Public Holidays are days in a year which are commonly made into law by lawmakers of a nation to be nonworking days or special days throughout year. The public holidays are usually non working days of festivity of a major traditional event either a religious festivity like Easter Holiday or a particular day of the year or follow other sorts of calendar much like the Lunar Calendar.

Numerous wide-spread public holidays commemorated through out the globe are mentioned below:

• New Year Holiday - is recognized on 1st of January, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar besides the Julian calendar used in ancient Rome. As the new year starts at the stroke of midnight, it is commonly celebrated with fireworks. It is the closest thing to being the world’s only truly world wide public holiday as almost all countries are using the Gregorian calendar as their principal calendar.
  
  
• Labour Day Holiday is an annual public holiday which is commemorated in almost all part of the world to commemorate the economic and social accomplishments of workers. Labour Day is also referred to as May Day Public Holiday and has its beginnings in the labour union movement, specially the eight-hour day movement. The precise date of the Labour Day public holiday differs from one country or state to another because it is fixed by the individual state and territory governments.
  
  
• An Independence Day is commemorated each year commemorating the anniversary of a nation’s assumption of independent statehood, often after ceasing to be a colony or being part of another nation or state. Practically in most countries, independence day is declared as a national holiday. However, some countries observe other national days either as opposed to or in addition to an independence day.
  
  
• Easter Holidays are commemorated by Christians living everywhere to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter monday is usually declared as a public holiday.
  
  
• Christmas has grown into the most important public holiday celebration with people celebrating as joyful holiday with lively parties and offering presents to each other.
  
  
• Eid al-Fitr is one of the two (Eid al-Adha is the other holiday) most important Islamic holiday, celebrated by Muslims everywhere to mark the conclusion of fasting in Ramadan.