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US holidays guys....US holidays

Why are we messing with US Holidays?

Posted on Mar 2, 2018 7:30 AM

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Posted on Mar 2, 2018 7:51 AM

It appears Apple's late February response to the outcry at the removal of religious holidays (which only represented Christian events) from the calendar was to put holidays for all major religions on the calendar. Subscribe to a calendar that only has what you want.


About holiday calendars on iOS and macOS - https://support.apple.com/HT208541 - "Learn how to display holiday calendars in the Calendar app on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac."


Use iCloud calendar subscriptions - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/HT202361


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


https://www.apple.com/feedback/calendar.html


Feb 2018 post by Michael Black - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8293223?answerId=33068171022#33068171022 - "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." If you're interested in more along those lines https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8293916?start=90&tstart=0 and https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8296222?answerId=33080568022#33080568022 and https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8296222?answerId=33081933022#33081933022

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Mar 2, 2018 7:51 AM in response to lancira

It appears Apple's late February response to the outcry at the removal of religious holidays (which only represented Christian events) from the calendar was to put holidays for all major religions on the calendar. Subscribe to a calendar that only has what you want.


About holiday calendars on iOS and macOS - https://support.apple.com/HT208541 - "Learn how to display holiday calendars in the Calendar app on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac."


Use iCloud calendar subscriptions - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/HT202361


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


https://www.apple.com/feedback/calendar.html


Feb 2018 post by Michael Black - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8293223?answerId=33068171022#33068171022 - "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." If you're interested in more along those lines https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8293916?start=90&tstart=0 and https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8296222?answerId=33080568022#33080568022 and https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8296222?answerId=33081933022#33081933022

US holidays guys....US holidays

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