↑ Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 36, Issue 214. Harper & Brothers. 1868. m/s. 521. In England Good-Friday and Christmas are the only close holidays of the year, when the shops are all closed and the churches opened.
↑ Petre, Jonathan (21 Mac 2008). "Good Friday gambling angers churches". The Telegraph. Bookmakers estimate that thousands of shops will be operating, even though Good Friday is one of three days in the year when no horse racing takes place.
↑ Stevens, Laura (29 Mac 2013). "In Germany, Some Want to Boogie Every Day of the Year". The Wall Street Journal. Every year on Good Friday, Germany becomes a little like the fictional town in the movie 'Footloose' – dancing is verboten. The decades old 'Tanzverbot,' or dance ban, applies to all clubs, discos and other forms of organized dancing in all German states.
