Holiday Schedule for the Year 2007

The following American and Local holidays will be observed by the Embassy during calendar year 2008.

HOLIDAY	ACTUAL DAY	POST HOLIDAY
New Years Day	JAN 1 (TUE)	JAN 1 (TUE)  AH
Islamic New Yeay	JAN 10 (THUR)	JAN 13 (SUN)  LH
Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday	JAN 21 (MON)	JAN 20 (SUN)  AH
President's Day	FEB 18 (MON)	FEB 17 (SUN)  AH
Kuwait National Day	FEB 25 (MON)	FEB 25 (MON) LH
Kuwait Liberation Day	FEB 26 (TUE)	FEB 26 (TUE) LH
The Prophet's B'day	MAR 20 (THUR)	MAR 23 (SUN) LH
Memorial Day	MAY 26 (MON)	MAY 25 (SUN) AH
Independence Day	JUL 4 (FRI)	JUL 3 (THUR) AH
Ascension Day	JUL 30 (WED)	AUG 3 (SUN) LH
Labor Day	SEP 1 (MON)	AUG 31 (SUN) AH
Eid Al-Fitr	OCT 1-5 (WED-SUN)	OCT 1-2 (WED-THUR) LH
Columbus Day	OCT 13 (MON)	OCT 12 (SUN) AH
Veteran's Day	NOV 11 (TUE)	NOV 9 (SUN) AH
Thanksgiving Day	NOV 27 (THUR)	NOV 27 (THUR) AH
Eid Al-Adha	DEC 7-11 (SUN-THUR)	DEC 7-9 (SUN-TUE) LH
Christmas Day	DEC 25 (THUR)	DEC 25 (THUR) AH

* ISLAMIC NEW YEAR          DEC 29                          JAN 4, 2009            LH
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