Show Many Holidays Mark Calendar In n Various Regions With January 1 I one of the most important holidays just around the corner did you ever stop to think than an unusual number of the days of each year are public holidays holidays hol hol- hol The number of ot holidays that you receive each year depends greatly upon the part Dart of the country in which you live for there are innumerable innumerable innumerable in in- numerable sectional holidays in addition addition ad ad- to the accepted national ob ob- ob Many of ot the Southern states for example still set et aside a day to commemorate the Civil War Columbus Day October 12 is a holiday in 29 states Kentucky and Tennessee are the only two states states- that observe both the birthdays of ot Lee and Lincoln and Easter Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day is a legal holiday in Texas Yet we Americans are arc not the best nor the worst as far as the number of ot holidays per year are concerned The largest number of ot holidays may be found in India where 50 bank holidays are observed observed observed ob ob- served yearly to meet the prejudices prejudices prejudices dices of the varied religions to be found there The least number of holidays is found you found you guessed it it-in it in Russia The USSR celebrates but five holidays yearly all Sundays having been abolished |