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Long reads about time: alarms, sleep, time zones, daylight saving and counting days.

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Sprouts hours

Sprouts hours are listed for each store. Many locations open in the early morning and stay into the evening, seven days a week.

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Calendar 4 min read

St bartholomew day

St Bartholomew’s Day is 24 August in the Western church: the feast of the apostle. It is not a public holiday in the United States, and it is not a holy day of obligation.

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St brigid s day

St Brigid's Day is 1 February, the feast of Brigid of Kildare and, in Ireland, the seasonal marker of Imbolc. The Republic of Ireland has kept a public holiday for it since 2023.

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St joseph s day

St Joseph's Day is 19 March, the Catholic feast of Joseph, husband of Mary and guardian of Jesus. In Italy, Spain, and Portugal the same date is Father's Day.

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St lucia day

St Lucia Day is 13 December, the feast of Lucy of Syracuse. In Sweden it is a major winter festival of light. It is not a U.S. federal holiday.

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St nicholas day

St Nicholas Day honors Saint Nicholas, a Christian bishop remembered for generosity. It is observed on December 6 in many Western traditions, while some Eastern Christian communities mark it on a diff

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St paddy s day parade

A St Paddy’s Day parade is a street march for Saint Patrick’s Day, 17 March. Paddy is the nickname from the Irish name Pádraig. The feast stays on the 17th even when the march is the only thing you ca

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St patrick s day

St Patrick's Day is March 17, the feast of Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. It is Ireland's national day. In the United States it is widely kept, but it is not a federal holiday.

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St patty day meme

A St Patty Day meme is usually a joke or a correction about spelling St Patrick’s Day. The feast is 17 March. The Irish short form is Paddy, from Pádraig, not Patty.

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Staples hours

Staples hours are set by each store, not by one nationwide clock. Check the listing for your location before you go, because weekday, weekend, and mall schedules differ.

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State fair hours

State fair hours belong to that fair and that year. Minnesota’s grounds run 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. most days; the OC Fair opens at 11:00 a.m. and stays into late evening. Read the board you will actu

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Holidays 4 min read

State holidays

State holidays are days a U.S. state sets for its own offices and employees. They sit beside the federal list, not inside it. A state can close when Washington stays open, and the reverse.

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Stater bros hours

Stater Bros hours are listed per store. Many Southern California locations post a long day from early morning into late evening; holidays can be shorter or closed.

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Sticky dates

Sticky dates are the days you keep marked so they do not slide: rent, birthdays, term starts. Count each as a named square. The fruit with the same name is a different thing.

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Holidays 4 min read

Stockings for christmas

A Christmas stocking is a hanging sock or fabric boot filled on Christmas Eve. It sits beside the tree, not instead of it. A name on the cuff is how a household keeps the hooks from turning into an ar

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Timers 4 min read

Stopwatch

A stopwatch measures how long an event lasts by counting up from zero after you start it. Unlike a timer, it does not know when to stop; you decide.

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Holidays 4 min read

Stores open on christmas

Some stores stay open on Christmas Day, usually with shorter hours. Most retail floors go dark. Check that shop’s own listing for 25 December, not a memory of another chain.

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Holidays 4 min read

Stores open on thanksgiving day

There is no single U.S. list of stores open on Thanksgiving. Each chain and location sets hours, and they change by year. Christmas Day is a separate, stricter calendar. Read this year’s notice for th

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Calendar 4 min read

Strawberry days

Strawberry Days is Pleasant Grove, Utah’s June festival, a full week of weekday and weekend events plus a rodeo. In 2026 the celebration ran 13–21 June; the rodeo was 17–20 June.

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Strong password

A strong password is long, unique to one account, and not a word, date, or reused login. Generate a new secret per site instead of decorating an old phrase.

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Sub 2 hour marathon

A sub-2-hour marathon is a finish clock under 2:00:00 for the full 42.195 kilometres. Write it as hours, minutes, and seconds. The course stays the marathon distance. The phrase is a time ceiling, not

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Calendar 4 min read

Sub of the day

Sub of the day is a weekday sandwich deal at Subway, not a national holiday. What national day it is today is a separate calendar question from which six-inch is on special.

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Subway hours

Subway restaurant hours are set by each shop. Opening, closing, breakfast, and late night are local. A nearby store can be open while another is dark.

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Sunday happy hour

Sunday happy hour is a drinks or food promotion that a venue posts for Sunday, not a nationwide clock. Hours, prices, and whether it even exists depend on that bar and local alcohol rules.

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