Holidays - Topics

April Fools' pranks that fooled the whole internet Surviving holiday gatherings with difficult relatives Blue laws: the places that still close on Sunday What a week-long national holiday does to rail and road capacity Shorter working hours in Ramadan and the productivity argument Why the United States has no federal minimum for paid holiday Why some governments move weekend days to build a seven-day break Why Easter moves every year while Ramadan moves earlier Long weekends move exhaustion around rather than removing it Filming a gift unboxing ruins the surprise for everyone watching Time and a half: who actually gets holiday pay? Bank holidays are not the same thing as public holidays How are holidays and summer breaks split in an access order? Songkran water fights and the locals who leave town for the week Dia de Muertos and the annual confusion with Halloween Why do South Africans dress up for Heritage Day? Black Friday crept from one day to a fortnight Who decides when a country gets a new national holiday? Why do Latin American children get presents on Three Kings Day? Why does the new year start on January 1? School summer holidays and the childcare gap they open What is the Day of the Dead and how does it differ from Halloween? How do you split holidays fairly between stepchildren and biological children? How is the date of Easter worked out in the Gregorian calendar? Where did the piñata tradition actually come from? Why is a quinceañera such a big deal in Latin American families? How do you prepare children for the first holiday after a separation? Why do Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7? What makes Anzac Day more than a military anniversary? Why do Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in October? Why does Australia celebrate Christmas in the middle of summer? Why did New Zealand make Matariki a public holiday?