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What are the official state holidays? While each state sets its own holiday schedule, the following holidays are observed by all 50 states: New Year’s Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Veterans Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day; Most states add a few more holidays to their schedules, including Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. See Part-time employees who have a holiday fall on a day when they wouldn’t normally be working don’t get a replacement day off. Private Sector Employers And Federal Holidays. Things are totally different for employers in the private sector. Private employers aren’t required by federal law to give employees any of the federal holidays off. And this year, Valentine’s Day festivities will likely be spread out across three days for many who celebrate, since the holiday falls on a Friday. Valentine’s Day 2025 will fall on Friday December has just one federal holiday: Christmas Day. This is the only federal holiday with any religious affiliation and therefore has been contentious. In years when January 1st (New Year's Day) is on a Saturday, the holiday is observed on the preceding day (December 31st). As a result, December 2021 will have two federal holidays. New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day are the most common paid holidays. If you work those days, you might receive holiday pay. For federal workers, paid holidays also include Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday, Juneteenth, "Columbus Day" (also observed as Indigenous (See 5 CFR 550.103.) (See above section entitled "Holiday Tour of Duty" regarding the treatment of a regularly scheduled daily tour that covers a portion of two calendar days (i.e., overlapping tour consisting of part of a holiday calendar day and part of a non-holiday calendar day) as being "on" a holiday only if the tour commences on the More Information about U.S. Business Holidays. Some employers in the U.S. create additional employee holidays, such as a floating holiday or the employee’s birthday. They may also observe one or more of the following holidays based on industry, custom, or tradition: New Year’s Eve, Presidents Day, Easter, Columbus Day, Christmas Eve. Due to this, Valentine’s Day being considered a holiday has become a stable and quite enormous source of income for many retail companies like Walmart, Hallmark and local flower shops, just to name a few. § 800.203 Business day. The term business day means Monday through Friday, except the legal public holidays specified in 5 U.S.C. 6103, any day declared to be a holiday by federal statute or executive order, or any day with respect to which the U.S. Office of Personnel Management has announced that Federal agencies in the Washington, DC, area are closed. By law, five of the 11 Federal Reserve holidays — Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Labor Day and Columbus Day — take place on a Monday, and Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday. The remaining holidays occur on fixed dates and periodically fall on a weekend (although that won’t be the case for any in 2025). Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated every February 14; this year Valentine's Day falls on a Friday. Across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts Valentine’s Day is the holiday (February 14) when lovers express their affection with greetings and gifts. It may have had beginnings in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, which celebrated the coming of spring and included fertility rites and other activities, but the origin of the holiday is vague at best. Valentine's Day as a Commercial Holiday Valentine's Day is no longer part of the official liturgical calendar of any Christian church; it was dropped from the Catholic calendar in 1969. Its not a feast, a celebration, or a memorial of any martyrs. Here's how it started Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the ancient Romans had bloodier, drunker and more naked notions to mark the occasion. February 14, more commonly known as Valentine’s Day, is famous around the world for being a day focused on celebrating love. On Valentine’s Day, many couples exchange cards, candy, chocolate, and flowers, and often go on special date nights to celebrate the day. Valentine’s Day is now a big deal even in India. Despite it not being an official holiday, couples rush to restaurants to enjoy some alone time with their partner and relish a delicious meal. But this trend is shifting, scroll down to read. One of the most visible impacts of Valentine’s Day is on the retail sector. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), Valentine’s Day spending in the United States was projected to reach an astounding $23.9 billion in 2021, marking it as one of the highest-grossing holidays for retailers. Valentine’s Day is widely recognized as a celebration of love and affection, but the origins of the day are somewhat ambiguous. As the holiday evolved from a blend of Roman rituals, Christian traditions, and medieval courtly love through centuries, chocolates and flowers became nearly synonymous with February 14. But why are these two items the default symbols of romance on Valentine’s Day The first federal holiday of the year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, is exactly two weeks away, giving many their second day off of the year. Valentine’s Day, July 4th and Halloween all land on a "Valentine’s Day is returning to its romantic traditions, with total spending on significant others for the holiday expected to reach a record $14.2 billion in 2024," according to the annual
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