# US holidays for iCal?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-holidays-for-ical/541201>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 29, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-holidays-for-ical/541201 "2010-05-29T16:42:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-holidays-for-ical/541201/1 "2010-05-29T16:42:30Z")

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Is there a way to import US holidays into my iCal (OS 10.5)?  
Thanks,  
mangeorge

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-holidays-for-ical/541201/2 "2010-05-29T17:07:15Z")

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[Try this.](http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/calendars/usholidaycalendar.html) 🙂

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-holidays-for-ical/541201/3 "2010-05-29T17:15:37Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> [Try this.](http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/calendars/usholidaycalendar.html) 🙂

Wow, that was _hard_ to do. 😃  
I swear, I looked at apple. Maybe I spelled something wrong.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-holidays-for-ical/541201/4 "2010-05-31T01:13:53Z")

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Thanks again.  
Works on iPad too.

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**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-holidays-for-ical/541201/5 "2010-05-31T04:30:36Z")

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Excellent timing. I just switched to using iCal as my main calendar and hadn’t added holidays yet.

Thanks for asking a question I didn’t know I had yet, **mangeorge**.

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-holidays-for-ical/541201/6 "2010-05-31T15:03:31Z")

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Don’t thank me Thank a bunch of nerds and, of course, Al Gore.  
You’re welcome. 😉