Actually Christmas Day isnt a Bank Holiday either  Bank Holidays were introduced by the Bank Holidays Act  and indeed were nothing to do with the Banks which prior to the Act didnt actually close  These introduced at that time  public holidays  in Scotland  When that act was passed Good Friday and Christmas Day were already established as days of rest and Christian Worship and thus did not neet to be included in the Act  Although there have been two additions to the Bank Holidays New years day and May Day and two other changes Whit Monday became fixed and August Bank holiday was moved to the end of August Good Friday and Christmas day are still excluded  It should be pointed out that since  Bank Holidays are no longer a statutory provision but are proclaimed annually by Royal Proclamation that is the  other than Good Friday and Christmas Day