New, unwanted holidays showing up in Cal

[TheBruno]

To me, it's an issue of Federally recognized holidays, not 'religious preference'. If Apple wants to make a Calendar that fairly recognizes each and every religion, culture and holiday across the entire globe, virtually every day will need some recognition. I think if you set your calendar to recognize federal holidays, that doesn't make you racist, that just means you don't want a flooded calendar of holidays that don't apply to your culture or nationality. Isn't that kind of obvious?

 

[FNH15]

I reread the post I responded to- jumped to a premature conclusion.

How are holidays presented on iPhones in other countries? Apple should split governmental and religious holidays, in my opinion.

 

[fisherking]

really. would be great to have options, ie 'add christian holidays', 'add muslim holidays', etc etc. meanwhile, just government holidays would at least keep things calm (i hope).

 

[neliason]

really. would be great to have options, ie 'add christian holidays', 'add muslim holidays', etc etc. meanwhile, just government holidays would at least keep things calm (i hope).

Just government holidays is fine. Widely celebrated religious holidays, like Easter, is fine too, for me. But religious holidays aren’t so cut and dry. In Christianity you could have Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant holidays. The Orthodox often celebrate Easter on a different Sunday. I don’t know, but I can imagine, Sunni and Shiite may have different holidays. Keeping it to just federal government holidays is probably the best way to do it.

 

[bdclark12]

funny, i just noticed this too; and am also only subscribed to the US holidays. so... something's up with apple. i removed the US holidays, re-added it, and the other calendars are there as well.

EDIT: ok, remove the holiday calendar, then go to File>new calendar subscription. add the apple url:
webcal://ical.mac.com/ical/US32Holidays.ics

then you can name it, and choose to save it on your mac or icloud. gets rid of the 'other' calendars.

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Works like a charm!!!
[doublepost=1525636766][/doublepost]Works perfectly: Thank you fisherking! Remove the holiday calendar, then go to File>new calendar subscription. add the apple url:
webcal://ical.mac.com/ical/US32Holidays.ics
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[KingCyrusIII]

funny, i just noticed this too; and am also only subscribed to the US holidays. so... something's up with apple. i removed the US holidays, re-added it, and the other calendars are there as well.

EDIT: ok, remove the holiday calendar, then go to File>new calendar subscription. add the apple url:
webcal://ical.mac.com/ical/US32Holidays.ics

then you can name it, and choose to save it on your mac or icloud. gets rid of the 'other' calendars.

Where can I find: “File>new calendar subscription”? Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Weaselboy]

Where can I find: “File>new calendar subscription”? Any help will be appreciated.

Here you go...

 

[KingCyrusIII]

Here you go...

View attachment 761448

Oooooh, you can’t do it on an iPhone. It’ll have to wait ‘till I get home. Thanks for the support. Much appreciated.

 

[Weaselboy]

Oooooh, you can’t do it on an iPhone. It’ll have to wait ‘till I get home. Thanks for the support. Much appreciated.

Oh sorry... you should be able to add it in iOS also.

Go to Settings > Accounts & Passwords > Add Account > Other > Add Subscribed Calendar and paste in the link.

Then in Calendar activate that calendar.

 

[KingCyrusIII]

Oh sorry... you should be able to add it in iOS also.

Go to Settings > Accounts & Passwords > Add Account > Other > Add Subscribed Calendar and paste in the link.

Then in Calendar activate that calendar.

That worked Weaselboy. You rock.

 

[Jackbriant]

Has this happened to anyone else?

As of just yesterday, I have all of these new islamic, jewish, muslim and other holidays showing up in my calendar under the US Holidays. Things like Eid-Al-Fitr, Ramadan, Holi, etc. I haven't changed anything and I've looked in my files, extensions, settings, etc. to make sure that nothing has gotten installed without my permission.

Is anyone else seeing these currently? Any idea on how to get rid of them if possible? I don't want or need these other nationality holidays on my US calendar. Thanks;

Simply uncheck "Holidays" and it's gone but so are all holidays n

 

[RevTEG]

To me, it's an issue of Federally recognized holidays, not 'religious preference'. If Apple wants to make a Calendar that fairly recognizes each and every religion, culture and holiday across the entire globe, virtually every day will need some recognition. I think if you set your calendar to recognize federal holidays, that doesn't make you racist, that just means you don't want a flooded calendar of holidays that don't apply to your culture or nationality. Isn't that kind of obvious?

This is what I would prefer as well. I just want my calendar back to recognizing American federal holidays. All these other non federal holidays are crowding up my calendar.

 

[Ledsteplin]

This is what I would prefer as well. I just want my calendar back to recognizing American federal holidays. All these other non federal holidays are crowding up my calendar.

They don't bother me. I don't really look that deep in my calendar, except when I set an event. At least we can choose which ones to get alerts for. And, it includes Easter, which is not a Federal holiday.

 

[DustinDev47]

They don't bother me. I don't really look that deep in my calendar, except when I set an event. At least we can choose which ones to get alerts for. And, it includes Easter, which is not a Federal holiday.

We already know they don’t bother you; you’ve made that very clear. They bother us.

 

[fisherking]

We already know they don’t bother you; you’ve made that very clear. They bother us.

and, of course, by us you mean those who this bothers, not everyone else...

 

[ginerjm]

EDIT: ok, remove the holiday calendar, then go to File>new calendar subscription. add the apple url:
webcal://ical.mac.com/ical/US32Holidays.ics

then you can name it, and choose to save it on your mac or icloud. gets rid of the 'other' calendars.

Ok - I don't understand what you are telling us to do. I go to Settings, Calendar, Default Calendar and see three calendars: Home, Work and Calendar. Is this what you are referring to? So - how do I do these things you are saying to do? I am on an iPhone and have no delete capabilities.

 

[TheCatLady]

This move by Apple is what is wrong, why not be able to select what holidays you want to post in your calendar instead of this forced data set. Ugh, anyone get the feeling APPLE is becoming the Borg?
This one also worked, its free. Download and you're good to go.

https://www.calendarlabs.com/ical-calendar/holidays/us-holidays-76/

This worked beautifully for me, thank you!

 

[chessapple]

Sorry - I have read through this thread and still am not clear on what to do. I just noticed all these odd new holidays that I do not want on my iPhone calendar. I unchecked (which I guess means to unsubscribe) from the "U.S.Calendars", and now I have no holidays. In fact that option does not even show up now. I have an iCloud section, and under it I just have "Home" and "Work". I have a Gmail section that shows my name, and "Contacts".
I also have a "Untitled Calendar" under the "Other" section, that has the word "subscribed" under it, but it is unchecked. I don't know where this calendar comes from. But when I check it, all of those holidays come back.

How do I add a calendar to my phone, that has just the U.S. Federal holidays? I tried adding the new subscription to the "webcal://ical.mac.com/ical/US32Holidays.ics" shown in a few threads up, but I get a "Unable to verify account information" error.
Am I supposed to enter some other information on that screen? Do I need to download this to my phone first??

 

[Weaselboy]

How do I add a calendar to my phone, that has just the U.S. Federal holidays? I tried adding the new subscription to the "webcal://ical.mac.com/ical/US32Holidays.ics" shown in a few threads up, but I get a "Unable to verify account information" error.

Follow my instructions here to add that link.

Oh sorry... you should be able to add it in iOS also.

Go to Settings > Accounts & Passwords > Add Account > Other > Add Subscribed Calendar and paste in the link.

Then in Calendar activate that calendar.

 

[DustinDev47]

and, of course, by us you mean those who this bothers, not everyone else...

Yes. Isn’t that obvious? This thread was created by those whom it bothers, not by those whom it doesn’t.

 

[Ledsteplin]

Yes. Isn’t that obvious? This thread was created by those whom it bothers, not by those whom it doesn’t.

The OP never commented again after the original post. He must not have been too bothered.

 

[Orange Tabby Boy]

Oh you are a genius!!! It worked. I will share this if you don't mind.

Where can I find: “File>new calendar subscription”? Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you. Worked as you said! No more calendar irrelevant events! Apple needs to let us personalize our calendar events.

 

[Ledsteplin]

Thank you. Worked as you said! No more calendar irrelevant events! Apple needs to let us personalize our calendar events.

With me, it's either not enough of those I want, or too many with those I don't want. I have 2 calendars in my Calendar app. One is the iCloud calendar with all the events, and the other is the Gmail calendar without all those events I don't want. I can show both, or turn off one or the other. The Gmail calendar doesn't show Easter and a few others I like.

 

[Ben Adam]

These are the official US holidays.

Exactly. There is no "eid al adha" - a muslim festival to celebrate the first Jew (still trying to wrap my head around that one) on or in the list of official US holidays, so why is it forced upon our calendars with no way remove it?

 

[ApfelKuchen]

I'd find a calendar that lists only Federal holidays to be fairly useless. It just doesn't give me all the information I want. Federal holidays are useful for knowing when snail mail will be delivered, when a phone call to IRS won't reach a human being, when employees will expect to be off, and when banks will be closed, but life is a bit more complex than that. Hell, the US Federal Holidays list doesn't include Election Day or Tax Day, because as important as they are, they're not days off for government workers (or most anyone else). Apple's calendar includes Election Day, Tax Day, and even Flag Day (for the really jingoistic among us). Mothers Day and Fathers Day don't show up on the Federal list, but woe unto the child or spouse that misses either. Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and Halloween, though religious in origin, are effectively secular holidays that are too widely observed to be ignored.

I'm not religious, but I like having a calendar that lists religious holidays, because those holiday observances impact my business, social, and family interactions. Should I suggest an afternoon beer bash on Easter Sunday, or a business lunch with an observant Jewish or Muslim associate on fast days like Yom Kippur or the entire month of Ramadan? I think it's better to avoid such faux pas. For that matter, although I'm not the type to send greeting cards at the drop of a hat, there are those who do. Again, it's nice to know when such an occasion approaches.

That said, another approach for Apple would be to offer multiple calendars. US Federal Holidays, US Secular Observances. US Christian Holidays, US Muslim Holidays, US Jewish Holidays... The only downside is that all that granularity would make the Calendars list a good bit longer.

Apple's US Holidays list has 45 dates on it. Google's has fewer. If you have a Gmail account, use Google's if you prefer. Google's includes Black Friday (gotta keep their advertisers happy), Apple's does not. Apple's has Veteran's Day (November 11, WWI's Armistice Day) as well as its Federal observance (the preceding Friday if the 11th is a Saturday, or the following Monday, if the 11th is a Sunday), Google's has just the Federal observance. On the religious side of things, I'll skip the oft-criticized non-Christian holidays and note that Apple's calendar includes Palm Sunday and Orthodox Easter, Google's does not. Neither lists Ash Wednesday... Google's is clearly superior for those who don't want to see non-Christian holidays - there are zero, not even the most commonly recognized Jewish holidays.

Regardless, it's highly unlikely that any one ready-made calendar will be perfect for a person's needs. They are simply conveniences, and we're expected to customize and personalize them. That's far easier to do with electronic calendars than printed calendars, so all this quibbling about a calendar that can be either used or banished with a click of the mouse seems pretty silly.