My co-worker and I were just looking at the calendar and realized there was a "Day After New Year's Day" on the 2nd (duh) in New Zealand. What the heck is it? I've found it listed all over the place, but no definition! I haven't seen any listings that indicate they celebrate New Year's Eve, so is it their version of the American "New Year's Eve" and "New Year's Day"?
2007-12-07 09:01:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
First dreaded workday of the year. In the US, its National Hangover day.
2007-12-07 09:05:02 · answer #1 · answered by Steve C 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
New Zealand uses the same calendar as most of the English speaking countries so their New Year's is the same as in the US. They just have called the day after New Year's day a public holiday. Much like the Friday after Thanksgiving.
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2007-12-07 09:10:11 · answer #2 · answered by The man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only about 5 countries celebrate the Day After New Year's Day.
http://www.oanda.com/cgi/world_holiday.pl?hdnAction=view_holiday&holiday_id=360&year=2006
2007-12-07 09:15:42 · answer #3 · answered by afreeman20035252 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree the 2nd January should be a holiday as the 1 is course i'm on salary
2014-12-31 04:20:22 · answer #4 · answered by John 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dunno but doesnt it seem like it would be smarter to have off work the day after new years than actually on new years i mean most people party that night not as much the night before i dunno one of those things i always wondered about
2007-12-07 09:11:50 · answer #5 · answered by jas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uh, january 2nd.... are you serious?
2007-12-07 09:03:48 · answer #6 · answered by charlton_g_w 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋