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1 January. Restoration Day of the Independent Czech State, New Year's Day. Den obnovy samostatného českého státu; Nový rok. Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia . closed. Two days before Easter. Good Friday. Velký pátek. Good Friday has been a public holiday since 2016.
In the United Kingdom, public holidays are days on which most businesses and non-essential services are closed. Many retail businesses (especially the larger ones) do open on some of the public holidays. There are restrictions on trading on Sundays, Easter and Christmas Day in England and Wales and on New Year's Day and Christmas Day in Scotland.
Easter Sunday and Pentecost are always on Sundays, but they are seen more like main holidays than ordinary Sundays. When the standard working week in Sweden was reduced to 40 hours by the Riksdag, all Saturdays became de facto public holidays. Holy Saturday, Midsummer's Eve, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve are also de facto holidays.
Armed Forces Day. 27 March. 1 day. Formerly Resistance Day (against the English language occupation in 19s←). Myanmar New Year. Varies. 4 or 5 days. Thingyan Eve, Commencing Day to Prime Day, End of Thingyan, Myanmar New Year Day. Note: Date is based on the traditional Burmese calendar.
Assumption. 1 November 2024. All Saints' Day. 2 November 2024. All Souls' Day. 24 to 31 December 2024 inclusive. End-of-year days, including Christmas. This list includes all ten public holidays in Belgium, except for Armistice Day (11 November). For Luxembourg, Belgian National Day is replaced by the Luxembourgish National Day .
Zürich City (and Zürich Metro Area) (only) Prayer Monday. Monday after Federal Day of Thanksgiving, Repentance and Prayer. Legally recognized only in VD (Lundi du Jeûne) Also celebrated in NE and parts of BE. Bank holiday in VS . Mauritius Day. 22 September. AI (only) except Oberegg District.
The following holidays are observed by the majority of US businesses with paid time off: New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, [2] Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after known as Black Friday, Christmas Eve and Christmas. There are also numerous holidays on the state and local level that are observed to varying degrees.
Friday of the first week in June (sometimes the first, sometimes the second Friday in June, but always eleven days after the Spring Bank Holiday) T.T. Bank Holiday, also known as Senior Race Day [2] 5 July. Tynwald Day. Last Monday in August. Summer Bank Holiday. 25 December. Christmas Day. 26 December.