Q&A: What holidays does Poland Celebrate?
Question by gobluesteven: What holidays does Poland Celebrate?
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Answer by nolagirl504
i think the Polish celebrate Christmas. I don’t know of anything else. Check out an encyclopedia.
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Poland is a Catholic country so the ones Catholics normally celebrate. They also celebrate Boxing day which is the day after Christmas, January 1st and 6th as well
World Holidays -> Poland 2006
Date Holiday
5/1/2006 May day
5/3/2006 Constitution Day
8/15/2006 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
11/1/2006 All Saints Day
11/11/2006 Independence Day
As of this year:
January 1 – New Year’s Day – off work
February 14 – St Valentine’s Day – though it’s not that popular here yet
February 28 – Shrove Tuesday – not a day off work, but a religious holiday
March 1 – Ash Wednesday – same as above
March 8 – International Women’s Day – still more popular than Valentines
April 9 – Palm Sunday – religious holiday
April 16-17 – Easter – Monday off work
May 1 – May Day (former International Workers’ Day) – a day off work
May 3 – Constitution Day – day off (May 2 is usually also a day off work, there were plans to call it “Polish Flag Day”, but I don’t really know if they made it official)
May 26 – Mother’s Day
June 1 – Children’s Day
June 15 – Corpus Christi – religious holiday as well as a day off
June 23 – Father’s Day
August 15 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a national holiday (sort of second Independence Day), day off
November 1 – All Saints’ Day – day off work
November 11 – Independence Day – day off
December 24 – Christmas Eve – the biggest Xmas celebrations, but not a day off
December 25-26 – Christmas – days off
December 31 – New Year’s Eve