Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Friday december 22, 2023
School holidays :
Christmas Day
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Monday december 25, 2023
Catholic or protestant :
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
Half-day holiday
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Friday january 5, 2024
Secular holiday :
Epiphany
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Saturday january 6, 2024
Catholic or protestant : The term comes from ancient Greek and means appearance . Celebrated on the 6th January, this feast corresponds to the presentation of Child Jesus to the Magi. This is the day of Jesus' first miracle, the Wedding in Cana , and the day of his own baptism Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Christmas holiday (end)
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Thursday january 11, 2024
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Number of teaching days: 181
Schooling is mandatory till age 18
Teaching languages: Spanish, English
schools may open on Saturday
school uniforms not required
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Martin Luther King's Day
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Monday january 15, 2024
Banks only : Martin Luther King was a U.S civil rights leader and American clergyman. His non-violent demonstrations against racial inequality led to civil rights legislation. He was assassinated in 1968. Banks and administrations are closed. Not a public holiday.
Vuelta a San Juan
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Sunday january 28, 2024
Sports events : Cycle competition 2024 edition NOT confirmed
Day of Illustrious Puerto Ricans
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Monday february 19, 2024
Banks only : Commemorates Luis Muñoz Rivera, José Celso Barbosa, and Luis Muñoz Marín
American Citizenship Day
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Saturday march 2, 2024
Banks only :
Easter holiday (beginning)
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Friday march 22, 2024
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Emancipation Day
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Friday march 22, 2024
Banks only : Anniversary of the abolition of slavery
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.
Easter
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Paid holiday
Easter holiday (end)
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Monday april 1, 2024
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Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday may 3, 2024
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Mothers' Day
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Sunday may 12, 2024
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers 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. Howes 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 womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
Mothers' Day
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Sunday may 12, 2024
Secular holiday :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday may 13, 2024
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Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday may 24, 2024
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Memorial Day
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Monday may 27, 2024
Secular holiday : Observed on the last Monday in May in most of the United States, in honour of the nations armed services personnel killed in wartime and the deceased in general. Created after the Civil War, it is traditionally marked by parades, memorial speeches
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 16, 2024
Secular holiday : paid holiday
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 16, 2024
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Juneteenth National Freedom Day
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Wednesday june 19, 2024
Banks only : To remember and honor the freeing, in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, of the last slaves in the United States from 2019 on
St John Baptist Day (San Juan only)
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Monday june 24, 2024
Catholic : Christian observance to remember the beheading of John who protested against the morality of king Herod. San Juan only