LAST EDITED ON Oct-08-02 AT 11:01 AM (EST)
 
Dec. 26th would not be a bank holiday here in the states. Most of our bank holidays are on a Monday, with the exception of Christmas day, New Years day, Thanksgiving day. Since our banks are not allowed to be closed for more than 3 consecutivce days, closing on a day after or before would be hard. If Christmas were to fall on a Thursday, and the bank closed for boxing day on friday, that would leave the bank closed 4 days (counting saturday and sunday). This would be against federal laws. Although in 1996, Christmas day fell on a Wed, the bank would still be open Dec 26th.