¿Y mientras, que hacen los súbditos de su graciosa majestad?

Antes de 1834 se celebraban un total de 33 santos o fiestas religiosas, que se redujeron a 4 "Bank Holidays" o días en que hacen fiesta los "empleados de banca" y que resume las fiestas laborales:

Bank holidays 1871

England, Wales, Ireland	Scotland
	New Year's Day
Easter Monday	Good Friday
Whit Monday	First Monday in May
First Monday in August	First Monday in August
Boxing Day/St Stephen's Day	Christmas Day

Viernes Santo y Día de Navidad no se consideran "Bank Holidays" si no fiestas de derecho común.

El "Boxing Day" o Festividad de San Esteban al día siguiente de Navidad, si es una "Bank Holiday" y es fiesta como en muchos países del mundo (y como el Lunes de Pascua); igual que en Catalunya y alguna otra comunidad de España: pero no en las castellanas, que prefieren celebrar la vigilia de Navidad o Noche Buena (que le vamos a hacer...).

El total de festividades oficiales en Inglaterra y demás naciones del Reino Unido son:

Date	Name	Notes
1 January	New Year's Day	from 1974, by Royal proclamation annually[3][4][5][6]
17 March	St. Patrick's Day	Northern Ireland only (this was not an officially recognised public holiday in Northern Ireland until the peace process was signed and from thereon was recognised)
variable	Good Friday	Traditional Common law holiday[3][4][5][6]
	Easter Monday	Statutory bank holiday, defined by name.[12]
First Monday in May	May Day Bank Holiday	from 1978, by Royal proclamation annually[3][4][5][6]
Last Monday in May	Spring Bank Holiday	Statutory bank holiday from 1971,[12] following a trial period from 1965 to 1970. Replaced Whit Monday, which was formerly a public holiday whose date varied according to the date of Easter.[12][13][14] The legislation does not specify a name for the holiday, merely when it occurs.
12 July	Battle of the Boyne (Orangeman's Day)[15]	Northern Ireland only
Last Monday in August	Late Summer Bank Holiday	Statutory bank holiday from 1971,[12] following a trial period from 1965 to 1970. Replaced the first Monday in August (formerly commonly known as "August Bank Holiday".[3][6][12] The legislation does not specify a name for the holiday, merely when it occurs.
25 December	Christmas Day	Traditional Common law holiday[3][4][5][6]
26 December (see Notes)	Boxing Day	Statutory bank holiday. Legislation does not name the holiday, but states that it falls on "26th December, if it be not a Sunday."[12]
27 December	not named	Statutory bank holiday only in a year in which 25th or 26th December is a Sunday.[12] This has the effect of adding an extra holiday when Christmas Day or Boxing Day fall on a Sunday.

Coronel Von Rohaut