Make plans now for vacations and special events with help from the Farmers’ Almanac US Holiday Calendar here, covering 2025 and 2026. US Holidays in 2025 Name Date Type New Year’s Day Wednesday, January 1 Fixed Epiphany (Catholic) Sunday, January 5 Movable Epiphany (Episcopal) Monday, January 6 Movable Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Obs. Monday,

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