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Chile : 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

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    Thursday december 7, 2023Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Friday december 8, 2023Immaculate ConceptionCatholic
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    Sunday december 17, 2023ReferendumSpecial Events
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    Monday december 25, 2023Christmas DayCatholic or protestant
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    Thursday december 28, 2023April Fools DayEvents, celebrations...
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    Sunday december 31, 2023Banks are closedBanks only
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    Monday january 1, 2024New Year's DaySecular holiday
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    Monday january 1, 2024School holidaysSchool holidays
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    Wednesday february 14, 2024Valentine's Daycards/flowers
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    Monday february 26, 2024Chile Tennis OpenSports events
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    Wednesday february 28, 2024Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Sunday march 10, 2024Daylight Saving TimeSpecial Events
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    Monday march 11, 2024Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Friday march 29, 2024Good FridayCatholic or protestant
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    Saturday march 30, 2024Holy SaturdayCatholic
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    Sunday march 31, 2024EasterCatholic or protestant
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    Tuesday april 9, 2024Air ShowTradeshows
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    Sunday april 28, 2024Santiago MarathonSports events
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    Monday april 29, 2024Passovercards/flowers
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Sunday may 12, 2024Mothers' Daycards/flowers
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    Tuesday may 21, 2024Navy DaySecular holiday
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    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Thursday december 7, 2023
    School holidays : Last day of school varies from Nov 24 to Dec 19, depending on cursus

    Immaculate Conception

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    Friday december 8, 2023
    Catholic : Dogma that Mary was from the first moment of conception, totally free from the stain of original sin. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Referendum

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    Sunday december 17, 2023
    Special Events : On a new constitution

    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 Year’s Day on Christmas Day.

    April Fools Day

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    Thursday december 28, 2023
    Culture :

    Banks are closed

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    Sunday december 31, 2023
    Banks only :

    New Year's Day

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    Monday january 1, 2024
    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

    School holidays

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    Monday january 1, 2024
    School holidays : Www.mineduc.cl
    Applies to the Metropolitan region (Santiago)
    Official calendar gazetted by the Ministry of Education

    PISA ranking (average 493): 447
    Schooling is mandatory till age 17
    Average class size: more than 30
    number of instructional hours per year in lower secondary education: 1100

    schools may open on Saturday
    school uniforms required
    University of Chile ranking: Times Higher Education #501-600/QS ranking #201/Shanghai (2023) #401-500

    We carry confirmed dates till Jan 2024 in Santiago (some variations from school to school)

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    Valentine's Day

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    Wednesday february 14, 2024
    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

    Chile Tennis Open

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    Monday february 26, 2024
    Sports events : Www.atptennis.com/ in Santiago 2024 edition confirmed

    Summer holiday (end)

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    Wednesday february 28, 2024
    School holidays :

    Daylight Saving Time

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    Sunday march 10, 2024
    Special Events : At 24:00 local time

    Summer holiday (end)

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    Monday march 11, 2024
    School holidays : Province of Maule 2018 calendar confirmed for the Province of Maule

    Good Friday

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    Friday march 29, 2024
    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.

    Holy Saturday

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    Saturday march 30, 2024
    Catholic : Paid holiday

    Easter

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    Sunday march 31, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday

    Air Show

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    Tuesday april 9, 2024
    Tradeshows : Www.fidae.cl FIDAE - lasts 5 days - in Santiago 2024 edition confirmed

    Santiago Marathon

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    Sunday april 28, 2024
    Sports events : 2024 edition confirmed

    Passover

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    Monday april 29, 2024
    cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus

    Labor Day/May Day

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    Wednesday may 1, 2024
    Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .

    Mothers' Day

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    Sunday may 12, 2024
    cards/flowers : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year. One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world. Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mother’s Day in 1914

    Navy Day

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    Tuesday may 21, 2024
    Secular holiday : Celebrates the Battle of Iquique against Peru in 1879