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South Georgia : public and bank holidays, closure of banks, stock exchanges, school vacations
South Georgia : 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
| Date | Name | Kind | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday december 25, 2023 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant |  |
| Tuesday december 26, 2023 | Boxing Day/Family Day | Secular holiday | |
| Monday january 1, 2024 | New Year's Day | Secular holiday | |
| Wednesday january 17, 2024 | Cook's Possession Day | Secular holiday | |
| Wednesday february 14, 2024 | Valentine's Day | cards/flowers | |
| Monday april 8, 2024 | Autumn Bank holiday | Secular holiday | |
| Saturday april 13, 2024 | King's Birthday | Secular holiday | |
| Friday april 26, 2024 | Liberation Day | National Day | |
| Monday may 27, 2024 | Whitsun Bank Holiday | Secular holiday | |
Christmas Day
-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
-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.
New Year's Day
-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
Cook's Possession Day
-Wednesday january 17, 2024
Secular holiday :
Valentine's Day
-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
Autumn Bank holiday
-Monday april 8, 2024
Secular holiday :
King's Birthday
-Saturday april 13, 2024
Secular holiday :
Liberation Day
-Friday april 26, 2024
Secular holiday : By British troops who repelled Argentinian forces:
On 25 April 1982 the Royal Navy damaged and captured the Argentine submarine Santa Fé at South Georgia. The Argentine garrison in Grytviken under Lieut.-Commander Luis Lagos surrendered without returning the fire, and so did on the following day the detachment in Leith Harbour commanded by Captain Alfredo Astiz. [Wikipedia]
Whitsun Bank Holiday
-Monday may 27, 2024
Secular holiday :
