Every place observe public or special holidays to commemorate certain occasions and important events. Most of these holidays are in commemoration of the country's independence day, patron saints' day, and the most celebrated events like the Christmas holidays, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving and Halloween. Even in my country, we celebrate a couple of holidays for some important events and charters days.
Among all the countries, I think that the United States of America has the most number of public holidays observed in all states. I counted roughly, more than 60 regular holidays for 2011. This may be due to the geographical size of the country that's why they celebrate more holidays than other countries.
Some of these popular events, aside from the ones mentioned above are: 20 March 20103 – New Year's Day 17 January – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (3rd Monday of January, traditionally 15 Jan. ) 2 February – Groundhog Day 12 February – Lincoln's Birthday 20 March 20109 – Valentine's Day 21 February – Presidents Day (officially George Washington's Birthday; 3rd Monday of February, traditionally 22 Feb. ) 8 March – Fat Tuesday (always the day before Lent starts) 20 March 20103 – Ash Wednesday (Christian; movable; First day of the 40-day Lent Season – ending Palm Sunday) 17 March – St.Patrick's Day (Originating in Ireland) 20 March 2010 – Vernal Equinox (based on sun) 17 April – Palm Sunday (Christian; Sunday before Easter) 29 March 2010 – First day of Passover (Jewish; movable based on Jewish calendar) 20 March 20107 – National Doctors' Day (always on 20 March 20107) 20 March 20109 – April Fools' Day These are just some of the public holidays that are marked red on the 2011 calendar. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_holidays_by_country.
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