Today Jan 2nd 2012 - Monday is a Bank Holiday as New Years day fell on Sunday Jan 1, 2012. Other then automated ATM's the Banks are closed today.
If you include Jan 1 New Years Day and Jan 18 MLK Day as holiday's, there were 19 business days in Jan 2010.
In the United States, Jan 2, 2012 is a postal holiday.
Jan. 1, 1973
No. It is only in modern history it has become a holiday. The day and time of the start of a new year has also changed through out history. It wasn't always Jan. 1.
The main ones are New Year's Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Monday, May Bank Holiday, Spring Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday, Christmas and Boxing Day. There are slight differences in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to the above list which is for England.
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In the UK, there are typically 8 bank holidays each year. These holidays include New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Early May Bank Holiday, Spring Bank Holiday, Summer Bank Holiday, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day.
December 31 / Jan 1 new year - YES. Big party on New Year's Eve. Jan 1st is always a holiday. In Scotland they make an even igger fuss over New Year and have Jan 1 and Jan 2 as holidays to get over it ;-)
Ireland has 9 bank holidays annually. The 2014 bank holidays in Ireland are: New Year's Day, (1 January) St. Patrick's Day (17 March) Easter Monday (21 April) May Bank Holiday (5 May) June Bank Holiday (2 June) August Bank Holiday (4 August) October Bank Holiday (27 October) Christmas Day (25 December) St. Stephen's Day (26 December)
January 1 is New Year's Day, which is a statutory holiday. As such, all libraries are likely to be closed on this day.
That depends on what country you are in, since every country has a different holiday schedule.