Christmas Eve Public Holiday Uk

Bank holiday summer bank holiday statutory monday 31 august christmas eve customary thursday 24 december christmas day statutory friday 25 december boxing day in lieu of statutory monday 28 december christmas holiday customary tuesday 29 december christmas holiday customary wednesday 30 december.

Christmas eve public holiday uk. So here s all you need to know about public holidays. But while most people know that christmas day and boxing day are public holidays a lot don t know if christmas eve and new year s eve are. If christmas day falls on a weekend then this holiday may be observed on a different day.

Traditionally there will be a roast turkey with dressing roasted vegetables. There are still three bank holidays left to enjoy during 2018 but unfortunately christmas eve on december 24 is not one of them. The designated public holidays for all staff will be.

Some will still gather inside churches on christmas eve or christmas day to sing christmas hymns and hear sermons on the significance of jesus birth. Monday 4 january 2021 as two of the scottish public holiday dates over the festive period fall on a weekend they have been carried over to the next working day. Christmas eve is the day before christmas day which is annually on december 24 according to the gregorian calendar.

Friday 1 january 2021. The christmas season includes the public holidays on christmas day boxing day new year s day and january 2 scotland only. But with lockdown rules being eased across the uk over the past few months and with further easing planned for local lockdowns there s still hope for our 2020 bank holidays.

Christmas day meals in the uk are mostly lunches though they are often late lunches early afternoon hours. When is christmas eve. If a bank holiday is on a weekend a substitute weekday becomes a bank holiday normally the following monday.

Your employer doesn t have to give you paid leave on bank or public holidays. It is not a public holiday in the united kingdom but it is a day of preparations for the christmas season. Monday 28 december 2020.