ICal U.S. Holiday Calendar Download Error

Hello!
So I've been trying to subscribe to the U.S. Holiday Day Calendar 1.0 on my iCal (version 3.0.5) and I keep on receiving an error message: *Error subscribing to the calendar* +Data downloaded from http://ical.mac.com/ical/US32Holidays.ics is not valid.+
Here is the URL for the subscription: webcal://ical.mac.com/ical/US32Holidays.ics
Thank you ahead for any help!

Here's what worked for me (trying it for the first time today), using my macbook pro with OS X Mountain Lion:
Go to http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/calendars/usholidaycalendar.html for Apple's ics file for US holidays. You can get an ics file from elsewhere if you'd like (some people want more holidays listed, but this one's good for me).
Click the upside-down triangle beside the word "Download" on the download button.
iCal opened the subscription window automatically for me, and the "Calendar URL" online address for the ics file appeared in the appropriate box.
iCloud was, by default, selected for the subscription, and I kept that setting (so the holiday calendar would appear on my iPhone, too).
Clicked "Subscribe" and it worked.
Then, I went to my iPhone, opened "Settings" and then "iCloud" to confirm settings were ok there. Since I hadn't activated iCal there previously, I had to turn on "Calendars."
Now, US Holiday calendar appears in iCal on my macbook pro and in Calendars on my iPhone. (I do have "All Calendars" as the setting in my Calendar app on my iPhone.)
I see some people up here wondering whether the file is new/compatible enough, but since it is an ics file, which is supposed to be a universal standard, there shouldn't be a problem with it even though the file posted a few years ago.

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Message was edited by: superflippy

I searched for this thread because I too noticed that "Good Friday" was missing from the "Christian Holiday Calendar 1.0" file for this year. The bottom line is that despite the 10/07 time stamp on the Downloads/Calendars page, this file has not been updated (by Apple) in three years.
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If you are looking for U.S. Holidays, here are three alternative choices besides Apple - Downloads - iCal Calendars - US Holiday Calendar.
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