Talk:Christmas Sunday

Latest comment: 5 years ago by Timrollpickering in topic Origin of change
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TestcasesEdit

Samples with Template:Infobox holiday/date

December 26, 2010  (December 26, 2010)year: 2010date rule: Sunday after Christmasweek_ordinal = weekday = month =
January 01, 2012  (January 01, 2012)year: 2011date rule: Sunday after Christmasweek_ordinal = weekday = month =
December 30, 2012  (December 30, 2012)year: 2012date rule: Sunday after Christmasweek_ordinal = weekday = month =
December 29, 2013  (December 29, 2013)year: 2013date rule: Sunday after Christmasweek_ordinal = weekday = month =
December 28, 2014  (December 28, 2014)year: 2014date rule: Sunday after Christmasweek_ordinal = weekday = month =
December 27, 2015  (December 27, 2015)year: 2015date rule: Sunday after Christmasweek_ordinal = weekday = month =
January 01, 2017  (January 01, 2017)year: 2016date rule: Sunday after Christmasweek_ordinal = weekday = month =
December 31, 2017  (December 31, 2017)year: 2017date rule: Sunday after Christmasweek_ordinal = weekday = month =
December 30, 2018  (December 30, 2018)year: 2018date rule: Sunday after Christmasweek_ordinal = weekday = month =
December 29, 2019  (December 29, 2019)year: 2019date rule: Sunday after Christmasweek_ordinal = weekday = month =
December 27, 2020  (December 27, 2020)year: 2020date rule: Sunday after Christmasweek_ordinal = weekday = month =

See source for details.

Origin of changeEdit

"This change is believed to result from the legalisation of Sunday trading in England and Wales in 1994."

This is unsourced and dubious. My recollection is that the previous year saw 26th December fall on a Sunday for the first time in eleven years and usage was divided - notably the Radio Times and TV Times were in disagreement. I think the tradition of football matches on the 26th was already established. Timrollpickering 11:23, 24 December 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]