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Ranked: America’s Favorite Holidays
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This graphic summarizes the results of a YouGov study that asked 1,000 Americans (representative of the population) to rate their views about various holidays.
Importantly, their responses were recorded “relative to an average day.” A day with a lower “favorite” score doesn’t necessarily mean it’s disliked, just that it’s about as average as the next day. On the other hand a higher “least favorite” score does indeed mean it’s disliked.
Christmas is America’s Favorite Day of the Year
More than one-third of the survey stated that Christmas is their favorite holiday of the year.
| Rank | Holiday | Favorite Day | Average Day | Least Favorite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christmas | 36% | 55% | 5% |
| 2 | Thanksgiving | 23% | 70% | 3% |
| 3 | Halloween | 15% | 72% | 9% |
| 4 | Easter | 13% | 78% | 3% |
| 5 | Mother’s Day | 13% | 79% | 4% |
| 6 | New Year's Day | 12% | 79% | 4% |
| 7 | New Year's Eve | 12% | 79% | 4% |
| 8 | Fourth of July | 12% | 78% | 4% |
| 9 | Valentine’s Day | 8% | 78% | 8% |
| 10 | Father’s Day | 8% | 81% | 4% |
| 11 | Memorial Day | 7% | 84% | 3% |
| 12 | Veteran’s Day | 6% | 82% | 3% |
| 13 | Super Bowl Sunday | 6% | 74% | 13% |
| 14 | Labor Day | 5% | 84% | 3% |
| 15 | Martin Luther King Day | 4% | 82% | 7% |
| 16 | Election Day | 4% | 78% | 8% |
| 17 | Earth Day | 4% | 79% | 5% |
| 18 | Juneteenth | 3% | 68% | 14% |
| 19 | St. Patrick’s Day | 3% | 84% | 5% |
| 20 | Columbus Day | 3% | 81% | 7% |
| 21 | President's Day | 3% | 82% | 8% |
Ranked second, Thanksgiving is another big hit, with one out of five respondents saying it was a favorite. Interestingly, many Americans try and avoid family around both times to prevent heated arguments, usually around religion and politics.
Many holidays—like St. Patricks, Memorial Day, and Labor Day—don’t inspire much opinion either way. Some, like Valentine’s Day, are equally balanced with 8% loving it, and 8% hating it.
But some are more polarizing, like Juneteenth and Super Bowl Sunday. They both had a double-digit share of respondents marking them as “least favorite.”
Established in 2021, Juneteenth commemorates the freeing of enslaved Black people in Texas in 1865. It’s been caught in a political divide by those who see it as another artifact of critical race theory, though both parties overwhelmingly supported the legislation to make it a holiday.
And the Super Bowl final has been criticized for the ever-increasing ticket prices, the media spectacle, the legalized betting, and the proliferation of commercials, that all take away from the game itself.
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Labor Day may not be a favorite, but it’s one of the few guaranteed holidays in a year for a country with no minimum mandatory time off. Check out Countries with the Most Paid Time Off to see how other countries rank.
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