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Public holidays in Iceland are established by the act of the Icelandic parliament. [1] The public holidays are the religious holidays of the Church of Iceland and the First Day of Summer, May Day, the Icelandic National Day. In addition, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are holidays from 1PM. [1]
Public holidays and other holidays are non-working days, significant days are working days (unless they fall on a Saturday or Sunday). Public holidays (unlike other holidays) "should remind citizens of the traditions, noble goals and historical twists and turns on which Czech statehood is built". [1] [2]
13 December: Saint Lucy's Day: Luciadag: Catholic day that was located on winter solstice before the European calendar reform. Revived in Sweden in 1928, and in Denmark from the 1940s. [citation needed] 24 December: Christmas Eve: Juleaften
24 December: Christmas Eve: Štedrý deň: In Slovakia, Christmas presents are opened in the evening on Christmas Eve 25 December: Christmas Day: Prvý sviatok vianočný: Literally, First Christmas Holiday 26 December: St. Stephen's Day: Druhý sviatok vianočný: Literally, Second Christmas Holiday
The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. [3] The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. [4] Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos, 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Māšîaḥ, 'Messiah'), meaning 'anointed'; [5] [6] and mæsse is from the Latin missa, the celebration of the ...
18 November Independence Day: ... The following holidays are public holidays but the date on which each occurs varies, according to its corresponding calendar, ...
For Afrikaners, 16 December was commemorated as the Day of the Vow, [1] also known as Day of the Covenant or Dingaansdag (Dingaan's Day). [19] The Day of the Vow was a religious holiday commemorating the Voortrekker victory over the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River in 1838, [2] and is still celebrated by some Afrikaners. [20]
The following is a list of feasts or special days celebrated in Malta. Note that, with the exception of the dates mentioned in the previous section, these feasts are not public holidays and on these days, business runs as usual across the Maltese islands.