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New Year
Festivities in Germany and Spain -
The Three Wise Kings
In Germany and Spain -
San Valentin
In Germany and Spain -
Carnivals
In Spain, Carnivals begin -
Rose Monday
Germany. -
Shrovetide
Only in Germany. -
Ash Wednesday
In Germany and Spain, in Germany it is the end of Carnivals and in Spain it has a religious meaning -
Woman's day
In Germany and Spain -
Father's day
Only in Spain -
April Fool's Day
Only in Germany -
Easter
In Spain beginning of Easter, public holiday -
Good Friday
In Germany and in Spain public holiday, on Monday as well -
Easter Sunday
Only in Germany, children hunt for eggs -
Easter Monday
In Spain we remember Easter forty days. -
Book Day
Specially celebrated in some parts of Spain. -
May Day/ Workers day
Public holiday in Germany and Spain -
Mother's day
In Spain, the first Sunday of May -
Mother's Day
In Germany -
Christi Ascension/ Father's day
Only in Germany -
Pentecost
Celebrated Sunday and Monday. -
Fronleichnam
Only in Germany. -
Saint Isidro
Only in Spain, not a national festivity -
Saint John's Night
Only in Spain -
Sanfermin
Only in Spain, in Pamplona people run in front of the bulls -
Virgin of Begoña
Only in Spain -
Aste Nagusia
Only in Spain, usually the third week of August -
German Unity Day
Germany's national holiday -
Pilar Day/ Spanish Day
Only in Spain, public holiday -
Basque Country Day
Only in Basque Country, Spain -
Reformation Day/ Halloween
Only in Germany -
All Saints Day
In Spain and parts of Germany, a public holiday -
Advent
Only in Germany. -
Inmaculada/ Day of St. Nicolas
In Spain public holiday, in Germany children get sweets -
Spanish Constitution Day & St. Nikolaus
This day is a public holiday in Spain because it conmemorates the Constitutional Referendum of 1978 when the Spanish Constitution was passed. It was the first time that Spanish people could vote democratically about the laws for our country. In Hungary and Germany the children get sweets, because St. Nikolaus came one time and gave sweets to children. -
Christmas Eve
On 24th of December people in Hungary, Spain and Germany have a special Christmas dinner with their family. The Hungarian and German people get presents. -
Christmas Day ( Olentezero)
On the 25th and the 26th the Germans and the Hungarians visit their families and friends. The Spanish people get their presents on the 25th and stay with their family. The Olentzero brings presents for children in The Basque Country(Euskal Herria) They have lunch together and eat “turron“ for dessert. -
Christmas Day
26th the Germans and the Hungarians visit their families and friends. In Spain it is not a holiday. -
Saint Innocent's Day
Only in Spain. -
New Year's Eve
In Germany and Spain.
