Falkland Islands : 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
Internet domain: .fk - Telephone code: +500 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: -4 (DST: yes)
Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Monday August 29, 2022 | Winter holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Monday October 24, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday December 26, 2022 | Boxing Day | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday December 27, 2022 | 1st day Stanley Races | Secular holiday | |
Wednesday December 28, 2022 | 2nd day Stanley Races | Secular holiday | |
Thursday December 29, 2022 | Civil Servants holiday | Secular holiday | |
Friday December 30, 2022 | Civil Servants holiday | Secular holiday | |
Sunday January 1, 2023 | New Year's Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday January 2, 2023 | New Year's Day (moved forward to Monday) | Secular holiday | |
Tuesday January 3, 2023 | Christmas holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Tuesday February 14, 2023 | Valentine's Day | cards/flowers | |
Friday February 17, 2023 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Monday February 27, 2023 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Winter holiday (end)
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Monday August 29, 2022
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday October 24, 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
Secular holiday :
1st day Stanley Races
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Tuesday December 27, 2022
Secular holiday : http://www.falklands.info/factfile/holidays.html
2nd day Stanley Races
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Wednesday December 28, 2022
Secular holiday :
Civil Servants holiday
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Thursday December 29, 2022
Secular holiday :
Civil Servants holiday
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Friday December 30, 2022
Secular holiday :
New Year's Day
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Sunday January 1, 2023
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
New Year's Day (moved forward to Monday)
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Monday January 2, 2023
Secular holiday :
Christmas holiday (end)
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Tuesday January 3, 2023
School holidays : Www.falklands.gov.fk
https://www.mountpleasant.school
Official calendar gazetted by the Ministry of Education
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schools close on Saturday
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Dates confirmed till Aug 2023
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Valentine's Day
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Tuesday February 14, 2023
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
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday February 17, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday February 27, 2023
School holidays :