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In article , (Roy
Badami) wrote:
They don't have Boxing Day as a holiday in Scotland, Roy. They had New
Year's Day long before England did and have the next day off as well now.
I don't think that's true. According to the DTI site, Boxing Day is a
bank holiday in Scotland. But, of course, it's more complicated than
that, with the Scottish bank holidays being a historical irrelevence,
these days observed by noone, not even the banks. The actual public
holidays are set by local councils (perhaps in consultation with the
local chamber of commerce) and vary regionally.
Nonetheless, I was under the impression that the five holidays that
were pretty much universal across all of Scotland were the two days at
Christmas, two days for Hogmanay and one day for the early May bank
holiday -- corrections from Scots welcome.
Taking Edinburgh as a concrete example, they get two days for
Christmas (this year 27-28 December because of Christmas falling on a
Saturday).
http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/788...in_edinburgh/2
-roy