World Holidays / Office Closures 2017 Note that some offices close early the day prior to a holiday North America Finland Sweden Japan New Year's Day 1 Jan New Year's Day 1 Jan New Year's Day 1-3 Jan Canada Epiphany 6 Epiphany 6 Coming of Age Day 9 New Year's Day (observed) 2nd Jan Good Friday 14 April Good Friday 14 April National Foundation Day 11 Feb Family Day (BC) 13th Feb Easter Monday 17 Easter Monday 17 Vernal Equinox Day 20 Mar Family Day (ON) 20th Feb Labor Day 1 May Labour Day 1 May Showa Day 29 Apr Good Friday (ON) 14th April Ascension 25 Ascension Day 25 Constitution Day 3 May Easter Monday (QC) 17th April Christmas Eve/Christmas 24-25 Dec National Day (Sverifes nationaldag) 6 Jun Greenery Day 4 Victoria Day 22nd May Second Day of Christmas 26 Midsummer Eve 23 Children's Day 5 St. Jean Baptiste Day (QC)(observed) 26th Jun All Saints Day 4 Nov Marine Day 17 Jul Canada Day (observed) 3rd Jul France Christmas Eve/Christmas 24 Dec Mountain Day 11 Aug Civic Holiday (ON, BC) 7th Aug New Year's Day 1 Jan Christmas Day 25 Dec Respect for the Aged Day 18 Sep Labour Day 4th Sep New Years Day holiday 2 Jan Second Day of Christmas 26 Dec Autumnal Equinox 23 Thanksgiving 9th Oct Easter Monday 17 April Physical Fitness Day 9 Oct Christmas 25th Dec Labour Day 1 May Switzerland Culture Day 3 Nov Boxing Day (ON) 26th Dec V-E Day 8 New Year's Day 1 Jan Labor Thanksgiving Day 23 Ascension 25 St. Berchtold's Day 2 Emperor's Birthday 23 Dec United States of America Whit Monday 5 June Good Friday 14 April Year End Holiday 31 New Year's Day (observed) 2 Jan Bastille Day 14 Jul Easter Monday 17 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 16 Jan Assumption Day 15 Aug Sechselaeten (half day) 24 April South Korea Presidents' Day 20 Feb All Saints Day 1 Nov Labor Day 1 May New Year's Day 1 Jan Good Friday 14 Apr Armistace Day 11 Ascension Day 25 Lunar New Year (Sollar) 27-30 Feb Memorial Day 29 May Christmas 25 Dec Whit Monday 5 June Independence Movement Day 1 Mar Independence Day 4 Jul St Stephen Day 26 National Day (Bundesfeier) 1 Aug Labor Day 1 May Labor Day 4 Sep Kanbenschiessen (1/2 Day) 11 Sep Buddha's Birthday 3 May Thanksgiving 23-24 Nov Germany Christmas 25 Dec Children's Day 5 May Christmas 25 Dec New Years Day 1 Jan St Stephens Day 26 Dec Memorial Day 6 Jun Good Friday 14 April Independence Day 15 Aug Easter Monday 17 United Arab Emirates National Foundation Day 3 Oct Labour Day 1 May New Year's Day 1 Jan Thanksgiving Day (Chuseok) 4-8 Oct Ascension 25 Israa & Miaraj Night 24 April Hangeul Day (Korean Alphabet Day) 9 Oct Whit Monday 5 June Eid-al-Fitr 26 June Presidential Election Day 20 Dec German Unity Day 3 Oct Eid Al Fitr Holiday (probable holiday) 27-28 June Christmas 25 Dec Christmas 25 Dec Arafat (Haj) Day 31 Aug St Stephen Day 26 Eid-al-Adha 1-3 Sep New Zealand Hijra (Islamic New Year) 21 New Year's Day 1 Jan Central and South America Martyrs Day 30 Nov Day after New Year's Day 2 Prophet Mohammed's Birthday 1 Dec New Year's Day (observed) 3 Brazil Italy National Day 2 Dec Auckland Anniversary Day 30 New Year's Day 1 Jan New Years Day 1 Jan Waitangi Day 6 Feb Carnival 27-28 Feb Epiphany 6 United Kingdom Good Friday 14 Apr Ash Wednesday 1 Mar Easter Monday 17 April New Year's Day 1 Jan Easter Monday 17 Good Friday 14 April Liberation Day 25 New years day observed 2 Jan ANZAC Day 25 Apr Tiradentes Day 21 Apr Labour Day 1 May Good Friday 14 April Queen's Birthday 5 Jun Labour Day 1 May Republic Day 2 Jun Easter Monday 17 Labour Day 23 Oct Corpus Christi 15 June Assumption Day 15 Aug May Bank Holiday 1 May Christmas 25 Dec State Rebellion Day 9 Jul All Saints Day 1 Nov Spring Bank Holiday 29 Boxing Day 26 Independence Day 7 Sep Feast of St. Ambrose 7 Dec Summer Bank Holiday 28 Aug Office closure 27-29 Our Lady of Aparecida 12 Oct Immacultate Conception Day 8 Christmas Day 25 Dec All Saint's Day 1 Nov Christmas 25 Boxing Day 26 Singapore All Souls' Day 2 New Year's Day 2 Jan Republic Day 15 Luxembourg Chinese New Year (make up day TBC) 28 Jan Zumbi dos Palmares Day 20 New Year's Day 1 Jan Asia-Pacific The day following the Chinese New Year 30 Jan Christmas 25 Dec Good Friday 14 April Good Friday 14 Apr Easter Monday 17 Australia Labour Day 1 May Chile Labor Day 1 May New Year's Day 1 Jan Vesak Day 10 May New Year's Day 1 Jan Ascension 25 New Year's Day - Additional Observed Holiday 2 The day following the Hari Raya Puasa (End of Ramadan)26 June Good Friday 14 April Whit Monday 5 Jun Australia Day 26 National Day 9 Aug Labour Day 1 May National Day 23 Jun Good Friday 14 Apr Hari Raya Haji 1 Sep Navy Day 21 Assumption Day 15 Aug Easter Monday 17 Deepavali 18 Oct St. Peter and St. Paul 29 Jun Christmas 25 Dec ANZAC Day 25 Apr Christmas 25 Dec Our Lady of Mount Carmel 16 Jul St Stephen Day 26 Queen's Birthday 12 Jun Assumption Day 15 Aug Labour Day 2 Oct Taiwan Independence Day 18 Sep Netherlands Christmas 25 Dec New Year's Day 2 Jan Army Day 19 New Year's Day 1 Jan Boxing Day 26 Spring Festival / Lunar New Year 27-1 Jan-Feb Columbus Day 12 Oct Easter Monday 17 April Office closure 27-29 Bridge Day / Peace Memorial Day 27-28 Feb Reformation Day 31 King's Birthday 27 Tomb Sweeping Day 3-4 Apr All Saints Day 1 Nov Ascension 25 May China Labour Day 1 May Immaculate Conception 8 Dec Whit Monday 5 Jun New Year's Day 1 Jan Dragon Boat Festival 29-30 May Christmas 25 Christmas 25 Dec New Year's Day(observed) 2 Moon Festival (mid-Autumn festival) 4 Oct St Stephens Day 26 Dec Spring Festival / Lunar New Year 27-31 National Day 9-10 Oct Mexico Tomb-Sweeping Day 4 Apr New Year's Day 1 Jan Norway Labour Day 1 May Thailand New Year's Day (Public Holiday) 2 New Year's Day 1 Jan Dragon Boat Festival 30 New Year’s Day 2 Jan Constitution Day 6 Feb Maundy Thursday 13 April China National Day 1-3 Oct Special Holiday 3 Benito Juarez's birthday 20 Mar Good Friday 14 Mid-Autumn Day 4 Makha Bucha Day 13 Feb Holy Thursday / Good Friday 13/14 Easter Monday 17 China National Day (Observed) 5 Chakri Day 6 Apr Labour Day 1 May Labour Day 1 May Songkran Festival 13-14 Apr Independence Day 16 Sep Constitution Day 17 Hong Kong Substitution for National Labour Day 1 May Day of the Races 12 Oct Ascension Day 25 New Year's Day 2 Jan Coronation Day 5 May Day of the Dead 2 Nov Whitmonday 5 June The third day of Lunar New Year 30 Jan Visakha Bucha Day 10 May Revolution Day 20 Christmas 25 Dec The fourth day of Lunar New Year 31 Jan Asahna Bucha Day 10 Jul Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe 12 Dec Boxing Day 26 Ching Ming Festival 4 Apr H.M. the Queen’s Birthday 14 Aug Christmas 25 Good Friday 14 Chulalongkorn Day 23 Oct South Africa Easter Monday 17 H.M. King's Birthday 5 Dec New Year's Day 1 Jan Labour Day 1 May Constitution Day 11 Dec Europe, Middle East, and Africa Public Holiday 2 Jan Buddha's Birthday 3 Human Rights Day 21 Mar Tuen Ng Festival 30 Belgium Good Friday 14 April The day following the National Day Festival 2 Oct New Year's Day 1 Jan Family Day 17 The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 5 Easter Monday 17 April Freedom Day 27 Christmas Day 25 Dec Labour Day 1 May Labour Day 1 May The first weekday after Christmas Day 26 Ascension 25 Youth Day 16 June Whit Monday 5 June National Women's Day 9 Aug India Independence Day 21 Jul Heritage Day (public holiday) 25 Sep Republic Day 26 Jan Assumption Day 15 Aug Day of Reconciliation 16 Dec Holi 13 Mar All Saints Day 1 Nov Christmas Day 25 Gudi Padwa 28 Mar Armistice Day 11 Nov Day of Good Will 26 Good Friday 14 Apr Christmas 25 Dec Labour Day 1 May Spain Id-Ul-Fitr 26 June Denmark New Years Day 1 Jan Independence Day 15 Aug New Year's Day 1 Jan New Years Day Public Holiday 2 Jan Ganesh Chaturthi 25 Aug Good Friday 14 April Epiphany 6 Jan Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti 2 Oct Easter Monday 17 Saint Joseph's Day 19 Mar Diwali - Laxmi Puja 19 Oct Prayer Day 12 May Maundy Thursday 13 April Diwali - Bali Pratipada 20 Oct Ascension 25 May Good Friday 14 Christmas 25 Dec Whit Monday 5 Jun Labour Day 1 May Constitution Day 5 Jun Community Festival of Madrid 2 Christmas Eve/Christmas 24/25 Dec Feast of St Isidro 15 Second Day of Christmas 26 Corpus Christi 15 Jun New Year's Eve 31 Assumption of Mary 15 Aug Hispanic Day 12 Oct All Saints Day 1 Nov Our Lady of the Almudena 9 Constitution Day 6 Dec Immaculate Conception 8 Christmas 25.