French Holidays

2010

Date	Holiday
January 1st	New Year's Day (Jour de l'an)
January 6th	Epiphany (Epiphanie)
February 14th	St. Valentine's Day (Saint-Valentin)
April 1st	April Fool's Day (Poisson d'Avril)
April 4th (varies)	Easter (Pâques)
April 5th (varies)	Easter Monday
May 1st	Labor Day (Fête du premier mai)
May 8th	WWII Victory Day (Fête de la Victoire 1945; Fête du huitième mai)
May 13th (varies)	Ascension Day (l'Ascencion)
May 23rd (varies)	Pentecost (la Pentecôte)
May 23rd (varies)	Whit Sunday
May 24th (varies)	Whit Monday
May 30th (Last Sunday in May except if it coincides with Pentecost)	Mother's Day
June 20th (Third Sunday of June)	Father's Day (Fête des pères)
July 14th	Bastille Day (Fête nationale)
August 15th	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Assomption)
November 1st	All Saints Day (La Toussaint)
November 11th	Armistice Day (Jour d'armistice)
November 28th (varies)	First Advent
December 5th (varies)	Second Advent
December 12th (varies)	Third Advent
December 19th (varies)	Fourth Advent
December 25th	Christmas Day (Noël)
December 26th	2nd Day of Christmas (in Alsace and Lorraine only)
December 26th	St. Stephen's Day
December 31st	New Year's Eve