What’s up with the US holidays calendar

Just figured out how to. The only way to get rid of these newly added holidays showing On the Apple calendar is to Unsubribe/uncheck the Apple ‘US Holidays’ that now comes standard in IOS apparently, and then subscribe to a 3rd party calender that doesn't have every holiday throughout the world. My only interest in doing this was to have the minimal standard Holidays on the calender that would usually involve: time off for work, restaurant closures, bank closures, ect. I would think most agree the new PC (political correct) Apple calender makes it inconvenient and clutters things up, esp. on the iPhone, trying to see what that dot means only to find it has no relevance to the days activities. Here’s a solution on how to fix for now if anybody is interested.

1) On the IOS device>select the Calender App>select Calenders at bottom>uncheck US Holidays-all US holidays will now be removed from showing on your Calender.

2)

Copy:

webcal://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/ics/76/US_Holidays.ics

then Email the link (or another3rd party calender link of your choice) to the IOS device you want to add it to. Click the new US calender link from your email and IOS will give an option to add to calender. Add the calender. And that is it, new calender will show with the ‘standard USobserved holidays’ as in past generations of IOS Calenders.

Hope this helps others.

Man. This is exactly why I came here. The US Holidays calendar used to be the traditional US observed holiday/celebrations. I get that the world is smaller now, but if my calendar had every global celebration, I wouldn't have room for anything else.

That said, this is what you are looking for: http://www.everythingicafe.com/add-us-holidays-calendar-iphone-ipad/

Remove/unsubscribe from all the holiday calendars you have ('on my mac', iCloud, gmail, etc.), go to Calendars on your iOS device, click Calendars at the bottom of the screen, and uncheck the US Holidays under OTHER (it's built in, you can't remove/delete it).

Then subscribe to webcal://files.apple.com/calendars/US32Holidays.ics with iCloud. This calendar has the traditional US holidays many are looking for.

While many have argued there are no official US holidays, there are traditional ones; these non-coincidentally happen to be reflected in the federal holiday and corporate calendars. Because the US was not established as a Muslim or Buddhist country (and has not yet become one), holidays for those religions are not included on such calendars. Agree, Apple has taken liberties with the "US Holidays" calendar and would be more correct to name it "World Holidays" or "Apple-recognized Holidays."

As others have suggested, creating your own calendar is the best way to have a holiday calendar that is meaningful to you. One approach is to export the Apple US Holidays calendar, import it into a personal holidays calendar (which retains "repeat" settings), and then delete the holidays you don't want.

judisstang wrote:

After going to the Apple store (they couldn't help me at all) and after calling Apple this AM and speaking with a senior advisor (they said those holidays are now part of the US Holiday Calendar).

Sorry - they are not part of MY US Holiday Calendar!

So - before I dump my iPhone - I have to finish out the year with it... I found a work around: Use Google US ONLY Holidays - here is the link how to do it: Sync your calendar with computer programs - Calendar Help

I expect an invite for THANKSGIVING - not Juneteenth 🙂

Quite bluntly, if you want your US holiday calendar, you are going to have to make it. Since there literally is no such thing as one single Federally enacted, universally observed holiday in the entire United States of America, anyone who wishes to put out a subscription calendar can put whatever they choose in it. You are free to choose to use, or not to use anyone’s public subscription calendar.

But if you have a specific holiday schedule you observe, make your own calendar - it’s not exactly hard to do.

The way to remove it from the calendar is to not use Apple’s provided holiday calendar and find or make one that suits a person’s individual preferences. If a person subscribes to the Apple US Holidays calendar then they cannot pick or choose which of those holidays to see, it’s an all or nothing deal.

But as has been said, there are countless holiday calendars or apps out there that may allow for further customization than the built in one.

Unfortunately, Apple does not suggest the solutions in the preview of this discussion and it takes a long time to dig through 16 pages to find it. There is also a fair solution now. officeholidays.com. you can get the US holiday calendar here: https://www.officeholidays.com/ics/ics_country_iso.php?tbl_country=US On the calendar app click on File, New Calendar Subscription and enter the link there.

Mactbc99 wrote:

Actually to me a US holiday is one recognized by most all employers and comes with a day off or extra pay if worked. Of course it depends on contracts and corporate rules. “Beginning of Ramadan“ doesn’t reflect a US Holiday. It is a religious holiday. Palm Sunday is a religious holy day but also not a US Holiday. Easter is a religious Holiday but also not a US Holiday. Check the post office or a bank for US Holidays. Apple seems to have their Holidays (US) confused with religious holidays.

Well, feel free to let Apple know: https://apple.com/feedback. Posting in this user to user forum where it will not be seen by anyone at Apple with authority to change it is a waste of time.

BTW, Before February 22 Apple's US Holidays calendar was just what you are asking for. But there was a huge outcry on social media about the fact that Easter was not on it, so Apple capitulated and added back religious holidays.

“US Holidays” does not refer only nor specifically to the US Federal Government Holiday Schedule. Some third party calendar apps do offer a US Federal Holiday schedule as a discrete holiday series. And technically the US Federal Government Holidays are not national holidays since Congress only has powers to create holidays for federal institutions. So strictly speaking, the USA has no legally recognized national holidays.

And there are far more holidays commonly recognized throughout the USA than merely the Federal Government ones.

It’s one of many holidays included with the US holidays calendar. It’s an all or nothing thing. You’d need to go to ‘calendars’ on the bottom middle of your calendar and unsubscribe from the US Holidays then go out and look for one that is customized to your preferences, or go out and enter all of them yourself so you only have the ones you want.

There are hundreds of calendar apps in the App Store, with numerous calendar subscription options. I’d bet however that ever single subscription calendar is going to have some days included that some people will not want or like.

If you really want a personally selected list of days, your only real option is to put those days into your calendar yourself.

Since there literally is no such thing as a legal (as in enacted by Congress) National Holiday in the USA, subscription “US Holiday” calendars will include whatever the content creator chooses.

with respect, people aren’t forced to use it, it is simply on by default and they can turn it off at any point in time. SImply go into the calendar, tap on calendars at the bottom middle and tap on the blue circle by the US Holidays and it’s gone.

THen there are dozens to hundreds of apps out there for those that wish something else. Or a person could use the default holiday calendar as a guide, make the ones that they choose to observe, put them on annual repeat and only deal with it once a year when they need to research those holidays that move from year to year such as the Easters which are based on the full moon.

bru@norcal wrote:

If I want Muslim holidays listed why can’t i select it and not forced upon me by selecting US holidays. If your going to force Muslim holidays on me why don’t u include Buddhist, Hindu, Mormon, church of Scientology, and the whole lot.

I grow tired of your agenda. Im switching to another Calendar App.
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Well good for you! That's exactly what we have been suggesting for eons. Unsubscribe to Apples US Holidays app (uncheck it), and subscribe to one that suits your fancy. BTW - there are Buddhist holidays on the calendar.

GB

Such a set exists. Actually, several. http://icalshare.com/ is one that is 100% compatible with Apple calendar apps. Here's another: https://www.calendarlabs.com/. There are many more, probably totaling thousands of subscription calendars. Apple provides just one, but you are not required to use it.

BTW, this information has been posted several times in this message thread.

Are there really that many people out there who cannot, or will not read an entire topic before spouting off with the same nonsense as at least a dozen others before you? All of whom then needed to be given the answer - again?

YES!!!! YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER YOUR CALENDAR!!!! READ THIS TOPIC!!!!

Since I know you won't, here it is - AGAIN. Turn the default calendar off. Subscribe to any of thousands of other subscription calendars that have the holidays you want to see. Or, create your own.

Insoptivos wrote:

And most of these new invasions on my US Calendar are for “citizens”? Wonder if Memorial Day, Flag Day, 4th of July etc. are on Apple’s Arabian/Mexican/.....Holiday Calendars? Surely there are Americans living there also.

There are many holidays such as St. Patrick’s day that I would like to not see but they cannot be deleted. And there-in lies the solution - GIVE US CONTROL OF OUR OWN Computers and iPads. We should be allowed to delete those holidays we do not want.

I will definitely have to get rid of the iCalendar and get another one: this is a sad state of affairs when I have no control

over my own calendar, on equipment that I have purchased.

Clearly you didn't bother to read any more of the thread than Idris's reply. So, you apparently were not actually looking for a solution but just an excuse to rant. You have complete control. You don't have to use Apple's US Holidays calendar. It is not an embedded part of the Calendar app. Turn it off. Find one that is more suitable for your needs. You are not a victim of anything except your seeming inability to do research before you post a pointless complaint.

GB