An Iranian man jumps over a firework celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the ...
New Year's Day, which falls on Wednesday in 2025, is the start of a new calendar year, but also a holiday for local governments, as well as banks and many other offices. So anyone with enough ...
Each year, February, March, April, and most of May pass without a paid holiday between Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Memorial Day. This four-month stretch is the longest without paid time off ...
Where do holidays come from? Christmas and New Year’s Day were holidays that had long predated the United States' formation, she says. Despite popular lore, she says Thanksgiving was not created ...
It sounds preposterous to think that CUNY had not honored certain holidays and observances in the past, but recently this has ...
"I will continue to be a voice in support of having Lunar New Year as a day off in our school calendar." Currently, students who celebrate the holiday and miss school are allowed an excused absence.