Santa Cruz County
| Weekday | Date | Holiday name | Holiday type | Where it is observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | Jan 1 | New Year's Day | National holiday | |
| Sunday | Jan 6 | Epiphany | Christian | |
| Monday | Jan 7 | Orthodox Christmas Day | Orthodox | |
| Sunday | Jan 13 | Stephen Foster Memorial Day | Observance | |
| Monday | Jan 14 | Orthodox New Year | Orthodox | |
| Friday | Jan 18 | Lee Jackson Day | State holiday | Virginia |
| Saturday | Jan 19 | Robert E Lee's Birthday | State holiday | Florida |
| Saturday | Jan 19 | Confederate Memorial Day | State holiday | Texas |
| Sunday | Jan 20 | Inauguration Day | State holiday | DC, LA, MD, VA |
| Monday | Jan 21 | Martin Luther King Day | National holiday | |
| Monday | Jan 21 | Robert E Lee's Birthday | State holiday | AL, AR, GA, MS |
| Monday | Jan 21 | Idaho Human Rights Day | State holiday | Idaho |
| Monday | Jan 21 | Civil Rights Day | State holiday | Arizona, New Hampshire |
| Thursday | Jan 24 | Prophet's Birthday | Muslim | |
| Saturday | Jan 26 | Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) | Jewish holiday | |
| Tuesday | Jan 29 | Kansas Day | Observance | |
| Friday | Feb 1 | National Freedom Day | Observance | |
| Saturday | Feb 2 | Groundhog Day | Observance | |
| Sunday | Feb 10 | Chinese New Year | Observance | |
| Tuesday | Feb 12 | Lincoln's Birthday | State holiday | CT, IL, MO, NJ, NY |
| Tuesday | Feb 12 | Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | State holiday | Alabama, Louisiana |
| Tuesday | Feb 12 | Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | Observance | |
| Wednesday | Feb 13 | Ash Wednesday | Christian | |
| Thursday | Feb 14 | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Monday | Feb 18 | Presidents' Day (Washington's Birthday) | National holiday | |
| Monday | Feb 18 | Daisy Gatson Bates Day | State holiday | Arkansas |
| Sunday | Feb 24 | Purim | Jewish holiday | |
| Friday | Mar 1 | St. David's Day | Observance | |
| Friday | Mar 1 | Read Across America Day | Observance | |
| Saturday | Mar 2 | Texas Independence Day | State holiday | Texas |
| Monday | Mar 4 | Casimir Pulaski Day | State holiday | Illinois |
| Tuesday | Mar 5 | Town Meeting Day Vermont | State holiday | |
| Sunday | Mar 10 | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Sunday | Mar 17 | Evacuation Day | State holiday | Massachusetts |
| Sunday | Mar 17 | St. Patrick's Day | Observance | |
| Monday | Mar 18 | Evacuation Day observed | State holiday | Massachusetts |
| Wednesday | Mar 20 | March equinox | Season | |
| Sunday | Mar 24 | Palm Sunday | Christian | |
| Monday | Mar 25 | Maryland Day | State holiday | Maryland |
| Monday | Mar 25 | Seward's Day | State holiday | Alaska |
| Tuesday | Mar 26 | Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day | State holiday | Hawaii |
| Tuesday | Mar 26 | First day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| Thursday | Mar 28 | Maundy Thursday | Christian | |
| Friday | Mar 29 | Good Friday | State holiday | 14 states |
| Saturday | Mar 30 | Holy Saturday | Christian | |
| Sunday | Mar 31 | César Chávez Day | State holiday | CA, CO*, TX* |
| Sunday | Mar 31 | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Monday | Apr 1 | César Chávez Day observed | State holiday | California |
| Monday | Apr 1 | Easter Monday | Christian | |
| Tuesday | Apr 2 | Last day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| Tuesday | Apr 2 | Pascua Florida Day | State holiday | Florida |
| Saturday | Apr 6 | National Tartan Day | Observance | |
| Monday | Apr 8 | Yom HaShoah | Jewish holiday | |
| Monday | Apr 15 | Patriot's Day | State holiday | Maine, Massachusetts |
| Monday | Apr 15 | Father Damien Day | Local observance | Hawaii |
| Monday | Apr 15 | Tax Day | Observance | |
| Tuesday | Apr 16 | Emancipation Day | State holiday | District of Columbia |
| Tuesday | Apr 16 | Yom HaAtzmaut | Jewish holiday | |
| Sunday | Apr 21 | San Jacinto Day | State holiday | Texas |
| Monday | Apr 22 | Oklahoma Day | Local observance | Oklahoma |
| Monday | Apr 22 | Confederate Memorial Day | State holiday | AL, FL, GA |
| Wednesday | Apr 24 | Administrative Professionals Day | Observance | |
| Friday | Apr 26 | Arbor Day | State holiday | Nebraska |
| Sunday | Apr 28 | Lag B'Omer | Jewish holiday | |
| Monday | Apr 29 | Confederate Memorial Day | State holiday | Mississippi |
| Wednesday | May 1 | Law Day | Observance | |
| Wednesday | May 1 | Loyalty Day | Observance | |
| Thursday | May 2 | National Day of Prayer | Observance | |
| Friday | May 3 | Orthodox Good Friday | Orthodox | |
| Saturday | May 4 | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Orthodox | |
| Saturday | May 4 | Rhode Island Independence Day | State holiday | Rhode Island |
| Sunday | May 5 | Cinco de Mayo | Observance | |
| Sunday | May 5 | Orthodox Easter | Orthodox | |
| Monday | May 6 | Orthodox Easter Monday | Orthodox | |
| Monday | May 6 | National Nurses Day | Observance | |
| Wednesday | May 8 | Truman Day | State holiday | Missouri |
| Thursday | May 9 | Ascension Day | Christian | |
| Friday | May 10 | Confederate Memorial Day | State holiday | North Carolina, South Carolina |
| Sunday | May 12 | Mother's Day | Observance | |
| Wednesday | May 15 | Shavuot | Jewish holiday | |
| Wednesday | May 15 | Peace Officers Memorial Day | Observance | |
| Friday | May 17 | National Defense Transportation Day | Observance | |
| Saturday | May 18 | Armed Forces Day | Observance | |
| Sunday | May 19 | Pentecost | Christian | |
| Monday | May 20 | Whit Monday | Christian | |
| Wednesday | May 22 | National Maritime Day | Observance | |
| Wednesday | May 22 | Harvey Milk Day | Observance | California |
| Saturday | May 25 | National Missing Children's Day | Observance | |
| Sunday | May 26 | Trinity Sunday | Christian | |
| Monday | May 27 | Jefferson Davis Birthday | State holiday | Mississippi |
| Monday | May 27 | Memorial Day | National holiday | |
| Thursday | May 30 | Corpus Christi | Christian | |
| Saturday | Jun 1 | Statehood Day | State holiday | Kentucky, Tennessee |
| Monday | Jun 3 | Jefferson Davis Birthday | State holiday | Alabama |
| Monday | Jun 3 | Jefferson Davis Birthday | State holiday | Florida |
| Thursday | Jun 6 | Isra and Mi'raj | Muslim | |
| Tuesday | Jun 11 | Kamehameha Day | State holiday | Hawaii |
| Friday | Jun 14 | Flag Day | Observance | |
| Sunday | Jun 16 | Father's Day | Observance | |
| Monday | Jun 17 | Bunker Hill Day | State holiday | Massachusetts |
| Wednesday | Jun 19 | Juneteenth | Local observance | All except AL, American Samoa, GA, HI, MD, ME, MP, MS, MT, ND, NH, NV, PA, RI, SD, UT, Virgin Islands, Wake Island |
| Thursday | Jun 20 | West Virginia Day | State holiday | West Virginia |
| Friday | Jun 21 | June Solstice | Season | |
| Thursday | Jul 4 | Independence Day | National holiday | |
| Tuesday | Jul 9 | Ramadan begins | Muslim | |
| Tuesday | Jul 16 | Tisha B'Av | Jewish holiday | |
| Wednesday | Jul 24 | Pioneer Day | State holiday | Utah |
| Sunday | Jul 28 | Parents' Day | Observance | |
| Saturday | Aug 3 | Laylat al-Qadr | Muslim | |
| Thursday | Aug 8 | Eid-al-Fitr | Muslim | |
| Monday | Aug 12 | Victory Day | State holiday | Rhode Island |
| Thursday | Aug 15 | Assumption of Mary | Christian | |
| Friday | Aug 16 | Statehood Day in Hawaii | State holiday | Hawaii |
| Friday | Aug 16 | Bennington Battle Day | State holiday | Vermont |
| Monday | Aug 19 | National Aviation Day | Observance | |
| Wednesday | Aug 21 | Senior Citizens Day | Observance | |
| Tuesday | Aug 27 | Lyndon Baines Johnson Day | State holiday | Texas |
| Monday | Sep 2 | Labor Day | National holiday | |
| Thursday | Sep 5 | Rosh Hashana | Jewish holiday | |
| Saturday | Sep 7 | Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day | Observance | |
| Sunday | Sep 8 | National Grandparents Day | Observance | |
| Wednesday | Sep 11 | Patriot Day | Observance | |
| Saturday | Sep 14 | Yom Kippur | Jewish holiday | |
| Tuesday | Sep 17 | Constitution Day and Citizenship Day | Observance | |
| Thursday | Sep 19 | First day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| Friday | Sep 20 | National POW/MIA Recognition Day | Observance | |
| Sunday | Sep 22 | September equinox | Season | |
| Sunday | Sep 22 | Emancipation Day | State holiday | Ohio |
| Wednesday | Sep 25 | Last day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| Thursday | Sep 26 | Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah | Jewish holiday | |
| Sunday | Sep 29 | Gold Star Mother's Day | Observance | |
| Friday | Oct 4 | Feast of St Francis of Assisi | Christian | |
| Monday | Oct 7 | Child Health Day | Observance | |
| Wednesday | Oct 9 | Leif Erikson Day | Observance | |
| Monday | Oct 14 | Columbus Day | National holiday | All except CA, HI, NV |
| Monday | Oct 14 | Native Americans' Day | Local observance | South Dakota |
| Monday | Oct 14 | Indigenous People's Day | Local observance | California |
| Tuesday | Oct 15 | Eid-al-Adha | Muslim | |
| Tuesday | Oct 15 | White Cane Safety Day | Observance | |
| Wednesday | Oct 16 | Boss's Day | Observance | |
| Friday | Oct 18 | Alaska Day | State holiday | Alaska |
| Friday | Oct 25 | Nevada Day | State holiday | Nevada |
| Thursday | Oct 31 | Halloween | Observance | |
| Friday | Nov 1 | All Saints' Day | Christian | |
| Saturday | Nov 2 | All Souls' Day | Christian | |
| Sunday | Nov 3 | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Sunday | Nov 3 | Diwali/Deepavali | Observance | |
| Tuesday | Nov 5 | Muharram/Islamic New Year | Muslim | |
| Monday | Nov 11 | Veterans Day | National holiday | |
| Thursday | Nov 28 | First Day of Hanukkah | Jewish holiday | |
| Thursday | Nov 28 | Thanksgiving Day | National holiday | |
| Friday | Nov 29 | Presidents' Day | State holiday | New Mexico |
| Friday | Nov 29 | American Indian Heritage Day | State holiday | Maryland |
| Friday | Nov 29 | Lincoln's Birthday | State holiday | Indiana |
| Friday | Nov 29 | Black Friday | State holiday | 17 states |
| Sunday | Dec 1 | First Sunday Advent | Christian | |
| Monday | Dec 2 | Cyber Monday | Observance | |
| Thursday | Dec 5 | Last day of Hanukkah | Jewish holiday | |
| Saturday | Dec 7 | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | Observance | |
| Sunday | Dec 8 | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Christian | |
| Tuesday | Dec 17 | Pan American Aviation Day | Observance | |
| Tuesday | Dec 17 | Wright Brothers Day | Observance | |
| Saturday | Dec 21 | December Solstice | Season | |
| Tuesday | Dec 24 | Christmas Eve | Observance, Christian | |
| Wednesday | Dec 25 | Christmas Day | National holiday, Christian | |
| Thursday | Dec 26 | Kwanzaa (until Jan 1) | Observance | |
| Tuesday | Dec 31 | New Year's Eve | Observance |
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Check out our Events Calendar for local Easter egg hunts taking place this year.
Decorating Easter baskets and bags can be part of the fun. Make it a craft for the week prior or on Easter.
Decorating eggs of course is great fun and there are so many different ways to do it. For younger children that have trouble dipping into the dyes, try small stickers.
You can hide your hard boiled eggs or an even more fun thought is plastic eggs with candy, stickers, messages and more. If you are hosting a party and want to collect the eggs for the next year, have a small goody bag for each child. When they are finished finding the empty plastic eggs, they can turn them in for their goody bags.
If you are doing an egg hunt with very young children, have it be a parent-child hunt. The kids will have fun collecting the eggs but you can stick a winning ticket in one of the eggs and have a fun grown up gift for the winner.
Make sure to let younger kids start the egg hunt first if you have assorted ages and put a handful of eggs scattered in obvious spots. You can also set a limit for the older kids and tell them after they have collected 10 eggs, they are finished.
Looking for a gift alternative to stuffed bunnies or candy? Try an Easter or Spring themed book.
We welcome any other ideas you may have for the Easter Holiday.
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