| New Year's Day - Wednesday January 1, 2020 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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| Epiphany - Wednesday January 6, 2021 cards/flowers :
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| Valentine's Day - Friday February 14, 2020 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
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| Carnival - Monday February 24, 2020 Secular holiday : The Gualeguaychu Carnival: dressed in colorful suits, groups of people are dancing. Bands of street musicians (Murgas) participate in giant parades or Corsos . from 2011 onwards
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| Carnival - Tuesday February 25, 2020 Secular holiday : The Gualeguaychu Carnival: groups of people dance dressed in colorful suits. Murgas bands of street musicians participate in giant parades or Corsos. from 2011 onwards
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| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday March 15, 2020 Special Events :
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| Public holiday - Monday March 23, 2020 Secular holiday :
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| National day of the Memory by the Truth and Justice - Tuesday March 24, 2020 Secular holiday : Commemoration of the 1976 coup that ushered in the last dictatorship of the country. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Malvinas Day - Thursday April 2, 2020 Secular holiday : Veterans Day and tribute to the fallen in the Malvinas War Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday Used to be celebrated on June 10 until 2004.
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| Maundy Thursday - Thursday April 9, 2020 cards/flowers :
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| Optional holiday - Thursday April 9, 2020 Jewish : Jewish Easter for the Jewish community only
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| Good Friday - Friday April 10, 2020 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.
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| Easter - Sunday April 12, 2020 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Passover - Wednesday April 15, 2020 cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus NOT a public holiday
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| Motorcycle Grand Prix - Sunday April 19, 2020 Sports events : 2020 edition confirmed
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| Optional holiday - Friday April 24, 2020 Secular holiday : Commemoration of the 1915 genocide in Turkey for the Armenian community only
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