Holiday Guide for Jersey in 2019

Jersey information

Population: 100,800
Capital: Saint Hellier
Calling Code: (44)
Time Zone: 0 UTC
Currency: British pound
Language: English

	Tuesday January 1st New Year's Day Jersey: New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
	Friday April 19th Long Weekend! Good Friday Jersey: Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
	Monday April 22nd Long Weekend! Easter Monday Jersey: Easter is probably the most important holiday of the Christian year, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus
	Monday May 6th Long Weekend! May Bank Holiday Jersey: This is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and is celebrated on the first Monday in May
	Thursday May 9th Liberation day Jersey: Marks the end of the occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II on 9 May 1945
	Monday May 27th Long Weekend! Spring Bank Holiday Jersey: The second UK Bank Holiday in May which replaced Whit Monday in 1967
	Monday August 26th Long Weekend! Summer Bank Holiday Jersey: Known as the August bank Holiday in the United Kingdom
	Wednesday December 25th Christmas Day Jersey: Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
	Thursday December 26th Boxing Day Jersey: The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.

If a bank holiday falls on a weekend, a 'substitute' weekday becomes a bank holiday, normally the following Monday.