text: how many non-working legal holidays are there in the united states? because our country has 10. (not to mention those special holidays announced by the president.) is 10 too much or what? lol the post office is closed on these days - that should be pretty "official":  2006 holiday closing schedule:   monday, january 2 - new year's day   monday, january 16 - martin luther king jr's birthday   monday, february 20 - washington's birthday (president's day)   monday, may 29 - memorial day   tuesday, july 4 - independence day   monday, september 4 - labor day   monday, october 9 - columbus day   friday, november 10 - veterans day   thursday, november 23 - thanksgiving day   monday, december 25 - christmas day   monday, january 1, 2007 - new year's day