import holidays

YEAR = 2024

my_list = [
    "New Year's Day",
    "Martin Luther King Jr. Day",
    "Memorial Day",
    "Independence Day",
    "Labor Day",
    "Thanksgiving",
    "Christmas Day",
    "New Year's Day (Observed)",
    "Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Observed)",
    "Memorial Day (Observed)",
    "Independence Day (Observed)",
    "Labor Day (Observed)",
    "Thanksgiving (Observed)",
    "Christmas Day (Observed)",
]

# to speed up the search
my_set = set(my_list)

filtered_holidays = {
    k: v for k, v in holidays.US(years=YEAR).items() if v in my_set
}

print(filtered_holidays)