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Holidays
January through March is summer holiday season for Argentines. Winter holidays fall toward the end of July and beginning of August. Most public holidays are celebrated on their actual date, except August 17, October 12, and November 20, which move to the following Monday. When public holidays fall on a Thursday or Tuesday, the following Friday or preceding Monday, respectively, is also declared a holiday, creating a four-day weekend known as a feriado puente.
Año Nuevo (New Year's Day), January 1. Carnaval (Carnival), Monday and Tuesday six weeks before Easter. DÃa Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia (National Memorial Day for Truth and Justice; commemoration of the start of the 1976–83 dictatorship), March 24. DÃa del Veterano y de los CaÃdos en la Guerra de Malvinas (Malvinas Veterans' Day), April 2. Viernes Santo (Good Friday), March or April. DÃa del Trabajador(Labor Day), May 1. DÃa de la Revolución de Mayo (Anniversary of the 1810 Revolution), May 25. DÃa de la Bandera (Flag Day), June 20. DÃa de la Independencia (Independence Day), July 9. Paso a la Inmortalidad del General José de San MartÃn (Anniversary of General José de San MartÃn's Death), August 17. DÃa del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural (Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity), October 12. DÃa de la SoberanÃa Nacional(National Sovereignty Day; Anniversary of the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado), November 20. Inmaculada Concepción de MarÃa (Immaculate Conception), December 8. Christmas, December 25.