Dear Apple, I didn’t know you were in charge of US holidays!?

Easter is not an official US holiday. In countries where it is, Easter still appears on Calendar. Apple isn't in charge of US holidays but they do get to decide about the calendar layout for this non-denominational country. Apple doesn't say why they removed it so we know no official answer and are not allowed to speculate on this site. It does, however, reflect a removal of any bias towards any particular religion and leaves people the freedom to select which events they wish to have displayed. You can too:

How to add calendar events to your Calendar application for OS X/Mac OS and iOS - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-12741

robertfromwise wrote:

Actually you are incorrect. US holidays ( someone else’s words not mine ) would be synonymous with Federal

( meaning the US government ) holidays that’s applyknly to the US. like

Federal holidays apply only to Federal employees. They carry no official weight beyond that.

I was merely wanting to find out how to remove holidays, Muslim or otherwise, that don’t concern or pertain to me.

You cannot edit the calendar. You will need to subscribe to a different holiday calendar. You'll find lots of them here:

http://icalshare.com/

They have lots of calendars and instructions on how to use them.

See also these articles:

Use iCloud calendar subscriptions - Apple Support

Subscribe to calendars on Mac - Apple Support

You can find a list of all US Federal Holidays here - What are Federal holidays? - OPM.gov

Yesterday, Apple started updating their iOS calendar so things such as Easter, Good Friday, etc. will start showing up. They weren't there yesterday but they started showing up this morning. Congratulations for all of you that complained that Easter wasn't showing up and we all get to have Christian, Islam, Jewish and other "holidays" on our calendars. Also, on Oct 8 we get two separate holidays - Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day. As far as I can tell these all showed up overnight for 2018:

• Lunar New Year - Feb 15
• Holi - Mar 2
• Palm Sunday - Mar 25
• Good Friday - Mar 30
• Passover - Mar 31
• Cinco de Mayo - May 5
• First Day of Ramadan - May 15
• Orthodox Easter - Apr 8
• Earth Day - Apr 22
• Eid-al-Fitr - Jun 15
• Juneteenth - Jun 19
• Eid al-Adha - Aug 20
• Rosh Hashanah - Sep 10
• Yom Kippur - Sep 19
• Ashura - Sep 20
• Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day - Oct 8
• Diwali - Nov 7
• Hanukkah - Dec 3
• Kwanzaa - Dec 26

Holger.Danske wrote:

No Easter, but they do have Ramadan and other Muslim holidays, and Jewish holidays. Google is just as bad, they have a service to show where to face Mecca Qibla Finder. I didn't know Google was into specifically servicing one religious group.

Very strange. EASTER is on my Apple US Holidays calendar. As is Good Friday. Orthodox (Easter Rite) Easter is there also. I think you are reading from some racist website that is spewing lies and not checking for yourself. It's been posted before, but if you don't read the threads you post to you miss a lot. These are the religions whose holidays are listed:

• Roman-based Christian
• Easter Rite Christian
• Jewish
• Hindu
• Muslim

Not by coincidence, these are the 5 most widely practiced religions in the United States. There are members of Congress that are represented by all of these. As well as millions of other US Citizens who practice them.

Look at any number or printed calendars. What days are marked on them will be different from one to the next. There's no rule they have to follow about what events are marked. Likewise, Apple can mark, or not mark whatever they feel like on their calendar app.

Easter is not an official US holiday, the calendar is correct, you can add calendars to suit your personal preferences from here:

https://www.calendarlabs.com/templates/ical/Christian-Holidays.ics

I assumed that you only want Christian Calendars.

rickfromhamilton wrote:

I agree with Lizzy, I am sad that a Muslim holiday gets recognized when the most important Christian holiday gets no mention in the Apple calendar.

If you were paying attention, Easter (both of them, 4/1 and 4/8) are back on the calendar, along with many other religious and non-religious holidays that are observed in the US.

rickfromhamilton wrote:

I agree with Lizzy, I am sad that a Muslim holiday gets recognized when the most important Christian holiday gets no mention in the Apple calendar.

Are you having trouble adding holidays to your calendar? If you are and you explain the trouble you're having, someone might be able to help you. Easter, however, is on the calendar.

You can also turn off Apple's U.S. holiday calendar if recognizing the amazing diversity of the U.S. population is a problem for you. You can subscribe to a calendar that better suits your prejudices.

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/955133040

I don’t see how this is bias. Easter and related holidays, along with holidays from other cultures and religions, showed up at the same time as Ramadan on Apple’s Holiday Calendar. I had never heard of "Holi” before it appeared; I was pleasantly surprised to learn it’s a “day of colors” (among other things) in India. Likewise the one-hour holiday “Commercial Meeting”, but that one has me stumped. I haven’t been able to find any info on it.

rickfromhamilton wrote:

I agree with Lizzy, I am sad that a Muslim holiday gets recognized when the most important Christian holiday gets no mention in the Apple calendar.

What are you going on about? Christian holidays are on Apple's US Holidays calendar. As are Jewish holidays, Hindu holidays, and Muslim holidays.

Airpirate1-211 wrote:

Easter was not on the calendar until after Feb 22nd, however Islamic holidays were, so take your judgement elsewhere.

There is no Apple conspiracy against Christians.I'm not sure which I would find more revolting, that you actually believe what you're saying or that you're just saying it to be a troll. Either way, this post makes you look like a fool.

Airpirate1-211 wrote:

Easter was not on the calendar until after Feb 22nd, however Islamic holidays were, so take your judgement elsewhere.

Absolutely false. No religious dates for any denomination were included before the 22nd. spreading false information to support any agenda discredits the purpose of this forum which is to assist.

Further reading:

Psalms 101:7

If you look at earlier info in the press you’ll find they removed Easter and Good Friday from the calendar earlier in the year and then have quietly added them back in. It would be nice if Apple would address this openly rather than the way it has been handled. Everybody is entitled to mistakes, failing to acknowledge them is what concerns me. I value transparency and honesty in the companies I buy from, I find this disappointing.

thewarden1016 wrote:

Idk, I have my calendar set to show all calendars and Easter is showing up on mine. Along with Good Friday and Passover.

That's because Apple updated the US Holidays subscription calendar on February 23* to include the religious holidays of the 5 religions most widely practiced in the US.

*Note that the original post was on February 22

The simple answer is...

Go to iBooks. Search for ”iPhone user guide” and download (free) the version appropriate for your iOS version. Then RTFM where you will find a whole chapter about Calendars

For the avoidance of doubt, that means Read The (Full) Manual