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The Netherlands has several main holidays. The holidays in the Netherlands are: Good Friday (the Friday before Easter) is not a National Holiday. However, most (semi-)governmental organizations, banks, and insurers honour this day with a day off work. If time off is given on this day, it is usually a mandatory day off work, subtracted from workers' holidays, whereas other national holidays do not count towards paid holiday allowance. The government also recognizes the period between Christmas and New Year as "equivalent" to holidays for the purpose of filings/payments to or by the government; if a term ends on such a day, the term is extended. If either First or Second Christmas Day falls on a weekend (i.e., Saturday or Sunday), there is no additional weekday given in exchange. That is, in years where First Christmas Day is a Saturday, there are no national Christmas holidays at all. Also in the south of the Netherlands carnival is celebrated. Though not an official holiday, many people in the south take the week off to celebrate. Recently, there has been some debate over whether or not the Islamic holiday of ''Eid ul-Fitr'' (''Suikerfeest'' in Dutch) should be a national holiday. This was met by opposition from political parties such as the PVV and SGP, although many others had no problems with it. For now, ''Eid ul-Fitr'' is not an official national holiday, but it usually justifies a day off for Islamic employees. Those opposed to this proposition say that there are enough national holidays as it is.〔http://www.iamsterdam.com/en-GB/experience/plan-your-trip/practical-info/public-holidays〕 ==See also== * Public holidays in Belgium * Public holidays in France 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Public holidays in the Netherlands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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