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Show Days of Rest and Joy Mary E. Hazeltine in her book, "Anniversaries "An-niversaries and Holidays," says: "The calendar includes 77 holidays, special days, seasonal festivals and holidays, without counting the feast days of the saints or constitution and statehood days, which in some countries and states are observed as holidays; the former are counted with the names of persons, of whom there are 892 ; the latter with events, of which there are 229; a total of 1,198 calendar entries, an average of three f.nd a half for every day." |