| New Year's Day - Saturday January 1, 2022 Secular holiday :
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| Berchtoldstag - Monday January 3, 2022 Secular holiday : A derivation of Middle High German berhttac or berhteltac, which translated the Greek epiphanias Only in Zurich, Bern, Luzern, Glarus, Zug, Freiburg, Solothurn, Schaffhau, Aarhau, Thurgau, Waadt. Also concerns Neuenburg and Jura if New Year fell on a Sunday [Wikipedia]
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| Christmas holiday (end) - Monday January 10, 2022 School holidays : Www.bern.ch
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Schooling is mandatory till age 16
Usually no school on Saturday
No uniform required
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Dates confirmed till Sep 2024; Further dates are projected dates based on previous years
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| Fall holiday (end) - Monday October 18, 2021 School holidays :
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| Onion festival - Monday November 22, 2021 Culture : Zibelemärit celebrates all things onion - and garlic. Artful wreaths, woven into braids, sometimes mixed with garlic to chase away Evil spirits and all kinds of figures made of onion are there for the taking. Sugar onion wreaths are wrapped around the neck like Hawaiian Leis. www.swiss-switzerland.com
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| Christmas holiday (beginning) - Thursday December 23, 2021 School holidays :
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| Christmas Day - Saturday December 25, 2021 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 Year’s Day on Christmas Day
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| St Stephen's Day - Sunday December 26, 2021 Catholic or protestant : Christian remembrance of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
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