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From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1. ... Christmas Day: Wednesday, December 25. Other important days to note:
Holidays proclaimed in this way may be considered a U.S. "national observance", but it would be improper to refer to them as "federal holidays". Many of these observances designated by Congress are authorized under permanent law under Title 36, U.S. Code , in which cases the President is under obligation to issue an annual proclamation.
Cadeby Steam & Country Fayre [9] [10] Mallory Park, Kirkby Mallory, Leicestershire: 1964-2008 44 years Castle Combe: Castle Combe, Wiltshire: held in May Cambridgeshire Steam Rally: Swavesey: 2009- Chickerell Steam and Vintage Show [11] Chickerell, Dorset: 2004- Cromford Steam Rally [12] Brackenfield, Derbyshire: 38 years (as of 2008) Dacorum ...
Stowmarket has a maritime climate type as is typical for the bulk of the British Isles. Wattisham is the nearest official weather station, about 4 miles south-south-west of Stowmarket town centre. The absolute maximum temperature recorded was 35.3 °C (95.5 °F) [36] during the August 2003 heatwave.
These include: any long running (20 plus years) fairs, and established fairs (5 plus years) that have a two-weekend or more annual run. Generally, U.S. renaissance fairs are open weekends only (including holidays) during the periods indicated. (Dates are codified to facilitate searching by date.)
In 2020, the early May bank holiday originally set for Monday 4 May was moved to Friday 8 May to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day. [41] [42] In 2022, there was a special holiday on Friday 3 June to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The Spring Bank Holiday was moved to Thursday 2 June to create a four-day weekend. [43]
Christmas market in Merano, Italy. The first traces of Christmas markets in the German-speaking part of Europe and in many parts of the former Holy Roman Empire go back to late medieval sales fairs and—often one-day—markets, which gave citizens the opportunity to stock up on meat and winter necessities at the beginning of the cold season. [10]
A rocket ship float with Santa Claus during a Christmas parade in Los Angeles, 1940. The Christmas parade is a direct descendant of late Medieval and Renaissance revivals of Roman Triumphs, which had music and banners, wagons filled with the spoils of war, and climaxed with the dux riding in a chariot, preferably drawn by two horses, and thus called the biga.