| New Year's Day - Saturday January 1, 2022 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
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| Christmas holiday (end) - Monday January 3, 2022 School holidays : Www.ac-guadeloupe.fr
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| Summer sales - Saturday October 9, 2021 Special Events : Last 5 weeks
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| All Saints (beginning) - Wednesday October 20, 2021 School holidays :
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| All Saints' Day - Monday November 1, 2021 Catholic : The day now honors all saints of the church, even those not known by name. The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. Boniface dedicated it as the Church of Santa Maria Rotonda in honor of the Blessed Virgin and all martyrs. During Pope Gregory III's reign (731-741), the festival was expanded to include all saints and a chapel in St. Peter's church was dedicated accordingly. Pope Gregory IV officially designated the day in 837. (World Book Encyclopedia)
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| All Saints (end) - Wednesday November 3, 2021 School holidays :
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| Discovery Day - Thursday November 11, 2021 Secular holiday : St. Maarten/St. Martin was spotted by Christopher Columbus on November 11, 1493, during his second voyage to the New World, and it was named for St. Martin of Tours, on whose feast day it was seen. That date is now used to celebrate the ties between the 16-square-mile Dutch side and the 21-square-mile French side. Not a paid holiday
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| Winter holiday (beginning) - Saturday December 18, 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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