Thursday, November 30, 2023

St Andrew's Day

Scotland’s official national day, the traditional celebration seems to originate from Malcolm III (1058 - 1093). It is thought that the ritual slaughter of animals, associated with the celebration of Samhain, was moved to this date to assure enough animals would survive the winter.


The day only became an official bank holiday in 2006, when the Scottish Parliament passed the ‘St. Andrew;s Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007’, although it is not a bank holiday in the traditional sense. Banks and schools can stay open, and businesses do not have to give their employees the day off.
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