The business world's No-Go Days!
Channel Islands (Sark) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
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| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday june 5, 2023 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays |  |
| Friday july 28, 2023 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday august 28, 2023 | Summer Bank Holiday | Secular holiday | |
| Thursday september 7, 2023 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Friday october 20, 2023 | Autumn holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday november 6, 2023 | Autumn holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Thursday december 21, 2023 | Christmas holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday december 25, 2023 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
| Tuesday december 26, 2023 | Boxing Day/Family Day | Secular holiday | |
Mid-term holiday (end)
-Monday june 5, 2023
School holidays :
Summer holiday (beginning)
-Friday july 28, 2023
School holidays :
Summer Bank Holiday
-Monday august 28, 2023
Secular holiday :
Summer holiday (end)
-Thursday september 7, 2023
School holidays :
Autumn holiday (beginning)
-Friday october 20, 2023
School holidays :
Autumn holiday (end)
-Monday november 6, 2023
School holidays :
Christmas holiday (beginning)
-Thursday december 21, 2023
School holidays :
Christmas Day
-Monday december 25, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Years Day on Christmas Day.
Boxing Day/Family Day
-Tuesday december 26, 2023
Secular holiday : The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day. The term may come from the opening of church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters' clients.
