On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 06:11:58PM GMT, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 03:46:53PM +0000, Craig Skinner wrote: > > Happy Hogmanay/New Year! > > > > Scotland & New Zealand have an additional New Year's celebrations > > hangover recovery public holiday. > > > > In Scotland, Hogmanay is THE most significant winter festival, with > > internationally popular street parties of 400,000 people dancing. > > > > (Xmas was banned in Scotland for over 400 years, until recently.) > > > > i diasgree with this. it's true some of us in scotland get the 2nd off, > but i'm not sure it's helpful to describe the 2nd as a new year's > festival. > > really we have hogmany and new year's day. depending on your job, you'll > get some combination of these off. i worked 31/1 and had the second off. > lots of people have two weeks... > > traditionally the 2nd was described as a bank holiday. now banks are > open on this day. some businesses shut. > > let's just leave it that for people on this calendar, 31st is hogmany > and the 1st is new year's day. days off are no longer inviolate/ > > jmc > > ps xmas banned in scotland till recently: how old are you exactly, craig ;) > > > > > Index: calendar.holiday > > =================================================================== > > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.holiday,v > > retrieving revision 1.32 > > diff -u -p -r1.32 calendar.holiday > > --- calendar.holiday 12 Oct 2015 06:33:21 -0000 1.32 > > +++ calendar.holiday 4 Jan 2016 15:44:21 -0000 > > @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ > > 01/01 Universal Fraternity Day in Mozambique > > 01/02 Ancestry Day in Haiti > > 01/02 St. Berchtold's Day in Switzerland > > -01/03 New Year's Holiday in Scotland > > +01/02 New Year's Holiday in Scotland and New Zealand > > 01/03 Revolution Day in Upper Volta > > 01/04 Independence Day in Burma > > 01/04 Martyrs Day in Zaire > > @@ -580,5 +580,6 @@ > > 12/29 His Majesty, the King's Birthday in Nepal > > 12/30 Anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar in > > Madagascar > > 12/31 Proclamation of the Republic in Congo > > +12/31 Hogmanay - 3 day year transition festival in Scotland > > > > #endif /* !_calendar_holiday_ */ > > > > > > -- > > http://www.Scotland.org/features/hogmanay-top-facts/ > > http://www.RampantScotland.com/know/blknow12.htm > > http://www.EdinburghsHogmanay.com/ > > http://www.EdinburghFestivalCity.com/festivals/edinburghs-hogmanay > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogmanay
Hi all, However you call it, the fact is the date seems to be wrong (unless we're talking about some other holiday) - 2nd January bank holiday is, as the name suggests, on the 2nd of January[0]. Unless, of course, the calendar should show the date when the holiday is celebrated, rather than when it occurs - i.e. 2nd January bank holiday in Scotland is in fact today (4th January), a substitute day. Regards, Raf [0] https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays#scotland
