Talk:List of holidays by country

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ummmm i was just wondering if anyone knows if thrr is any other holidays in france if so please post

The U.S. holidays are pretty messed up. The other page Holidays in the U.S. is much better. For example, election day is not a holiday for federal employees and Columbus Day usually follows the Monday Holiday Act, which is described much better in the other page. I deleted the election day stuff, but needs more work by someone surer of the topic than I. Also, I'm not sure what makes Loyalty Day an official holiday if it is no longer celebrated. Scarykitty 06:44, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I think all mentions of common holidays should be removed from here, e.g. New Year's Day, Christmas, Easter, Labor day, etc. --Joy [shallot] 21:31, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I disagree with this. New Year's Day is a week later in countries with dominant orthodox churches. Labour day is on different days varying by state/territory in Australia. Also, you would have to look in two places to get a full list for a country. Let's leave it the way it is.

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[edit] UK Holidays

Easter Sunday, is, er, a Sunday, so surely should not be included in a list of public holidays? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.137.5.129 (talk) 09:59, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] US Holidays

What the heck is Fishy Bill Day?! I spent 10 years in Virginia schools (second through twelfth), and I have never heard of a Fishy Bill Day, much less ever celebrate or otherwise observe it. My child is attending a Virginia Public School, and he has never mentioned a Fishy Bill, nor any of his teachers. Unless someone can provide some sort of proof to such, this is a hoax.

Along the same lines, "Say 'Hi' to Joe Day"? Give me a break.

I have turned on several of my foreign students to Wikipedia to help them do research on things in America that they might seem strange or different. Wikipedia can be and is an important resource. I wished people wouldn't muck it up. --Asacan 17:17, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mardi Gras

Not sure the exact date, but it should probably be on the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.115.86.67 (talk) 16:47, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Portugal holidays

The link from the following portuguese holiday:

    October 5 - Proclamation of the Republic

leads to the article "Easter Proclamation" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_the_Republic). I'm pretty sure, that is not the reason people in Portugal celebrate this day ;-)

[edit] Bulgaria holidays

The "Army Day" link leads to the article "Indian Army Day" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Day).

[edit] A mess

There is a problem with holiday lists: every country has a public holiday list but few have national or religious or such; and 'holidays in...' redirects to 'public holidays in' page. I'd suggest removing all 'public' words from the titles and categories, to give the articles a wider scope.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  15:56, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I support the removal of the word 'public' from the title of pages about "Holidays in Country X". Not every holiday is a public holiday. "Public holidays in Country X" can be a subcategory with the main category "Holidays in Country X". --PFHLai 18:23, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Yes, exactly.-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk  04:43, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
Support, with case by case tact this seems to be of worthy effect to the category names too (propose deletion of "Category:Public holidays" and renaming of "categories:Public holidays in Country X" and "categories:Public holidays by country"). i am a little concerned that an act like despecifying from "public" may open the flood gates to all holidays possibly observed in each country, making the established or "legal holidays" seem less significant in comparison. thus some care need be taken within each of the articles to differentiate. USA has already done this and is in need of the titular change.Some thing 17:11, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
also propose that this thread be moved to the Wikiproject:Holiday discussion page.Some thing 17:29, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Cleanup: use {{main}} templates

Someone needs to change all the "For more information, see [[Public holidays in country_name]]" statements at the top of each section to "{{main|Public holidays in country_name}}. —Psychonaut 18:41, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Religious holidays

Religious holidays which may be celebrated by some residents in a country, but not by all, should not be included in "holidays by country". Possibly sections by religion of "holidays which are celebrated by <members of religion> living in most countries" could be added. For example, Hannukah and Eid are not holidays in the United States, Christmas is not a holiday in many countries, and so on. This article would then help to answer the practical problem "is <date> a working day in this country?". The addition of a religious holidays section would help as some organisations and people will not be working on those days even if not a national holiday. Pol098 (talk) 16:00, 10 June 2008 (UTC)