk (July 20) -- Dog days of summer (July and August) -- County fair (August and September) -- Ballooning (Summer) -- First day of school (often the day after the first Monday of September) -- Grandparents' Day (the first Sunday after the first Monday of September) -- Falling leaves (late Autumn) -- Columbus Day (the second Monday in October, traditionally Oct. 12) -- Boss's Day (Oct. 16) -- Happy Halloween (Oct. 31) -- Veterans Day (Nov. 11) -- Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November) -- Hanukkah (varies, in November or December) -- St. Lucia Day (Dec. 13) -- Holly wreath (Christmas, Dec. 25) -- Snow flurries (Winter) -- Checkered border quilt -- Accordian-pleat border quilt.
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