Each of the sentences in this puzzle makes reference to a specific holiday. However, the given dates are not on the day of the holiday, but rather earlier in the month. The holidays and their dates are:
Juneteenth (June 19) – five days after the given date
Independence Day (July 4) – one day after the given date
Christmas (December 25) – eighteen days after the given date
Valentine’s Day (February 14) – twelve days after the given date
Halloween (October 31) – twenty-five days after the given date
To find the answer, solvers must turn each of these differences (5,1,18,12,25) into numbers, using A=1, B=2, etc. This gives the solution EARLY.