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A jack-o'-lantern, one of the symbols of Halloween. There are no national holidays on which the law requires all businesses to close. Federal holidays are only established for certain federally chartered and regulated businesses, government contractors, and the city of Washington, DC.
The celebration, which, however, is not a public holiday, always takes place on 13 December and retains many pre-Christian traditions. The same is also true for many holidays in Sweden. In Sweden, a public holiday is sometimes referred to as röd dag (red day), [2] as it is printed in red in most calendars.
24 December Christmas Eve: Aðfangadagur Holiday from 13:00 25 December Christmas Day: Jóladagur Flag day: 26 December Boxing Day: Annar í jólum Literal meaning: Second day of Christmas 31 December New Year's Eve: Gamlársdagur Literal meaning: Old Year's Day. Holiday from 13:00
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.
The list of these non-fixed National Holidays rarely changes and has not changed in recent decades, giving a total of twelve National Holidays each year. A public holiday that occurs on a Sunday is not transferred to another date, with the exception of 1 May, which is regarded by the locals more as a general strike than a public holiday.
Not a statutory holiday in Quebec and Ontario. December 26: Boxing Day: Lendemain de Noël: A holiday with mixed and uncertain origins and definitions. [22] Provincially, a statutory holiday in Ontario. A holiday in New Brunswick under the Days of Rest Act. Many employers across the country observe Boxing Day as a paid day off.
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* In 2020 there was a change in holidays: June 25 (was Statehood Day until 2019, became Independence Day in 2020) and October 8 (was Independence Day until 2019, became Day of the Croatian Parliament in 2020) changed names and were demoted from public holidays to memorial days (working).