The business world's No-Go Days!
Seychelles, today is your national day! EDIT wishes you all the best on this special day.
Samoa : public and bank holidays, closure of banks, stock exchanges, school vacations
| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday June 1, 2022 | Independence Day | National Day |  |
| Friday June 24, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday July 11, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Sunday August 14, 2022 | Fathers' Day | cards/flowers | |
| Monday August 15, 2022 | Father of Independence Day | Secular holiday | |
| Friday September 16, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Monday October 3, 2022 | Mid-term holiday (end) | School holidays | |
| Monday October 10, 2022 | Lotu-a-Tamait | Secular holiday | |
| Friday November 4, 2022 | Arbor Day | Events, celebrations... | |
| Friday December 9, 2022 | Christmas holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
| Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
| Monday December 26, 2022 | Public holiday | Secular holiday | |
| Tuesday December 27, 2022 | Boxing Day/Family Day | Secular holiday | |
Independence Day
-Wednesday June 1, 2022
Secular holiday : Independence from New Zealand obtained in 1962
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
-Friday June 24, 2022
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
-Monday July 11, 2022
School holidays :
Fathers' Day
-Sunday August 14, 2022
cards/flowers :
Father of Independence Day
-Monday August 15, 2022
Secular holiday :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
-Friday September 16, 2022
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
-Monday October 3, 2022
School holidays :
Lotu-a-Tamait
-Monday October 10, 2022
Secular holiday : Follows White Sunday , during which Children wear white chothes and attend church ceremonies.
Arbor Day
-Friday November 4, 2022
Culture :
Christmas holiday (beginning)
-Friday December 9, 2022
School holidays :
Christmas Day
-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
Public holiday
-Monday December 26, 2022
Secular holiday :
Boxing Day/Family Day
-Tuesday December 27, 2022
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. "Tweede Kerstdag" applies to the Netherlands (second Christmas Day) and "Anden Juledag" to Denmark
