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Most popular work holidays

Some people get Armistice day off. But in America it's a very small number. Which makes me wonder what are the most common work holidays? Surely Christmas, Thanksgiving, Veterans Day, and Memorial Day rank up there. But it would be interesting to see these numbers in what percentage of people get these days off.

One of these days i'm gonna make a little survey and post it on my site. But can anyone find any stats on what the most popular work holidays are? I all i ran into was human resources websites.


Posted by: spudart on Nov 11, 04 | 11:21 am  |   [4479] Hits  |   permalink

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I would use one of those free online poll things, but they only let you have 10 options. I've got 30 options:
ïÝNew Year's Day (January)
ïÝMartin Luther King, Jr's Birthday (January)
ïÝGroundhog Day (February)
ïÝWashington's Birthday (February)
ïÝPresident's Day (February)
ïÝLincoln's Birthday (February)
ïÝValentines Day (February)
ïÝSt. Patrick's Day (March)
ïÝPulaski Day (March)
ïÝMay Day (May)
ïÝGood Friday (April/May)
ïÝEaster (April/May)
ïÝCinco de Mayo (May)
ïÝMemorial Day (May)
ïÝPassover (April)
ïÝFlag Day (June)
ïÝIndependence Day (July)
ïÝLabor Day (September)
ïÝSeptember 11th (September)
ïÝRosh Hashanah (September)
ïÝYom Kippur (September)
ïÝColumbus Day (October)
ïÝHalloween (October)
ïÝVeterans Day (Armistice Day, Rememberance Day) (November)
ïÝThanksgiving Day (November)
ïÝDay after Thanksgiving (November)
ïÝChristmas Eve (December)
ïÝChristmas Day (December)
ïÝNew Year's Eve (December)
ïÝElection Days (March/November)

Posted by: spudart on Nov 11, 04 | 11:51 am


Here's the days that Tribune gets (where i work):
ïÝNew Year's Day (January)
ïÝEaster (April/May)
ïÝMemorial Day (May)
ïÝIndependence Day (July)
ïÝLabor Day (September)
ïÝThanksgiving Day (November)
ïÝChristmas Day (December)

Posted by: spudart on Nov 11, 04 | 11:52 am


actually, in that list i'd probably merge Washington's Birthday, President's Day, Lincoln's Birthday into one holiday to preserve statistical integrity, cuz people would get confused which one they get off.

Posted by: spudart on Nov 11, 04 | 11:55 am


Here are the days we get this year:

New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
President's Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Friday following Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Eve
Day After Christmas
New Year's Eve

Posted by: Tom on Nov 11, 04 | 2:32 pm


President's Day is supposed to be a merge of Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays. so that people would only get one day off, instead of two.

looks like Tom has to work on Christmas Day!

at school our calendar is different from you work-y people. i know we don't get minor holidays like Columbus Day or Veteran's Day or President's Day off. but we DO get MLK Jr Day off. and of course the major holidays. but in the case of Christmas, i get two weeks off. that encompasses New Year's Eve/Day. then a three-week semester break at the end of January. then one week off before Easter.

Posted by: laura on Nov 11, 04 | 7:03 pm


we get:
President's Day
Good Friday
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Friday After Thanksgiving
Christmas Holiday: December 24th through January 2nd

Posted by: l.wells on Nov 12, 04 | 7:18 am


we used to get our own personal holiday, our birthday. they changed it b.c if someones birthday was in the middle of the week, they would want to move it to a friday or a monday and then it just got messy... you can't change your birthday.

Posted by: l.wells on Nov 12, 04 | 7:22 am


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