Gift Giving Dates
Relevant UK Calendar Dates For 2008
This is our Gifts Diary for 2008 and shows events that you may want to take into account when planning your promotional campaigns for the year. If you think we need to add a date or event to our calendar please email us.
January- 1st New Year’s Day – Bank Holiday – Hogmanay – New Year’s Day Parade London – Hansel Monday
- 2nd Bank Holiday (Scotland only) – Last day of Hajj (Muslim) – Kakizome (Japan)
- 5th Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (Sikh) – London International Boat Show
- 6th Epithany – Three Kings Day – Twelfth Night (Christian) Accession
- 8th Nirvana Day (Bhuddist)
- 12th Kiss 4 Life Fortnight)
- 14th St Valentines Day (Christian) – Gold Heart Day – Brits Awards
- 16th Maha Shivrati (Hindu)
- 18th Chinese New Year 4705 (Pig)
- 19th President’s Day (USA)
- 20th Shrove Tuesday Pancake Day (Christian)
- 21st Ash Wednesday (Christian) and the start of Lent
- 22nd World Thinking Day
- 23rd National Doodle Day
- 25th First Sunday of Lent – 78th Academy Awards
- 26th Student Volunteering Week – Fair Trade Fortnight and 28th National Science Day
- 5th Shrove Tuesday – Pancake Day
- 6th Ash Wednesday
- 14th Valentines Day
- 1st St David’s Day – patron saint of Wales – World Book Day
- 2nd European Indoor Athletics Championships
- 3rd Magha Puja (Buddhist) – total Lunar eclipse
- 4th Purim Jewish Spring Festival (Jewish) – Holi (Hindu)
- 5th Fair Trade Fortnight
- 8th Crufts Dog Show
- 9th National Science and Engineering week starts
- 11th Crichet World Cup begins
- 12th Commonwealth Day
- 14th No Smoking Day
- 15th Ides of March
- 16th Palm Sunday – Comic Relief Red Nose Day – Horse Racing : Cheltenham Gold Cup
- 17th St Patricks Day – patron saint of Ireland
- 18th Mothering Sunday – Formula One Grand Prix season begins
- 19th Partial solar eclipse
- 20th Earth Day – Mawlid an Nabi (Muslim)
- 21st Good Friday – World Poetry Day – World Forestry Day – Human Rights Day (South Africa)
- 22nd World Water Day
- 23rd Easter Sunday – World Meteorological Day
- 25th First Day of Spring (clocks go forward 1 hour)
- 26th UK wide Smoking Ban comes comes into force
- 27th World Theatre Day – Rama Navami (Hindu)
- 1st Palm Sunday – April Fool’s Day – beggining of the UK Financial Tax Year
- 2nd Holy Week – International Book Day
- 3rd First Day of Passover Pesach (Jewish)
- 5th Maundy Thursday
- 6th Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
- 7th Last day of Lent – Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
- 8th Easter Sunday (Christian) – Family Day (South Africa)
- 9th Easter Monday (Christian) Bank Holiday Monday
- 10th Last day of Passover, 11th The Prophet Mohammed’s Birthday
- 12th Horse Riding – Grand National Aintree starts
- 13th Hindu New Year 2064 – Songkran (Thai Buddhist Festival)
- 14th The Grand National
- 15th Low Sunday – Holocaust Remembrance Day – Yom HaSh’ah (Jewish)
- 21st Queen Elizabeth’s 81st Birthday
- 22nd London Marathon
- 23rd St George’s Day patron saint of England
- 28th Sweeps Festival starts and 30th Bank Holiday
- 1st May Day (Bank Holiday) – World Asthma Day – National Pet Week starts
- 2nd Visakha Puja – Wesak – Buddha Day (Buddhist)
- 4th Buddha’s Birthday, 5th Brighton Festival starts, Lag B’Omer (Jewish)
- 7th Early May Bank Holiday – Compost Awareness Week – Deaf Awareness Week
- 8th World Cross Day
- 9th Jersey’s National Day – Europe Day
- 12th World Fair Trade day
- 13th Christian Aid Week starts
- 14th Be Nice To Nettles Week starts – Christian Aid Week
- 15th International Day of Families
- 17th Ascension Day – Holy Thursday (Christian) – World Telecommunications Day
- 19th Football: FA Cup Final
- 21st National Epilepsy Week starts – National Vegitarian Week starts
- 22nd Shavout starts (Jewish) – Chelsea Flower Show starts
- 23rd World Turtle Day
- 25th Friendship Friday
- 27th Pentecost – Whit Sunday (Christian)
- 28th Spring Bank Holiday
- 29th Oak Apple Day
- 2nd Derby Day
- 3rd Trinity Sunday
- 7th Corpus Christ
- 10th Duke of Edinburgh’s birthday
- 11th National School Grounds day
- 13th Records Breaking Walking Bus Day
- 14th World Blood Donors Day, Falkland Islands National Day
- 16th Queen’s Offical Birthday and Trooping The Colour – National Badger Day
- 17th Father’s Day
- 18th Bike Week starts and Child Safety Week starts
- 19th Horse Racing: Royal Ascot starts
- 20th World Refugee Day
- 21st British Summer Time begins (longest day)
- 24th St John The Baptist (Christian)
- 25th Wimbledon starts (2 weeks)
- 28th Manchester International Festival starts and 29th Shades Day.
- 1st Concert for Diana (Wembley Area)
- 2nd Wimbledon (second week)
- 3rd Hampton Court Flower Show starts (to 8th)
- 4th Henley Royal Regatta starts (to 8th)
- 5th Isle of Man’s National Day
- 7th Tour de France starts
- 11th St Benedicts and World Population Day
- 13th Proms Season Starts
- 15th St Swithun’s Day
- 19th Golf: The Open Championships at St Andrews starts
- 24th Tisha B’va (Jewish)
- 30th Robin Hood Festival
- 1st Lammas (Christian)
- 3rd Edinburgh Military Tattoo starts (to 25th)
- 4th National Eisteddfod of Wales starts
- 5th Edinburg Fringe Festival starts (to 27th)
- 6th Bank Holiday
- 10th Edinburgh International Festival (to 2nd Sep)
- 22nd International Beetles Week starts
- 24th World Championships in Athletics starts
- 26th Notting Hill Carnival
- 27th Summer Bank Holiday
- 28th total lunar eclipse
- 2nd Father’s Day (Australia, New Zealand)
- 7th Rugby World Cup starts (to October 20th)
- 9th Grandparent’s Day
- 10th FIFA Women’s World Cup (to September 30th)
- 11th Partial Solar Eclipse
- 13th Ramadan begins (Muslim) and Jewish New Year begins (Jewish)
- 22nd Day of Atonement – Yom Kippuir (Jewish)
- 23rd First Day of Autumn
- 27th First Day of Tabernacles (Jewish)
- 28th Second day of Tabernacles (Jewish)
- 8th Columbus Day (USA)
- 13th Ramadan ends (Muslim)
- 28th British Summer Time Ends – clocks go back 1hour
- 31st Halloween
- 1st All Saints Day (Christian)
- 2nd All Souls Day (Christian)
- 5th Bonfire Night, 11th Armistice Day
- 11th Remembrance Sunday, 12th Veterans Day (USA)
- 14th Prince of Wales’ Birthday
- 22nd Thanks Giving (USA)
- 30th St Andrew’s Day – patron saint of Scotland
- 2nd Advent Sunday
- 5th Hanukka begins (Jewish)
- 9th Advent Sunday
- 12th Hannuka ends (Jewish)
- 16th Advent Sunday
- 23rd Advent Sunday
- 24th Christmas Eve (Christian)
- 25th Christmad Day (Christian)
- 26th Boxing Day – Bank Holiday
- 31st New Year’s Eve – Hogmanay (Scotland)
