Public holiday to give people time to recover after Hogmanay
2nd of January is a public holiday in Scotland
It only exists as a holiday in Scotland. Not r uk
Because fuck going back to work on the 2nd of January
It’s National Hangover day
Scots go harder on new year so it’s extra time to nurse the hangovers.
Up until the middle of the 20th century – Christmas Day wasn’t a holiday – good old Presbytetianism. Hogmanay was a big holiday for that reason as that’s when folk got that extra day off.
We never used to have christmas until 1958, Calvin & Knox widnae let us
It’s a public holiday in Scotland because they party so hard on Hogmanay, they need an extra day to recover.
Historically Scotland remained anti Christmas fun and celebrations longer than the rest of the UK and that resulted in Hogmanay becoming the larger event.
Christmas was banned for a while so we celebrated New Year instead and needed an extra day to recover.
We have kept the extra day as compensation.
It’s true, every other country goes straight from January 1st to January 3rd
It’s a public holiday in a lot of other countries too. Glad it’s a holiday here
ETA: I’ve lived in several countries before moving here, and all had 2nd January as a public holiday . Which is brilliant and much appreciated generally. So I’m surprised to find out it’s not one in rest of UK.
ETA(2): Don’t understand getting downvoted. Fact is: aye it is also a public holiday elsewhere. Fact. (And the earth is round) 🤣
As an Englishman who now lives in Scotland, January 1st is an absolute write off
My neighbours literally force-fed me whisky until 7am last Hogmanay.
January the second is a holiday in Scotland, but we trade it for Easter Monday, which, contrary to popular belief, is not a holiday in Scotland.
We need a holiday on January the 2nd to recover from New Years Eve, which usually extends considerably into January 1st.
It means, if you live in England, get the fuck back to work.
Every country has a 2nd Jan.
How else would they get to 3rd Jan?
Since I moved to Scotland I always thought that it originated because the Scottish party so hard on hogmanay that they needed two days off before going back to work
We need more time to drink and sober up.
Hogmanay has always been THE holiday up here. Christmas wasn’t even a public holiday in Scotland until the 60s.
The Free Church also didn’t celebrate Christmas at all back in the day and some of the more militant among them still don’t.
My mum’s auntie was one, she’d always scold my granny for celebrating it 🤦
Ah yes, national still hungover day.
We officially recognise the 2 day hangover
Obvious reasons as above, and we drank that much on hogmanay/new years we need a hair ay the dug on the 2nd! 😂😂
My bday. Always say that Jan 2 is worst day of the year for a bday (skint, knackered, back to work).
It’s also a public holiday in New Zealand. Probably from the Scots who came here.
2nd January is the worst day in the western world: everyone is broke from christmas and hungover from Hogmanay and new year partying.
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It’s a public holiday in Scotland
Public holiday to give people time to recover after Hogmanay
2nd of January is a public holiday in Scotland
It only exists as a holiday in Scotland. Not r uk
Because fuck going back to work on the 2nd of January
It’s National Hangover day
Scots go harder on new year so it’s extra time to nurse the hangovers.
Up until the middle of the 20th century – Christmas Day wasn’t a holiday – good old Presbytetianism. Hogmanay was a big holiday for that reason as that’s when folk got that extra day off.
We never used to have christmas until 1958, Calvin & Knox widnae let us
It’s a public holiday in Scotland because they party so hard on Hogmanay, they need an extra day to recover.
Historically Scotland remained anti Christmas fun and celebrations longer than the rest of the UK and that resulted in Hogmanay becoming the larger event.
Christmas was banned for a while so we celebrated New Year instead and needed an extra day to recover.
We have kept the extra day as compensation.
It’s true, every other country goes straight from January 1st to January 3rd
It’s a public holiday in a lot of other countries too. Glad it’s a holiday here
ETA: I’ve lived in several countries before moving here, and all had 2nd January as a public holiday . Which is brilliant and much appreciated generally. So I’m surprised to find out it’s not one in rest of UK.
ETA(2): Don’t understand getting downvoted. Fact is: aye it is also a public holiday elsewhere. Fact. (And the earth is round) 🤣
As an Englishman who now lives in Scotland, January 1st is an absolute write off
My neighbours literally force-fed me whisky until 7am last Hogmanay.
January the second is a holiday in Scotland, but we trade it for Easter Monday, which, contrary to popular belief, is not a holiday in Scotland.
https://www.mygov.scot/scotland-bank-holidays
We need a holiday on January the 2nd to recover from New Years Eve, which usually extends considerably into January 1st.
It means, if you live in England, get the fuck back to work.
Every country has a 2nd Jan.
How else would they get to 3rd Jan?
Since I moved to Scotland I always thought that it originated because the Scottish party so hard on hogmanay that they needed two days off before going back to work
We need more time to drink and sober up.
Hogmanay has always been THE holiday up here. Christmas wasn’t even a public holiday in Scotland until the 60s.
The Free Church also didn’t celebrate Christmas at all back in the day and some of the more militant among them still don’t.
My mum’s auntie was one, she’d always scold my granny for celebrating it 🤦
Ah yes, national still hungover day.
We officially recognise the 2 day hangover
Obvious reasons as above, and we drank that much on hogmanay/new years we need a hair ay the dug on the 2nd! 😂😂
My bday. Always say that Jan 2 is worst day of the year for a bday (skint, knackered, back to work).
It’s also a public holiday in New Zealand. Probably from the Scots who came here.
2nd January is the worst day in the western world: everyone is broke from christmas and hungover from Hogmanay and new year partying.
It’s a terrible day to have my birthday…
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