Europe's Top Ten public holidays

Slim Summer Saturday Europe's Top Ten public holidays (ranked by how many different countries/territories observe them) (not definitive because dates change) (somewhat subjective because it's complicated) 1) New Year's Day (January 1st) 2) Christmas Day (December 25th) 3) May Day/Labour Day (May 1st, or nearby Monday) 4) Boxing Day (26th December) 5) Easter Monday (this year 6th April) 6) Good Friday (this year 3rd April) 7) Whit Monday (this year 25th May, or nearby Monday) 8) Christmas Eve (December 24th) 9) Assumption (August 15th) 10) Ascension Day (this year 14th May) England observes the top seven (plus the late August bank holiday). Germany observes the top seven (plus Ascension Day and the Day of German Unity). France and Spain observe the top three (but not Boxing Day or Good Friday). Protestant and Catholic countries cluster somewhat differently. Ascension Day: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein,…