Public holidays are New Year's Day (Jan. 1), Independence Day (Feb. 22), Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour Day (May 1), Whitmonday (7th Mon. after Easter), Corpus Christi (8th Thurs. after Easter), Emancipation Day (1st Mon. in Aug.), Carnival (3rd Mon. and Tues. in July), Thanksgiving Day (Oct. 25), National Day (Dec. 13), Christmas, and Boxing Day (Dec. 26).