It is Saturday, so, though not an official holiday, it is not a regular work day.
But 10 years after the fall of Suharto, dragon dances are no longer forbidden and the Chinese New Year is an official holiday.
The custom of selecting an official holiday theme began in the 1960s when First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy created a nutcracker-themed Christmas for her daughter Caroline.
And as a little bit of a history lesson, the custom of selecting an official holiday theme began in the 1960s when First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy created a nutcracker-themed Christmas for her daughter Caroline.
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In 1884, President Cleveland designated the first Monday in September as Labor Day and an official federal holiday.
Monday is the official King holiday, marking the slain civil rights leader's birthday.
Emancipation Day was made an official public holiday in the District of Columbia back in 2005, and it was also responsible for pushing back the tax filing deadline from April 16 to April 17 in 2007.
U.S. retailers can be happy about their performance on black Friday, the so-called official start of the holiday retail season.
King read the same statement when, in 1994, she asked congress to make the holiday an official national day of humanitarian service.
The day is being marked as a public holiday in Lebanon with official celebrations to mark the liberation.
Typically, retailers spend the weeks leading up to Black Friday and the official kick-off of the holiday shopping season plotting on how to coax shoppers inside their stores.
Halloween in the United States is an increasingly odd holiday, no longer child's play, but on this evening I was thinking about another holiday, this one official, that is coming up this week: Veterans Day.
One Korean-Chinese spent the May Day holiday visiting a relative, an official in Pyongyang.
For example, they would give tours when the official tours were not offered at all during holiday breaks or certain periods during the summer.
What is, however, sadly missing from the statement is a measure I and many others have been hoping for for the past ten years: an official declaration of September 11 as a national holiday: a day of mourning and a day to remember the principles of liberty for which we stand.
This official Bond Android phone's targeted for a holiday season release, so sit tight if you want to go all in on this Xperia.
According to official estimates, about 90, 000 Germans make a holiday trip to Wales at the moment.
The holiday shopping season got off to a good official start this past weekend.
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"Prince Harry has been on a private holiday before he resumes his military duties, " said a palace official, declining to be named in line with protocol.
The Y2K Cooperation Center warned that The Gambia's official computer systems could still face problems when normal work resumes after the new year holiday.
The iPhone 5 is expected to be one of, if not the hottest technology item going into the holiday shopping season, and as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) gets closer to the official launch of the phone, we are starting to hear more and more about which names will benefit from the release of the phone.
Last year, Gov. Patrick signed the sales tax holiday law on July 31, the last day of the legislative session, giving taxpayers two weeks official notice before it started on Aug. 14th.
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An official report puts the blame on hospitals for having too few beds available in August, family doctors for going on holiday and poor co-ordination between government departments but spares the government itself.
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