| Easter holiday (beginning) - Friday March 23, 2018 School holidays :
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| Maundy Thursday - Thursday March 29, 2018 Catholic or protestant : Maundy Thursday: Commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist (Lord's Supper).
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| Good Friday - Friday March 30, 2018 Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
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| Easter - Sunday April 1, 2018 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Easter holiday (end) - Tuesday April 3, 2018 School holidays :
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| St George (Cáceres only) - Tuesday April 23, 2019 Secular holiday :
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| Labor Day/May Day - Tuesday May 1, 2018 Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
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| Summer holiday (beginning) - Friday June 22, 2018 School holidays :
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| St John's Day (Badajoz only) - Sunday June 24, 2018 Secular holiday :
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| St Peter (Badajoz only) - Friday June 29, 2018 Culture :
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| Assumption - Wednesday August 15, 2018 Catholic : Dogma defined by the Catholic Church on November 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII declared that at the end of her life, Mary's body and soul were assumed into Heaven.
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| Extremadura Day - Saturday September 8, 2018 Secular holiday :
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| Summer holiday (end) - Monday September 10, 2018 School holidays :
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