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
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Thursday June 2, 2022 | Spring Bank Holiday | Secular holiday | |
Friday June 3, 2022 | Queen's Platinum Jubilee | Secular holiday | |
Monday June 6, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Friday July 15, 2022 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday August 29, 2022 | Summer Bank Holiday | Secular holiday | |
Thursday September 1, 2022 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Friday October 21, 2022 | Autumn holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday November 7, 2022 | Autumn holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Tuesday December 13, 2022 | Christmas holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday December 26, 2022 | Boxing Day | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday December 27, 2022 | Boxing Day/Family Day | Secular holiday | |
Spring Bank Holiday
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Thursday June 2, 2022
Secular holiday :
Queen's Platinum Jubilee
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Friday June 3, 2022
Secular holiday :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday June 6, 2022
School holidays :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday July 15, 2022
School holidays :
Summer Bank Holiday
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Monday August 29, 2022
Secular holiday :
Summer holiday (end)
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Thursday September 1, 2022
School holidays :
Autumn holiday (beginning)
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Friday October 21, 2022
School holidays :
Autumn holiday (end)
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Monday November 7, 2022
School holidays :
Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Tuesday December 13, 2022
School holidays :
Christmas Day
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Sunday December 25, 2022
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
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Monday December 26, 2022
Secular holiday :
Boxing Day/Family Day
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Tuesday December 27, 2022
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. "Tweede Kerstdag" applies to the Netherlands (second Christmas Day) and "Anden Juledag" to Denmark