Yes, it is New Years Day.
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Boxing Day
In the USA, there is no National holiday on January 3. There is January 1, New Year's Day, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on a Monday around the 15th of the January. There are some festivals and holidays that occur on January. Go to Wikipedia and look up January 3 for a list of them. There no USA national holiday that occurs on January 3.
Julius Caesar established January 1 as New Year's Day in 46 BC.
January 1 is a holiday. January 2 is a travel day. Therefore, January 3 is the first convenient day of the year.
Marbles - 2012 Holiday Spirit 1-5 was released on: USA: 13 January 2013
No, but it is unofficially observed December 26 through January 1.
Oddities - 2010 Holiday Bizarre 3 5-1 was released on: USA: January 2014
Holiday Skating Spectacular - 2000 TV was released on: USA: 1 January 2000
In the UK, Starry Eyed by Michael Holiday
January 1 ~ Liberation Day October 10 ~ Independence Day (from Spain)