Editing Holiday (section)

==Public holidays==
{{Main|Public holidays}}

===Substitute holidays===
If a holiday coincides with another holiday or a [[weekend]] day a substitute holiday may be recognised in lieu. In the United Kingdom the government website states that "If a bank holiday is on a weekend, a 'substitute' weekday becomes a bank holiday, normally the following Monday.", and the list of bank holidays for  the year 2020 includes Monday 28 December as "[[Boxing Day]] (substitute day)", as 26 December is a Saturday.<ref name="ukbank">{{cite web |title=UK bank holidays |url=https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays |access-date=7 February 2020 |website=gov.uk}}</ref> The process of moving a holiday from a weekend day to the following Monday is known as '''Mondayisation''' in New Zealand.<ref name="smith">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Bridget |last2=Oldfield |first2=Tim |date=3 May 2013 |title=Happy holidays: the 'Mondayisation' of public holidays |url=https://www.sbmlegal.co.nz/Publications/Article.aspx?articleId=42 |access-date=7 February 2020 |publisher=SBM Legal}}</ref>

===National days===
{{See also|National day}}

National days are days of significance to a nation or nation state. National days are typically celebratory of a state's independence (e.g. [[Independence Day (United States)|4 July in the US]]), founding or unification (e.g. [[German Unity Day]]), the commemoration of a revolution (e.g. [[Bastille Day]] in France) or liberation (e.g. [[Liberation Day (Channel Islands)|9 May in the Channel Islands]]), or the feast day for a [[patron saint]] (e.g. [[Saint Patrick's Day|St Patrick's Day]] in Ireland) or ruler (e.g. 5 December in Thailand). Belgium's national day, on the 21st of July, commemorates the [[oath of office]] of [[Leopold I of Belgium|the first King of the Belgians]] (an uncle of the then-future [[Queen Victoria]]), i.e., so to say, the day Belgium became a kingdom by ending the initial [[interregnum]]. Every country other than Denmark and the United Kingdom observes a national day.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fisher |first=Max |date=26 February 2013 |title=A surprising map of the world's national holidays (only two countries have no national day) |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/02/26/a-surprising-map-of-the-worlds-national-holidays-only-two-countries-have-no-national-day/}}</ref> In the UK, constituent countries have official or unofficial national days associated with their patron saint. A [[British National Day|British national day]] has often been proposed, such as the date of the [[Acts of Union 1707]] (1 May) or the [[King's Official Birthday]], but never adopted.<ref name="BBCBD">{{cite news |date=2007-06-05 |title=Ministers proposing 'Britain Day' |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6721239.stm |accessdate=2009-07-08}}</ref>

Other days of national importance exist, such as one to celebrate the country's military or [[veteran]]s. For example, Armistice Day (11 November) is recognised in World War I Allied nations (and across [[Commonwealth of Nations|the Commonwealth]]) to memoralise those lost in the World Wars. National leaders will typically attend remembrance ceremonies at national memorial sites. Maybe surprisingly, World War II Armistice Day (and victory against [[Nazism]]) day, on 8 May, is much less celebrated.