Monday, January 2, 2012 - * New Year's Day (Observed) Monday, January 16, 2012 - Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday Monday, February 20, 2012 - Washington's Birthday (President's Day) Monday, May 28, 2012 - Memorial Day Wednesday, July 4, 2012 - Independence Day Monday, September 3, 2012 - Labor Day Monday, October 18, 2012 - Columbus Day Monday, November 12, 2012 - * Veterans Day Thursday, November 22, 2012 - Thanksgiving Day Tuesday, December 25, 2012 - Christmas Day Tuesday, January 1, 2013 - New Year's Day
Notes:
*New Years Day 2012 and Veteran's Day fall on a Sunday - the holiday is observed the following Monday There is no regular mail delivery/pickup or retail services on Postal holidays You cannot schedule Hold Mail or Redelivery to begin or end on the above holiday dates
In the US, the day before Easter is a Saturday, a regular mail delivery day.
Yes, unless it is Sunday.
Yes, it is a local holiday, not federal!
no
No
No
yes
The Easter egg is difficult to spot at first. It is an eye examination chart that says: 'RUN YOU R NEARLY THERE DONT QUIT!!'.
They don't have any school on Good Friday. Schools are closed for Easter. Not always true. Sometimes Easter occurs during term time. In the parts of France near the German border Good Friday is a holiday. Elsewhere, it can be a school day. As French law forbids any mention of religion in state-run schools, nothing special is done. Catholic schools either take the day off or hold a special Mass.
Flower Day Parade/Run for Fun
Mail is delivered the first 'working' day after Easter, for many that day is Tuesday.
Memorial day is a holiday.No mail delivery.
No mail. It is a federal holiday.
NO
yes
In the United States the USPS reports they are closed the day after Christmas for mail delievery. Because Christmas fell on a Sunday this year, Christmas is observed on December 26, 2011 this year.
Yes, it does. (At least in Massachusetts it does.)
Yes, the mail did run on Monday, April 1, 2013. The USPS delivers mail each day unless it is a federal holiday.
February 20, 2012 is Presidents' Day, which is a national holiday. Mail does not run on national holidays, so there is no mail on February 20. 2012.
The day before, yes. But not the day of.
No, because Labor Day is a national holiday.
Yes. Trash is also picked on the day after Thanksgiving.