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Monday december 25, 2023 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Tuesday december 26, 2023 | Boxing Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday january 1, 2024 | New Year's Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday january 8, 2024 | Christmas holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Tuesday february 13, 2024 | Carnival | Events, celebrations... | |
Wednesday february 14, 2024 | Valentine's Day | cards/flowers | |
Friday february 16, 2024 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday february 26, 2024 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Thursday march 28, 2024 | Easter holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Friday march 29, 2024 | Good Friday | Catholic or protestant | |
Sunday march 31, 2024 | Easter | Catholic or protestant | |
Christmas Day
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Monday december 25, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Years Day on Christmas Day.
Boxing Day
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Tuesday december 26, 2023
Catholic or protestant :
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
Christmas holiday (end)
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Monday january 8, 2024
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Carnival
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Tuesday february 13, 2024
Culture :
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
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday february 16, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday february 26, 2024
School holidays :
Easter holiday (beginning)
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Thursday march 28, 2024
School holidays :
Good Friday
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Friday march 29, 2024
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.
Easter
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday