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1 England and Wales
2 Northern Ireland
3 Scotland
4. New Year's Day
a) Hogmanay (New Year) celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland
5. Good Friday
6. Easter Monday
7. May Day
a) Traditional May Day celebrations
b) Origins
8. The May Day Bank Holiday
9. Christmas
10. St. Andrew's Day
1.annual ежегодно
2.crucifixion распрятие на креста
3.infant младенец
4.raucous хриплый
5.solstice солнцестояние
6.patron покровитель
7.tradespeople торговцы
8.labourer чернорабочий
9.pillow подушка
England and Wales
1 January - New Year's Day
Variable - Good Friday
Variable - Easter Monday
First Monday in May - May Day Bank Holiday
Last Monday in May - Spring Bank Holiday
Last Monday in August - Summer Bank Holiday
25 December - Christmas Day
26 December - Boxing Day
Northern Ireland
1 January - New Year's Day
Northern Ireland
Variable - Good Friday
Variable - Easter Monday
First Monday in May - May Day Bank Holiday
Last Monday in May - Spring Bank Holiday
12 July - Bank Holiday in Lieu of Battle of the Boyne - 12th of July
Last Monday in August - Summer Bank Holiday
25 December - Christmas Day
26 December - Boxing Day / St. Stephen's Day
Scotland
1 January - New Year's Day
2 January - 2 January
Variable - Good Friday
First Monday in May - May Day Bank Holiday
Last Monday in May - Spring Bank Holiday
First Monday in August - Summer Bank Holiday
30 November - St. Andrew's Day
25 December - Christmas Day
26 December - Boxing Day
These are the public holidays observed in the countries of the United Kingdom. Workers in the United Kingdom are not automatically entitled to time off on a public holiday. Time off can be provided for in an employment agreement or by expending annual leave.
British people tend to call their public holidays bank holidays. When an anniversary day that is usually a bank holiday falls on a weekend, the date of the bank holiday is postponed and declared for a following weekday. This new date is termed a 'bank holiday in lieu' of the actual anniversary day. In this way, public holidays are not 'lost' on years when they coincide with weekends (which will already be a day off for many people).
Increasingly, there are calls for public holidays on the patron saints' days in England, Scotland and Wales (Northern Ireland already has St Patrick's Day as a holiday). An online petition sent to the Prime Minister received 11,000 signatures for a public holiday in Wales on St. David's Day; the Scottish Parliament has introduced a bill for a public holiday on St. Andrew's Day; campaigners in England are calling for a bank holiday on St. George's
New Year's Day
New Year's Day is the first day of the new year. On the modern Gregorian calendar, it is celebrated on January 1, as it was also in ancient Rome (though other dates were also used in Rome). In all countries using the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, except for Israel, it is a public holiday, often celebrated with fireworks at the stroke of midnight as the new year starts. January 1 on the Julian calendar corresponds to January 14 on the Gregorian calendar, and it is on that date that followers of some of the Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate the New Year.Contents.
Hogmanay (New Year) celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Sydney leads the world in one of the first major New Year celebrations each year.
Images associated with New Year's Day
In Brittany, a common image used is that of an incarnation of Father Time (or the "Old Year") wearing a sash across his chest with the previous year printed on it passing on his duties to the Baby New Year (or the "New Year"), an infant wearing a sash with the new year printed on it.
New Year's babies
People born on New Year's Day are commonly called New Year babies. Hospitals, such as the Dyersburg Regional Medical Center in the U.S., give out prizes to the first baby born in that hospital in the new year. These prizes are often donated by local businesses. Prizes may include various baby related items such as baby formula, baby blankets, diapers, and gift certificates to stores which specialize in baby related merchandise.
Good Friday, also called Holy Friday, Black Friday, or Great Friday, is a holiday observed primarily by adherents to Christianity commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. The holiday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, and often coincides with the Jewish observance of Passover.
Based on the scriptural details of the Sanhedrin Trial of Jesus, the Crucifixion of Jesus was most probably on a Friday. The estimated year of Good Friday is AD 33, by two different groups, and originally as AD 34 by Isaac Newton via the differences between the Biblical and Julian calendars and the crescent of the moon. A third method, using a completely different astronomical approach based on a lunar Crucifixion darkness and eclipse model (consistent with Apostle Peter's reference to a "moon of blood" in Acts 2:20) arrives at the same date, namely Friday April 3,
In Muslim-majority Indonesia, Good Friday is a national holiday. All government offices, schools and certain businesses are closed on Good Friday by law and many newspapers choose not to publish on this day. Public holiday is also observed in Singapore and in the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak.