Aruba : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Sunday June 19, 2022 | Fathers' Day | cards/flowers | |
Friday July 29, 2022 | Summer holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Wednesday August 17, 2022 | Summer holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Friday September 30, 2022 | Fall holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday October 10, 2022 | Fall holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Tuesday December 6, 2022 | Saint Nicholas | cards/flowers | |
Friday December 16, 2022 | Christmas holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday December 26, 2022 | Boxing Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Fathers' Day
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Sunday June 19, 2022
cards/flowers :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday July 29, 2022
School holidays :
Summer holiday (end)
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Wednesday August 17, 2022
School holidays :
Fall holiday (beginning)
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Friday September 30, 2022
School holidays :
Fall holiday (end)
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Monday October 10, 2022
School holidays :
Saint Nicholas
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Tuesday December 6, 2022
cards/flowers : A festival for children related to surviving legends of the saint, and particularly his reputation as a bringer of gifts.
Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Friday December 16, 2022
School holidays :
Christmas Day
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Sunday December 25, 2022
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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Monday December 26, 2022
Catholic or protestant :