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    Monday january 1, 2024School holidaysSchool holidays
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    Monday january 1, 2024New Year's DaySecular holiday
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    Sunday january 28, 2024Paris Grand Prix d'AmériqueSports events
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    Monday january 29, 2024Tennis Open Sud de FranceSports events
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    Monday february 5, 2024Tennis Open 13 ProvenceSports events
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    Monday february 5, 2024Marseille Open 13 Tennis CupSports events
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    Friday february 9, 2024Regional holidaySecular holiday
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    Saturday february 10, 2024Chinese New Yearcards/flowers
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    Monday february 12, 2024Vinisud (even years only)Tradeshows
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    Wednesday february 14, 2024Valentine's Daycards/flowers
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    Saturday february 24, 2024Salon de l'AgricultureTradeshows
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    Sunday march 3, 2024Grandmothers Daycards/flowers
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    Monday march 11, 2024Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)cards/flowers
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    Thursday march 14, 2024Mondial du TourismeTradeshows
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    Thursday march 21, 2024Arbor Daycards/flowers
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    Friday march 22, 2024Paris Book Fair - Salon du LivreTradeshows
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    Sunday march 31, 2024EasterCatholic or protestant
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    Sunday march 31, 2024Daylight Saving TimeSpecial Events
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    Monday april 1, 2024April Fools Daycards/flowers
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    Monday april 1, 2024Easter MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Sunday april 7, 2024Marathon de ParisSports events
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    Wednesday april 10, 2024End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)cards/flowers
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    Friday april 19, 2024Festival du livre de ParisEvents, celebrations...
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    Tuesday april 23, 2024Printemps de BourgesEvents, celebrations...
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    Sunday april 28, 2024Deportation Daycards/flowers
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    Monday april 29, 2024Passovercards/flowers
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Foire de ParisTradeshows
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday may 8, 2024Festival de CannesEvents, celebrations...
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    Wednesday may 8, 2024Victory Day 1945Secular holiday
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    Thursday may 9, 2024AscensionCatholic or protestant
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    Friday may 10, 2024Abolition of Slaverycards/flowers
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    Sunday may 12, 2024Le Mans French MotoGP Grand PrixSports events
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    Monday may 13, 2024VinexpoTradeshows
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    Saturday may 18, 2024Women's Tennis Strasbourg CupSports events
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    Sunday may 19, 2024ATP Lyon Tennis OpenSports events
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    Monday may 20, 2024Whit MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Thursday may 23, 2024Abolition of SlaveryEvents, celebrations...
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    Sunday may 26, 2024French Tennis Open - Roland Garros (Paris)Sports events
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    Sunday may 26, 2024Mothers' Daycards/flowers
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    School holidays

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    Monday january 1, 2024
    School holidays : Please scroll to related regions to view local school calendars.
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    New Year's Day

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    Monday january 1, 2024
    Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Paris Grand Prix d'Amérique

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    Sunday january 28, 2024
    Sports events : Www.prix-amerique.com/ 2024 edition NOT confirmed

    Tennis Open Sud de France

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    Monday january 29, 2024
    Sports events : lasts 5 days -- in Montpellier 2024 edition confirmed

    Tennis Open 13 Provence

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    Monday february 5, 2024
    Sports events : lasts 6 days -- in Marseilles 2024 edition confirmed

    Marseille Open 13 Tennis Cup

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    Monday february 5, 2024
    Sports events : Www.atptennis.com 2024 edition confirmed

    Regional holiday

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    Friday february 9, 2024
    Secular holiday : Nice Carnaval - www.nicecarnaval.com lasts 2 weeks -- in Nice only - Southern France 2024 edition NOT YET confirmed

    Chinese New Year

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    Saturday february 10, 2024
    cards/flowers : At New Year during the night, the Jade Emperor conveyed all animals. Only 12 showed up. To thank them, Buddha dedicated one symbolic year per visitor. Each new born would inherit the relevant animal's characteristics.

    Vinisud (even years only)

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    Monday february 12, 2024
    Tradeshows : Lasts 3 days - https://www.foiresinfo.fr/Wine-M11633/Paris.html in Paris 2024 edition confirmed

    Valentine's Day

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    Wednesday february 14, 2024
    cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February

    Salon de l'Agriculture

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    Saturday february 24, 2024
    Tradeshows : Www.salon-agriculture.com/ lasts 10 days - in Paris 2024 edition confirmed

    Grandmothers Day

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    Sunday march 3, 2024
    cards/flowers : Depuis 1987

    Start of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Monday march 11, 2024
    cards/flowers :

    Mondial du Tourisme

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    Thursday march 14, 2024
    Tradeshows : Www.lemondeaparis.com/ Lasts 5 days - Porte de Versailles in Paris 2024 edition confirmed

    Arbor Day

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    Thursday march 21, 2024
    cards/flowers :

    Paris Book Fair - Salon du Livre

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    Friday march 22, 2024
    Tradeshows : Https://www.festivaldulivredeparis.fr/ lasts 4 days - in Paris 2024 edition NOT YET confirmed

    Easter

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    Sunday march 31, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday

    Daylight Saving Time

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    Sunday march 31, 2024
    Special Events : At 1:00 am local times

    April Fools Day

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    Monday april 1, 2024
    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.

    Easter Monday

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    Monday april 1, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
    Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.

    Marathon de Paris

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    Sunday april 7, 2024
    Sports events : Www.schneiderelectricparismarathon.com 2024 edition confirmed

    End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Wednesday april 10, 2024
    cards/flowers : The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran; a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, a number of other days. Allah desires for you ease; He desires not hardship for you; and that you should complete the period, and that you should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that perhaps you may be thankful [Wikipedia]

    Festival du livre de Paris

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    Friday april 19, 2024
    Culture : Https://www.festivaldulivredeparis.fr/ in the Palais éphémère in Paris 2024 edition NOT YET confirmed

    Printemps de Bourges

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    Tuesday april 23, 2024
    Culture : Http://www.printemps-bourges.com/ in Center France - song festival -lasts 6 days 2024 edition confirmed

    Deportation Day

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    Sunday april 28, 2024
    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 .

    Passover

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    Monday april 29, 2024
    cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus

    Foire de Paris

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    Wednesday may 1, 2024
    Tradeshows : Last 2 weeks - on the Porte de Versailles fair grounds - www.foiredeparis.fr 2024 edition confirmed

    Labor Day/May Day

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    Wednesday may 1, 2024
    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 .

    Festival de Cannes

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    Wednesday may 8, 2024
    Culture : Www.festival-cannes.fr lasts 12 days - in southern France 2024 edition NOT YET confirmed

    Victory Day 1945

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    Wednesday may 8, 2024
    Secular holiday : On the 7th of May 1945, at 2:41, a first act of German surrender was signed in Reims. The fighting stopped at 23:01, on the 8th of May, French time. The news was only officially broadcast in France the next day. Therefore, on the 8th of May, at 15:00, the bells of all of the churches in France officially rang out the end of the war, whilst General de Gaulle announced it on the radio. We have won the war. Victory is ours.

    Ascension

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    Thursday may 9, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.

    Abolition of Slavery

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    Friday may 10, 2024
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    Le Mans French MotoGP Grand Prix

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    Sunday may 12, 2024
    Sports events : Www.gpfrancemoto.com/ in Le Mans (Western France) 2024 edition confirmed

    Vinexpo

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    Monday may 13, 2024
    Tradeshows : Lasts 5 days - www.vinexpo.com/ wines & spirits in Paris 2024 edition NOT YET confirmed

    Women's Tennis Strasbourg Cup

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    Saturday may 18, 2024
    Sports events : Lasts 1 week www.internationaux-strasbourg.fr in Strasbourg 2024 edition NOT YET confirmed

    ATP Lyon Tennis Open

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    Sunday may 19, 2024
    Sports events : lasts 5 days -- in Lyons 2024 edition confirmed

    Whit Monday

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    Monday may 20, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry. Not a paid holiday. Due to a succession of gazetted decrees, this day MAY STILL BE A WORKING DAY in some institutions or businesses. Please double check.

    Abolition of Slavery

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    Thursday may 23, 2024
    Culture : Abolition of Slavery Day in French Overseas Territories: May 27 in Guadeloupe, May 22 in Martinique, June 10 in Guiana, Dec. 20 in Réunion Island, April 27 in Mayotte, May 23 in Metropolitan France (where it is not a public holiday) In fact, the second abolition decree was signed in Paris by Victor Schoelcher on April 27, 1848. The first decree had been signed in Paris by the French Revolution on Feb. 4, 1794, but had been cancelled by Napoleon on May 20, 1802.

    French Tennis Open - Roland Garros (Paris)

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    Sunday may 26, 2024
    Sports events : Lasts 2 weeks - www.rolandgarros.com 2024 edition confirmed

    Mothers' Day

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    Sunday may 26, 2024
    cards/flowers : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year. One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world. Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation.