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[edit] School holidays

I don't know of any primary or secondary schools that mark "Little Christmas" as the end of the holiday break. It varies from school district to school district, and most in our area return by January 2. --Wisconsinmom (talk) 22:30, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi Wisconsinmom. I'm assuming you're from Wisconsin, so that might be why schools in your area return on January 2 and not on January 7. The article here states that schools in Ireland mark Little Christmas as the end of the Christmas break. It's a standard regulation from the Department of Education because January 6 is a church holiday, so the 95% or so of Irish schools which are Catholic are closed on this day anyway. I dunno, it probably makes things easier for them to remain closed until January 7 and then go back to normal, or maybe they just use any excuse to take extra time off work!! Hope that clears things up. Dennisc24 (talk) 18:47, 5 January 2008 (UTC)