In England and Wales in 2016, the Christmas and Boxing Day bank holidays happen in the wrong order: https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays
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Monday 26 December 2016: Boxing Day bank holiday Tuesday 27 December 2016: Christmas Day bank holiday
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Subtle algorithmic implications: "If a bank holiday is on a weekend, a ‘substitute’ weekday becomes a bank holiday, normally the Monday"
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If a BH *doesn't* fall on a weekend, as Boxing Day does in 2016, we do *not* move it. Christmas must be slotted in on the second pass
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Of course the really insane edge case is when Good Friday falls on a weekend
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Or when Halloween falls on a Friday 13th, which is extra frightening on several levels
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