Bounty Day
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Thursday june 8, 2023
Secular holiday :
King's Birthday
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Monday june 12, 2023
Secular holiday : King Charles III was born on 14 November, 1948. It is observed on various dates across the Commonwealth to fit with each country’s public holiday calendar.
Winter holiday (beginning)
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Friday june 30, 2023
School holidays :
Winter holiday (end)
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Monday july 17, 2023
School holidays :
Spring holiday (beginning)
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Friday september 22, 2023
School holidays :
Show Day
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Monday october 9, 2023
Secular holiday :
Spring holiday (end)
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Monday october 9, 2023
School holidays :
Thanksgiving
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Wednesday november 29, 2023
Secular holiday :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday december 20, 2023
School holidays :
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/Family Day
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Tuesday december 26, 2023
Secular holiday : The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day. The term may come from the opening of church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters' clients.