Have you considered Holiday DXing ? When tuning into a station, whether it be on medium wave, long wave, shortwave or an amateur radio contact, you have an advantage.
There's an excellent chance the station or ham operator, will appreciate you commenting on their holiday. Stations may feature special programming or QSL verifications. Some have also conducted contest, and you may find additional information on their website.
Give this a try, and please report your results.
September
Libya
Revolution Day, September 1
Slovakia
Constitution Day, September 1
Uzbekistan
Independence Day, September 1
Vietnam
Independence Day, September 2
Qatar
Independence Day, September 3
Swaziland
Independence Day, September 6
Brazil
Independence Day, September 7
Andorra
Our Lady of Meritxell Day, September 8
North
Korea Founding of Democratic Party, September 9
Tajikistan
Independence Day, September 9
Gibraltar
National Day, September 10
Costa
Rica Independence Day, SepStember 15
El
Salvador Independence Day, September 15
Guatemala
Independence Day, September 15
Honduras
Independence Day, September 15
Nicaragua
Independence Day, September 15
Mexico
Independence Day, September 16
Papua
New Guinea Independence Day, September 16
Chile
Independence Day, September 18
Armenia
Independence Day, September 21
Belize
Independence Day, September 21
Malta
Independence Day, September 21
Mali
Independence Day, September 22
Saudi
Arabia Kingdom Unification Day, September 23
Guinea-Bissau
Independence Day, September 24
Botswana
Day, September 30