Hansel Monday in Scotland and Northern England
Hansel Monday in Scotland and Northern England is held on January 5. Celebrate the first Monday of the new year, give gifts at this time. This event in the first decade of the month January is annual. 
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These days, the first couple of weeks of January have become a traditional period of abstinence and broken resolutions: As the Christmas decorations are packed away, our bodies mysteriously refuse to be squeezed into clothes that fitted just fine a few weeks ago.
Our ancestors had a better way of dealing with the end of the festive period: Hansel (or Handsel) Monday, also known as Diluain Traoighte in Gaelic. Traditionally, Hansel Monday is the first Monday in January and is marked by giving small gifts, tips or tokens (known as handsels) to servants, children and beggars, or to someone you owe a debt of gratitude. If you are given silver on Hansel Monday you are guaranteed good luck with money for the rest of the year. However, you should never give someone a sharp object as this will cut apart your friendship.
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New Year's Eve party in Scotland on January 2
Handsel Monday in Scotland on January 5 (celebrated on the first Monday of the year);
Sausage Day in Clitheroe, Lancashire, UK on January 5
The Twelfth day of Christmas and the Twelfth Night of Christmas on January 5 (Western Christianity);
Distaff Day on January 7 (medieval Europe);
Margaret Thatcher Day on Falkland Islands on January 10
Portfolio Day in January on January 13