domingo, 1 de enero de 2012

2012 Holidays in Colombia with 3 Day Weekends

Colombia
Being a Catholic country, Colombia South America has lots of holidays. In 2012 Colombia will have around 20 official holidays recognized by the Colombian government. This means lots of three day weekends.

January 2012

  • January 1st - New Years Day
  • January 9th - The Three Wise Men or Three Kings Day (really falls on January 6 but it was moved to Monday January the 9th for labor purposes.

February 2012

  • No legal holidays.

March 2012



April 2012


May 2012

  • May 1st - Labor Day


June 2012

  • June 2nd - Asención del Señor (Ascension Day - When Jesus went back to the Father and ascended into heaven before a crowd of believers.)
  • June 23rd - Corpus Christi


July 2012

  • July 1st - Dia del Sagrado Corazon (Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus)
  • July 20th - Colombian Independence Day

August 2012



September 2012

  • No Holidays.


October 2012

  • October 17th (Celebrated) - real date October 12 - Dia de la Raza (Columbus day)


November 2012



December 2012