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- Academic Year Holidays & Observances FALL 2024 - Winter Session 2024/25
Holidays and Cultural Observances
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Fall 2024 & Winter Session
August 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 24 | Opening Day | MCCC | |
| 26 | Krishna Janmashtami | Hindu | |
| 28 | 15-week semester begins | MCCC | |
| 28 | 7-week session I begins | MCCC |
September 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 1 | Religious year begins | Orthodox Christian | |
| 2 | Labor Day* | MCCC / USA | |
| 7 | Ganesh Chaturthi | Hindu | |
| 8 | Nativity of Virgin Mary | Christian | |
| 15-17 | Mid-Autumn Festival | Lunar | |
| 21 | Mabon / Autumn Equinox | Pagan | |
| 29 | Sukkot begins | Jewish |
*The College is closed. No classes.
October 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 2-4 | Rosh Hashanah | Jewish | |
| 3-12 | Navrati | Hindi | |
| 11 | Yom Kippur | Jewish | |
| 12 | Dussehra | Hindu | |
| 16 | Sukkot begins | Jewish | |
| 16 | 7-week session I ends | MCCC | |
| 23 | 7-week session II begins | MCCC | |
| 23-25 | Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah | Jewish | |
| 26 | Birth of Báb | Bahá'í | |
| 31 | Halloween | United States |
November 2024
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 1-2 | Día de los Muertos | Mexico | |
| 1 | All Saints' Day | Christian | |
| 1 | Samhain | Pagan | |
| 2 | All Souls' Day | Christian | |
| 3 | Birth of Baha'u'llah | Bahá'í | |
| 11 | Veteran's Day | United States | |
| 15 | Christmas Fast begins | Orthodox Christian | |
| 27 Nov - Dec 1 | Thanksgiving break* | MCCC | |
| 28 | Ascension of Abdu'l-Bahá | Bahá'í |
*The College is closed. No classes.
December 2024
| 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 | |
| 9 | 15-week semester ends | MCCC | |
| 10 | Reading Day | MCCC | |
| 11 - 17 | Final Exams | MCCC | |
| 12 | Our Lady of Guadalupe (Feast Day) | Christian | International |
| 15 | 7-week session II ends | MCCC | |
| 16-25 | Las Posadas | Christian | Mexico |
Winter Session 2024 - 2025
| Day | Event | Religion | Region |
| 19 | Winter Session begins | MCCC | |
| 20 Dec - Jan 2, 2025 | Winter Break* | MCCC | |
| 21 | Yule | Pagan | |
| 25 | Christmas | Christian | |
| 25 Dec - Jan 2, 2025 | Hanukah/Chanukah | Jewish | |
| 26 Dec - Jan 1, 2025 | Kwanzaa | United States | |
| 31 Dec | New Year's Eve | Western | |
| Jan 1, 2025 | 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 13 | Winter session ends | MCCC | |
| Jan 13 | Maghi | Sikh | |
| Jan 14 | Orthodox New Year | Orthodox Christian |
*The College is closed but classes are in session.