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The wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer on 29 July 1981 resulted in an extra bank holiday. [52] 31 December 1999 was a one-off bank holiday as part of the Millennium celebrations. [53] In 2002, there was a special holiday on Monday 3 June to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The Spring Bank Holiday was moved ...
Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day, occurring on the second day of Christmastide (26 December). [1] Boxing Day was once a day to donate gifts to those in need, but it has evolved to become a part of Christmas festivities, with many people choosing to shop for deals on Boxing Day.
Public holidays celebrated in Spain include a mix of religious (Roman Catholic), national and regional observances.Each municipality is allowed to have a maximum of 14 public holidays per year; a maximum of nine of these are chosen by the national government and at least two are chosen locally, including patronal festivals.
24 December: Christmas Eve: Weihnachten: All states, recognized as bank holiday but not a federal public holiday. 31 December: New Year's Eve: Silvester: All states, recognized as bank holiday but not a federal public holiday.
Muslims and non-Muslims have four religious holidays each in addition to the seven secular national holidays. For the Muslims , nine major Islamic holidays : Ashura , Mawlid , Isra' and Mi'raj , Shab-e-Barat , first day of Ramadan , Revelation of the Quran , Laylat al-Qadr , Eid ul-Fitr and Eid ul-Adha are observed.
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
Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as presidents of the United States and, since 1879, has been the federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to victory in the American ...
An additional public holiday was declared for Monday 19 September, the day of the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Monday 8 May 2023 was an additional public holiday to commemorate the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. The holiday on 1 January (or 2 January if 1 January is Sunday) is statutory.