What the **** is up with the “US Holiday” calendar? When did holi, Cinco de Mayo, Ramadan and other non-US holidays get put on this calendar? Is there a calendar with the 11 US holidays one can subscribe too?
iPhone 5, iOS 6.0.1, iTunes 11
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.
The US government does not celebrate it recognizes holidays. On the days that it recognizes a holiday certain offices, industries, and services are closed. I would like to see the US Holiday calendar in Apples Calendar app to just show US government recognized holidays. If not include all holidays. Add Seikh, Hindu, Buddhist, and even Stonewall riots (June 28th).
doefromnewark wrote:
if you don’t allow customers to simply choose which holidays pertain to them ... who gets to draws the line at which holidays get to be included and therefore forced on everyone else?
Apple's calendar, Apple's decision. No one is forcing you to use it. Find or create a calendar that meets your needs.
That’s potentially offensive simply by virtue of the fact that someone else is choosing what’s if value and what isn’t.
So, by you're choosing that, for example, Holi is of no value, you're being offensive?
doefromnewark wrote:
This is about a poorly designed specific featute of a widely used electronic application.) If you were truly inclusive you would advocate for the solution that accommodates the needs of the greatest number of people
It's not a feature that Apple designed or has control over. Subscription calendars are an international standard. If Apple were to do what you want and make their Holiday calendar editable, it would require a proprietary standard.
instead of just demonstrating to the world that you don’t understand that arguing for a ridiculous degree of political correctness is not the same thing as having a soul. Or a brain.
I'm not arguing for political correctness. I'm arguing for personal responsibility. No one is being forced to use the calendar Apple provides. There are lots of choices but they do require that, rather than vainly post on a technical support forum, one goes out and finds them.
Ad hominem attacks are not the way to have a civil discussion. It is possible to disagree with people without trying to insult them.
I've submitted feedback that Apple discontinue the holiday calendar completely.
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.
You are free to have your opinion about what constitutes a "U.S. Holiday" and Apple is free to have theirs. As this is one of those situations where they can't please everyone, they might as well please themselves, especially as it is so easy for users to add a different calendar.
Seems to fall under ‘becareful what you wish for’....those that were offended that Easter was not on the calendar seemingly didn’t expect when they demanded one religious holiday be added that many religious holidays - from many religions - would also be added.
I would imagine for many in this country that share their cities and lives with those of diverse religions may appreciate the insight into why their neighbors or why segments of their cities are doing something different. We have large immigrant populations in this country and I would imagine a business owner would appreciate insight into why their Buddhist or Muslim or other customers aren’t patronizing their establishment. (If it’s a month long fast I would imagine local restaurants may notice) Or may also appreciate some insight into how to accommodate that population (Such as bakeries near Jewish populations knowing when the holidays are and learning the dietary requirements if there are some, to carry items that will fit in with that holiday.)
No different than the groceries having sales on corned beef and cabbage in March.
Minok wrote:
Lawrence Finch wrote:
Minok wrote:
Indeed, we need a calendar that ONLY has all of the official Federal and State holidays in the US (those days when people have days off or businesses are closed/restricted hours).
There are no OFFICIAL Federal holidays in the US. Many states have State holidays. Massachusetts, for example, has Patriots Day. But Federal, NONE. What we call "federal" holidays are days that US Government Employees get off.
Those are the Federal holidays. New Years Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, etc. They are the federal (common to all the states) holidays (agreed that not every holiday gets recognized equally in every employer).
This has been explained already in this thread. The "Federal" holidays only apply to Federal employees. Congress has no power to create holidays for anyone else. I'd bet that States can only make holidays that apply to state employees as well but I don't know that for certain. Where I grew up, two of the township holidays wore Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. That doesn't mean the grocery store closed on those days. But the schools sure did.
They missed Good Friday. Not only a catholic holiday but also a fed holiday. The other? Well they appear to be other religions? Why? I think we pay enough for these phones and should be able to only have the holidays we want without a hassle.
I think we pay enough for these phones and should be able to only have the holidays we want without a hassle.
And you can.
Simply read. Sorry if that's a hassle to you.
Read any one of the dozens of contributions that tell you exactly how.
What you paid for the phone has absolutely nothing to do with your ability to use the best calendar that suits your needs.
Good Friday is not a federal holiday. Banks aren’t closed, the mail is still delivered.
I have only worked in one place that acknowledged Good Friday, and we got a half day off, beause the owner CHOSE to give us that time off with pay.
Michael Black wrote:
Nobody but US Federal Government employee’s get all of the Federal Government Employee Holidays off. There are less than 3 million US Federal Government employees, so less than about 2% of the entire US working population actually observes the US Federal Government Employee Holiday schedule in its entirety.
Interestingly, there are more than three million Muslim citizens. So, an even stronger argument for Muslim holidays being on the Apple's U.S. Holidays calendar.
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.
I did not realize someone was holding a knife to your throat and forcing you to subscribe to a purely optional subscription calendar. Apparently they are also not allowing you to simple type data into your calendar at the same time to mark those dates you do care about.
While you cannt edit a subscription calendar (the content is copyright to the provider) you certainly can choose not to subscribe.
Kurt Lang wrote:
People (Catholics) got ridiculously bent out of shape about it and demanded Easter and some other dates be put back in.
I'm not sure we should lay this at the Catholics' door or at least not entirely. I'm inclined to believe that certain groups of evangelical Protestants, the people who are always going on about how "Christianity is under attack" were also involved.
lol it's purely about the calendar.
US public schools, and the government and US retailers don't close shop for all the holidays they added.
And you know why Apple isn't selling iPhones in Saudi Arabia with a calendar named Saudi Holidays using the same holidays? Because it makes no sense!!!
trip1ex wrote:
lol it's purely about the calendar.
US public schools, and the government and US retailers don't close shop for all the holidays they added.
Public school holidays are determined by the local districts. The public schools I went to (I graduated high school in 1980, by the way, so this isn't something new) closed for Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah. The school district where my best friend teaches closes for the the opening day of deer hunting season. And, having spent 20 years working in retail, basically, unless you work for Chik-fil-A, retail stores don't close for much these days. Holidays are also more than just days that business or government offices close.
And you know why Apple isn't selling iPhones in Saudi Arabia with a calendar named Saudi Holidays using the same holidays? Because it makes no sense!!!
Saudi Arabia probably doesn't have over 6.5 million Jewish citizens, over 3 million Hindu citizens or (to match the number of Muslims in the U.S.) over 3 million Christian citizens. So, no, those holidays are probably not as relevant there.
The fact that you brought up Saudi Arabia belies your original contention is that it's "purely about the calendar". Whether you are aware of it or not, many of your fellow U.S. citizens do, in fact, celebrate those holidays Apple has added.
If you live in Massachusetts, Patriot's Day is a Holiday (the day the Boston Marathon is run). It used to be a holiday in Maine and Rhode Island as well. It isn't any more. So, not only does each state, school district, county, etc. have their own holidays, they can change. Maybe in the future we will see more holidays officially observed across the US. I don't think anyone would have an issue with that! 😁
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What’s up with the US holidays calendar
