There are currently eight public holidays in England and Wales:
New Year's Day
Easter Monday
Early May Bank Holiday
Spring Bank Holiday
Summer Bank Holiday
Boxing Day
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There are 11 public holidays each year.
The 21st of September 2009 is the Autumn Public Holiday in Scotland. However in Scotland many businesses work on Public Holidays (staff often have the option of taking another day off) and Scottish Banks observe the English Bank holidays instead.
Each municipality is allowed to have a maximum of 14 public holidays per year. The government chooses 9 of these. At least 2 of these are chosen locally.
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The United States has 11 public federal holidays each year. These holidays are; New Year's Day, Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Inauguration Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas. Other holidays one may know do not count as "public federal holidays" and are therefore not listed.
There are many sites you can visit to find out the public holidays taking place in Australia. Wikipedia has a list of these holidays and there is also a site dedicated to public holidays across all countries where you can find the information.
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In continental European countries there tend to be more public holidays than in the UK.
In England and Wales, 25th and 26th December are public holidays and so is January 1st. In Scotland, 25th December is a public holiday and so is 1st and 2nd January. However, many firms also close down on the days between Christmas and New Year.
depends when you posted this but this year 2012 there are 10