Library: Holidays and Cultural Observances: Academic Year Holidays & Observances Fall 2025, Winter Session 2025/26, & Summer Sesssions 2026

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Day	Event	Religion	Region
26	Opening Day		MCCC
27	15-week semester begins (First Day of Academic Year 2025-2026)		MCCC
27	7-week session I begins		MCCC

*The College is closed. No classes.

Day	Event	Religion	Region
1-2	Yom Kippur	Jewish
2	Dussehra (or Vijayadashami)	Hindu
6	Mid-Autumn Festival		Lunar
6-13	Sukkot begins	Jewish
13	Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah	Jewish
15	7-week session I ends		MCCC
22	7-week session II begins		MCCC
22	Birth of Báb	Bahá'í
23	Birth of Baha'u'llah	Bahá'í
31	Halloween		United States

*The College is closed. No classes.

Day	Event	Religion	Region
1-24	Advent	Christian
7	Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day		United States
8	Bodhi Day	Buddhist
8	Immaculate Conception of Mary	Catholic
8	15-week semester ends		MCCC
9	Reading Day		MCCC
10 - 16	Final Exams		MCCC
12	Our Lady of Guadalupe (Feast Day)	Catholic
14	7-week session II ends		MCCC
16-24	Las Posadas	Christian	Mexico

Day	Event	Religion	Region
14 - 22	Hanukah/Chanukah	Jewish
18	Winter Session begins		MCCC
22 Dec - Jan 1, 2026	Winter Break*		MCCC
21 Dec - Jan 1, 2026	Yule	Pagan
25	Christmas	Christian
26 Dec - Jan 1, 2026	Kwanzaa		United States
31 Dec	New Year's Eve		Western
Jan 1, 2026	New Year's Day*		Western
Jan 6	Epiphany	Christian
Jan 6	Three Kings Day (Dia de los Reyes)	Christian
Jan 7	Orthodox Christmas Day	Orthodox Christian
Jan 12	Winter session ends		MCCC
Jan 14	Maghi	Sikh
Jan 14	Orthodox New Year	Orthodox Christian

*The College is closed but classes are in session.

Day	Event	Religion	Region
3	Mahayana New Year	Buddhist
14	15-week semester begins (Spring Semester begins)		MCCC
14	7-week session I begins		MCCC
19	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day*		United States
18-25	Week of Prayer for Christian Unity	Christian
18	World Religion Day	Bahá'í

*The College is closed. No classes.

Day	Event	Religion	Region
1 - 2	Tu b'shevat	Jewish
2	Groundhog's Day		United States
12	Lincoln's birthday		United States
14	Frederick Douglass' birthday		United States
14	Valentine's Day		United States
16	Presidents Day		United States
17	Lunar New Year		Eastern
17	Mardi Gras		United States
17 Feb - Mar 19	Ramadan begins	Islamic

Day	Event	Religion	Region
3	Macha Bucha Day	Buddhist
4	7-week session ends		MCCC
4	Holi	Hindu
8	International Women's Day		International
8	Day Light Savings Time		United States
9-15	Spring Break*		MCCC
9-11	Instructional make-up day
16	7-week session II begins		MCCC
19	Ramadan ends	Islamic
19-20	Eid al-Fitr	Islamic
20	Vernal Equinox (Spring Equinox)	Pagan

*The College is closed for Spring Break during March 9-15. No classes.

*The College is closed. No classes.

*The College is closed. No classes.

*The College is closed from July 2-4. No classes.