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Contents

Birthstones
Chinese Astrological Signs
Important Dates 2006
Traditional Gifts for Wedding Anniversaries
 

Important Dates 2007 - please let me know what I have omitted!

January

1st
2nd
6th
20th
25th

New Year’s Day
Winnie the Pooh Day
Twelfth Night
Islamic New Year
Burns Night (Scotland)

February

2nd
14th
18th
20th
21st

Groundhog Day
St. Valentine’s Day
Chinese New Year 2007 is the Year of the Pig
Shrove Tuesday; Pancake DayMardi Gras
Ash Wednesday

March

1st
14th
17th
17th
18th
20th
20th
22nd
25th

St. David’s Day
Sikh New Year
St. Patrick’s Day
Start of National Dark Sky Week (USA)
Mother’s Day (UK)
Vernal Equinox
Earth Day
World Day for Water
Lady Day

April

1st
2nd
2nd
8th
8th
22nd
23rd

April Fool’s Day
Passover
International Children’s Book Day
World Health Day
Easter Sunday
the London Marathon
St. George’s Day

May

1st
7th
13th
28th

May Day; ‘Obby ‘Oss Day in Padstow, Cornwall
Early May bank holiday
Mother’s Day (USA)
Spring Bank Holiday (UK)

June

17th
21st
24th

Father’s Day
Summer Solstice
Midsummer Day

July

15th

St. Swithin’s Day

August

27th

August Bank holiday (UK)

September

12th
23rd
29th

Ramadan
Autumnal Equinox
Michaelmas

October

9th
31st

Diwali
Hallowe’en

November

5th
11th
22nd
30th

Guy Fawkes Night
Remembrance Day
Thanksgiving Day (USA)
St. Andrew’s Day

December

1st
4th
21st
23rd
25th
26th
31st

World AIDS Day
Chanukkah
Winter Solstice
Feast of the Radishes (Mexico)
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
Hogmanay; New Year’s Eve


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Traditional Gifts for Wedding Anniversaries

Year

UK

America

 

Year

UK

America

1

Cotton

Paper

 

17

Accessories

 

2

Paper

Cotton

 

18

Coloured gems

 

3

Leather

Leather

 

19

Furniture

 

4

Jewellery

Fruit, flowers or silk

 

20

China

 

5

Wood

Wood

 

25

Silver

Silver

6

Plate

Sugar, candy or iron

 

30

Pearl

Pearl

7

Wool

Wool or copper

 

35

Jade

Coral or platinum

8

Bronze

Bronze or pottery

 

40

Ruby

Ruby

9

Watch

Willow or Pottery

 

45

Sapphire

Sapphire

10

Tin

Tin or Aluminium

 

50

Gold

Gold

11

Scent or Soap

Steel

 

55

Emerald

Emerald

12

Silk

Silk or Linen

 

60

Diamond

Diamond

13

Barometer

Lace

 

65

Star Sapphire, grey

 

14

Clock

Ivory

 

67

Star sapphire, purple

 

15

Crystal

Crystal

 

75

Diamond

 

16

Holloware

China or Emerald

 

 

 

 


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Birthstones

January

Garnet; rose quartz

February

Amethyst; onyx

March

Aquamarine; bloodstone

April

Diamond; rock crystal

May

Emerald; chrysoprase

June

Pearl; moonstone; alexandrite

July

Ruby; carnelian

August

Peridot; sardonyx

September

Sapphire; lapis lazuli

October

Opal; tourmaline

November

Topaz; citrine

December

Turquoise; tanzanite; zircon; blue topaz


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Chinese Astrological Signs

rat
The Rat

1900

1912

1924

1936

1948

1960

1972

1984

1996

2008

ox
The Ox

1901

1913

1925

1937

1949

1961

1973

1985

1997

2009

tiger
The Tiger

1902

1914

1926

1938

1950

1962

1974

1986

1998

2010

rabbit
The Rabbit

1903

1915

1927

1939

1951

1963

1975

1987

1999

2011

dragon
The Dragon

1904

1916

1928

1940

1952

1964

1976

1988

2000

2012

snake
The Snake

1905

1917

1929

1941

1953

1965

1977

1989

2001

2013

horse
The Horse

1906

1918

1930

1942

1954

1966

1978

1990

2002

2014

goat
The Goat

1907

1919

1931

1943

1955

1967

1979

1991

2003

2015

monkey
The Monkey

1908

1920

1932

1944

1956

1968

1980

1992

2004

2016

rooster
The Rooster

1909

1921

1933

1945

1957

1969

1981

1993

2005

2017

dog
The Dog

1910

1922

1934

1946

1958

1970

1982

1994

2006

2018

pig
The Pig

1911

1923

1935

1947

1959

1971

1983

1995

2007

2019


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