Ireland has three public holidays during Christmas
Achilles-Foot on
I mean it completely depends on where you work
miko_top_bloke on
Perhaps the USA is a land of freedom but surely it’s the exact opposite when it comes to labour law and paid time off
PraetorPrimus on
The U.S. has zero mandated federal holidays for non-government employees.
Relevant-Outcome3529 on
In many companies, there are “company holidays,” which means that employees are forced to use their vacation days.
23stripes on
Portugal is wrong, as usual with these maps
Nanakatl on
I wasn’t expecting India and Pakistan.
Ok_Village1167 on
Brasil is wrong. It’s only on the 25th, with a shorter work day on the 24th.
Background-Let8227 on
two weeks (united states high school student)
enemyradar on
What’s this including? The UK has 25th, 26th and 1st Jan (all moved to give public holidays on weekdays on years when they fall on normal off days).
SaraHHHBK on
Spain gets 2 or 3 depending on the region
tittietwister1 on
2 weeks, gotta save that vacay time! 😎
TheOrangePro on
Not all Canadian provinces get 2 days off
the_capibarin on
Russia just has a single big holiday blob from Dec. 31 til Jan.10-12 depending on the year, so difficult to say what part of this is specifically for Christmas
And Dec. 24-25 obviously gets nothing
Beneficial_Ad_7044 on
Germany is 2.5.
HomePrimo on
Spain is wrong also, depending on what sector you get upto 6/7 days or more if you’re in education/similar
sammy-taylor on
Software engineer here. Generally speaking, during the two weeks including Christmas and New Years, nothing happens. Maybe one or two people on standby but it’s almost always very mellow for at least 10 business days.
LANDVOGT-_ on
Its 2,5 in Germany.
JetlinerDiner on
Portugal is only 1. Why is it that every fucking map in this sub is wrong?! Seriously, wtf.
SomeSortOfSans on
In Ukraine days off were cancelled after the russian invasion. Officially, we have none, unofficially – depends on how your workplace treats you lol
Roompastei on
Wanted to argue and say that South Africa only has one day off, but I renembered not everyone works on boxing day🙁.
notthegoatseguy on
What typically happens is some groceries and smaller stores might open for a few hours in the morning and early afternoon as people travel to wherever they need to be that day, then they close.
The family gathering/meal is usually early to mid afternoon.
Depending on your local area, some businesses may start opening later in the evening. Think something like your neighborhood bar or brewery, bowliney alley, or movie theater. Stuff more oriented to people living in the local area, everyone-knows-your-name kinda thing, or things situated to families and groups. Chain restaurants, shopping centers, major retailers, will generally stay closed for the whole day. Your local nightlife/bar district probably will be quite dead.
Public transit, what limited there is in the US, does not generally shut down in the US, but often will run at a reduced schedule.
bubbleddusty on
As a South African, I know many people who would call this map bs
Denllie on
Turkey is wrong. 1st of January is holiday for all citizens
septesix on
This map is outdated in at least one country. Taiwan used to have December 25th as a holiday, but it was called Constitution Day and not Christmas. This was stopped after the public holiday reformed from 2001, but then they make it a holiday again starting 2025 ( this year ). So Taiwan is on the 1-day category.
Incidentally Taiwan also used to get Halloween as a holiday too. I think we are more American than Americans…
tc_cad on
Canada is incorrect. It is just the 25th. Some provinces also give a provincial holiday on the 26th.
HegemonNYC on
This is wrong. The US has no ‘days off’. Federal workers have the day off, but private businesses can do as they wish. Most are closed, some are not. This doesn’t mean people work a lot – I’m off for 3 days and don’t even need to bother taking a vacation day – but there is no national ‘holiday’ other than for federal non-essential workers.
DHermit on
While it’s 2 in Germany, most employers give you either the 24. or the 31. or half of each free as well.
VoluptuousSloth on
So the Japanese don’t even have one day to recover from a KFC coma?
AleroRatking on
Varies by by the year but 8 days this year.
Nightgasm on
Zero at my career job as we were essential and a 24 / 7 job. But we got double pay on Christmas and when I had to work it, which was often, my family would just have Christmas on a different day.
IchLiebeKleber on
In Austria it’s more complex than this: true that only the 25th and 26th of December are public holidays, but on the 24th (also 31st), there are many employees who also get the full day or half of it off. It depends mainly on the collective agreement that is valid for the industry you work in; at my current job I get both off, but I’ve also already had to work on those days (or take vacation days if I wanted them off).
Retail stores, for example, closed at 13:00 today, so that gives us a guess that retail workers certainly get reduced time today.
arcticwolf9347 on
We have 3 now (I should specify I live in the US)
WasteStart7072 on
In Belarus it’s 2 days, but they are weeks apart: the 25th of December for Catholic Christmas and the 7th of January for Orthodox Christmas. And retail is always open with employees receiving the double pay for a day. Some shops close slightly earlier, but for most it’s just a normal day.
Op55No1 on
Huh, I get the impression from movies and TV shows that almost everyone in Western Europe and North America gets at least a week off for Christmas.
TimeTraveller-01 on
6 this year, 2 next year 🇮🇹
Specialist-Row-46 on
Taiwan can have a holiday for Christmas this year and the future. This day happens to be the anniversary of the implementation of the Constitution.
Kokica555 on
Slovenia has one christmas day off (25.), 26. is an Independence and Unity Day, which isn’t connected to christmas.
Puzzlehead_89 on
Germany has 2.5 (24th is half-day holiday)
Puzzlehead_89 on
Germany has 2.5 (24th is half-day holiday)
Kexxa420 on
UK is correct. We have 2 bank holidays (Christmas Day on the 25th and Boxing Day on the 26th).
Although, if these fall on the weekend they get substitute for a Monday, Tuesday or both accordingly.
For example, in 2027, Christmas Day falls on a Saturday and Boxing Day on a Sunday. So substitute days will be on Monday and Tuesday. Meaning we will have 4 days Christmas.
AlexKaras15 on
Russia is partially correct. We actually get 8 days for new year holidays
From January 1st to January 8th and it happens that orthodox Christmas happens during that holidays week.
So it’s true that Christmas itself gives only one day off, but for most people days before and one after are also free
TheFrostSerpah on
In Spain we have two main gift giving holidays (Christmas the 25th and “Los Reyes Magos” the 6th), both of which are days off. January 1st is also a holiday.
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Ireland has three public holidays during Christmas
I mean it completely depends on where you work
Perhaps the USA is a land of freedom but surely it’s the exact opposite when it comes to labour law and paid time off
The U.S. has zero mandated federal holidays for non-government employees.
In many companies, there are “company holidays,” which means that employees are forced to use their vacation days.
Portugal is wrong, as usual with these maps
I wasn’t expecting India and Pakistan.
Brasil is wrong. It’s only on the 25th, with a shorter work day on the 24th.
two weeks (united states high school student)
What’s this including? The UK has 25th, 26th and 1st Jan (all moved to give public holidays on weekdays on years when they fall on normal off days).
Spain gets 2 or 3 depending on the region
2 weeks, gotta save that vacay time! 😎
Not all Canadian provinces get 2 days off
Russia just has a single big holiday blob from Dec. 31 til Jan.10-12 depending on the year, so difficult to say what part of this is specifically for Christmas
And Dec. 24-25 obviously gets nothing
Germany is 2.5.
Spain is wrong also, depending on what sector you get upto 6/7 days or more if you’re in education/similar
Software engineer here. Generally speaking, during the two weeks including Christmas and New Years, nothing happens. Maybe one or two people on standby but it’s almost always very mellow for at least 10 business days.
Its 2,5 in Germany.
Portugal is only 1. Why is it that every fucking map in this sub is wrong?! Seriously, wtf.
In Ukraine days off were cancelled after the russian invasion. Officially, we have none, unofficially – depends on how your workplace treats you lol
Wanted to argue and say that South Africa only has one day off, but I renembered not everyone works on boxing day🙁.
What typically happens is some groceries and smaller stores might open for a few hours in the morning and early afternoon as people travel to wherever they need to be that day, then they close.
The family gathering/meal is usually early to mid afternoon.
Depending on your local area, some businesses may start opening later in the evening. Think something like your neighborhood bar or brewery, bowliney alley, or movie theater. Stuff more oriented to people living in the local area, everyone-knows-your-name kinda thing, or things situated to families and groups. Chain restaurants, shopping centers, major retailers, will generally stay closed for the whole day. Your local nightlife/bar district probably will be quite dead.
Public transit, what limited there is in the US, does not generally shut down in the US, but often will run at a reduced schedule.
As a South African, I know many people who would call this map bs
Turkey is wrong. 1st of January is holiday for all citizens
This map is outdated in at least one country. Taiwan used to have December 25th as a holiday, but it was called Constitution Day and not Christmas. This was stopped after the public holiday reformed from 2001, but then they make it a holiday again starting 2025 ( this year ). So Taiwan is on the 1-day category.
Incidentally Taiwan also used to get Halloween as a holiday too. I think we are more American than Americans…
Canada is incorrect. It is just the 25th. Some provinces also give a provincial holiday on the 26th.
This is wrong. The US has no ‘days off’. Federal workers have the day off, but private businesses can do as they wish. Most are closed, some are not. This doesn’t mean people work a lot – I’m off for 3 days and don’t even need to bother taking a vacation day – but there is no national ‘holiday’ other than for federal non-essential workers.
While it’s 2 in Germany, most employers give you either the 24. or the 31. or half of each free as well.
So the Japanese don’t even have one day to recover from a KFC coma?
Varies by by the year but 8 days this year.
Zero at my career job as we were essential and a 24 / 7 job. But we got double pay on Christmas and when I had to work it, which was often, my family would just have Christmas on a different day.
In Austria it’s more complex than this: true that only the 25th and 26th of December are public holidays, but on the 24th (also 31st), there are many employees who also get the full day or half of it off. It depends mainly on the collective agreement that is valid for the industry you work in; at my current job I get both off, but I’ve also already had to work on those days (or take vacation days if I wanted them off).
Retail stores, for example, closed at 13:00 today, so that gives us a guess that retail workers certainly get reduced time today.
We have 3 now (I should specify I live in the US)
In Belarus it’s 2 days, but they are weeks apart: the 25th of December for Catholic Christmas and the 7th of January for Orthodox Christmas. And retail is always open with employees receiving the double pay for a day. Some shops close slightly earlier, but for most it’s just a normal day.
Huh, I get the impression from movies and TV shows that almost everyone in Western Europe and North America gets at least a week off for Christmas.
6 this year, 2 next year 🇮🇹
Taiwan can have a holiday for Christmas this year and the future. This day happens to be the anniversary of the implementation of the Constitution.
Slovenia has one christmas day off (25.), 26. is an Independence and Unity Day, which isn’t connected to christmas.
Germany has 2.5 (24th is half-day holiday)
Germany has 2.5 (24th is half-day holiday)
UK is correct. We have 2 bank holidays (Christmas Day on the 25th and Boxing Day on the 26th).
Although, if these fall on the weekend they get substitute for a Monday, Tuesday or both accordingly.
For example, in 2027, Christmas Day falls on a Saturday and Boxing Day on a Sunday. So substitute days will be on Monday and Tuesday. Meaning we will have 4 days Christmas.
Russia is partially correct. We actually get 8 days for new year holidays
From January 1st to January 8th and it happens that orthodox Christmas happens during that holidays week.
So it’s true that Christmas itself gives only one day off, but for most people days before and one after are also free
In Spain we have two main gift giving holidays (Christmas the 25th and “Los Reyes Magos” the 6th), both of which are days off. January 1st is also a holiday.