| April Fools Day - Wednesday April 1, 2020 cards/flowers : As the story goes, in 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day, instead of the last week of March which was previously observed. In 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.
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| Pascua Florida Day - Thursday April 2, 2020 cards/flowers : Anniversary of the discovery of Florida in 1513 by Juan Ponce de León, who was looking for gold and the Fountain of Youth. He probably named the land Pascua Florida because the date was near Easter ( Pascua in Spanish) Florida
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| Mother's Day - Saturday April 6, 2019 cards/flowers :
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| Toussaint Louverture Anniversary - Tuesday April 7, 2020 cards/flowers : A former slave who became a general in the French army of Napoleon, Toussaint Louverture (1743 - 1803)established a new constitution of the Dominican Republic.
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| Optional holiday - Thursday April 11, 2019 cards/flowers : Centennial of the government in exile
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| Maundy Thursday - Thursday April 18, 2019 cards/flowers :
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| Good Friday - Friday April 19, 2019 cards/flowers :
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| Passover - Friday April 19, 2019 cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus NOT a public holiday
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| Arbor Day - Tuesday April 21, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 22, 2019 cards/flowers : from 2014 onwards
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| Orthodox Holy Saturday - Saturday April 27, 2019 cards/flowers : Great Saturday – ts’iteli parask’evi
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| Deportation Day - Sunday April 28, 2019 cards/flowers : In the early 1950s, former deportees or their families wanted a national celebration for preserving the memory of the deportation.
The law of 14 April 1954, unanimously passed by the French Parliament has responded to the need to preserve the memory of the deportation by creating the National Day of Remembrance of the victims and heroes of the deportation . Not a public holiday
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 29, 2019 cards/flowers :
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