Holidays on iPhone calendar?

Add them to the calendar you are syncing to. For example, Microsoft provides standard holiday entries for Outlook, as does Apple for ical.

I know of no way to do it without syncing to a calendar on your Mac or PC which has the holidays on it (as described above). There are some standalone apps in the iTunes store for holidays, but I don't think they show up in Cal.

Phil

You can subscribe to calendars that use the CalDAV or iCalendar (.ics) formats. Many calendar-based services including Yahoo! and Google, and the Mac OS X iCal application support either format.
Subscribed calendars are read only. You can read events from subscribed calendars on iPhone, but can’t edit them or create new events. You also can’t accept invitations from CalDAV accounts.

Subscribe to a CalDAV or .ics calendar:
1. In Settings, choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” then tap Add Account.
2. Choose Other, then choose either Add CalDAV Account or Add Subscribed Calendar.
3. Enter your account information, then tap Next to verify the account.
4. Tap Save.

Good job! I'll give it a try (the iPhone Calendar is not what I use so I can play with it -- I use Saisuke and sync with my Google calendar.

Later: Hey, it worked. Good catch. You should mark this thread as solved.

Phil

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If you never sync your iPhone with a PC then you are in danger of losing everything - purchased music, apps, contacts, calendar, notes, photos, etc if the phone crashes or you install an update. The phone was not designed to be used as a standalone device. the only backup is to a computer via cable.