Learn Spanish National Holidays and Festivals
Learn Spanish National Holidays and Festivals. Right… grab your dancing shoes and drinks – this lesson is all about National Holidays and Festivals. Enjoy!
- Christmas Eve – nochebuena
- Christmas Day – navidad
- New Years’ Eve – nochevieja
- New Years’ Day – día año nuevo
- Epiphany – epifania / el día de los Reyes Magos
- Father’s Day – San José / día del padre
- Mother’s Day – día del madre
- Ash Wednesday – Miércoles de ceniza
- Palm Sunday – Domingo de Ramos
- Maundy Thursday – Jueves Santo
- Good Friday – Viernes Santo
- Easter Sunday – Domingo de resurrección
- Holy Week – Semana Santa
- Easter Monday – Lunes de pascua
- Labour Day – día del trabajo
- Corpus Christi – Corpus Christi
- Assumption – día de la asunción
- All Saints’ Day – todos los santos
- Columbus Day – día de la Hispanidad / día de la Raza
- Day of the Constitution – Día de la Constitución
- Immaculate Conception – Inmaculada Concepción
- Canaries Day – día de Canarias
Right… now where did I put my wine?
Elle, along with Alan, is the owner of Spain Buddy and the busy web design business – Spain Web Design by Gandy-Draper.
Born a “Norverner”, she then spent most of her life “Dann Saff” before moving to Spain in 2006. Elle’s loves are Alan, the internet, dogs, good food, and dry white wine – although not necessarily in that order.
July 15, 2013 @ 4:32 pm
Hi Elle, if you keep forgetting where you put your vino collapso you might find these addresses useful,
O.C.S. Area 15
Apartado 4108
30080 Murcia
600 843 810
O.C.S. Area 24
Apartado 129
18080 Granada
686 074 206
Here’s their web address, http://www.alcoholicos-anonimos.org/
Keep up the good work, I’ll have to have a beer now because I can’t remember where I put my vino either ;¬)
July 15, 2013 @ 6:47 pm
You peering over my shoulder Alf? AA is indeed a section coming soon on the site ;) xxx
July 15, 2013 @ 8:16 pm
Are you doing one on the RAC as well?xx
July 16, 2013 @ 12:38 pm
;)
July 15, 2013 @ 6:20 pm
Elle, you might want to add that Fathers’ Day is always the Feast of Saint Joseph (19th April).
Is the Labour day you mention here 1st May?
July 15, 2013 @ 6:46 pm
Hi love! Yes, San José is Saint Joseph.
Yes, May 1st is Labour Day (día del trabajo)
Elle xx
July 15, 2013 @ 6:57 pm
Hi love, with regards to Father’s Day I was refering to the fact that is always the same day. Excuse my ignorance, but isn’t Labour (Sorry! Labor) Day mainly used in the States. It’s been an awful long time since I’ve lived in the UK, but I cant remeber ever talking about it. BTW, I left the UK BEFORE the 1st January was made a Bank Holiday. In fact, I got married for the 1st time on New year’s Day, so the Registry Offices were working. Refuse to tell you the year, though.
July 15, 2013 @ 7:08 pm
Ah – I’m with you now – my apologies for any blondeness. I didn’t bother putting dates on them… as some of them do change. We keep a running list here though: https://www.spainbuddy.com/spain-info/spain-public-holidays/
A lot of our website visitors come from the US now, so we try to cover their bases as far as possible… but I’m pretty sure we also had that day off in Lanzarote too. To be hoest, we tend to ignore all public holidays at Spain Buddy Towers unless it’s Crimbo Day, New Year’s Day, or Birthdays. Can’t tear us away from our computers without tears and bloodshed :D
Alan and I considered getting married on New Year’s Day too – as that’s the anniversary of when we got together. Something tells me it wasn’t as long ago as you’re implying your wedding was though ;)
Elle xx