DAY	DAY/ WEEK	EVENT	IN FRENCH	WHAT IT MEANS
1 Jan	Friday	New Year's Day	Jour de l'an	National holiday
20 Mar	Saturday	March Equinox		Spring Season begins
28 Mar	Sunday	Daylight Saving Time starts	l'heure d'été	Spring FORWARD/Daylight Saving Time
2 Apr	Friday	Good Friday	Vendredi Saint	observed at home: eat fish (no meat day)
4 Apr	Sunday	Easter Sunday	Pâques	Celebration
5 Apr	Monday	Easter Monday	Lundi de Pâques	National holiday
1 May	Saturday	Labor Day / May Day	Fête du Travail	National holiday
8 May	Saturday	WWII Victory Day	Jour de l'Ascension	National holiday
13 May	Thursday	Ascension Day		National holiday
23 May	Sunday	Whit Sunday		Observance
24 May	Monday	Whit Monday		National holiday
30 May	Sunday	Mother's Day		Observance
20 Jun	Sunday	Father's Day		Observance
21 Jun	Monday	June Solstice		Summer Season begins
14 Jul	Wednesday	Bastille Day		National holiday
15 Aug	Sunday	Assumption of Mary		National holiday
22 Sep	Wednesday	September Equinox		Autumn Season begins
31 Oct	Sunday	Daylight Saving Time ends		FALL BACK/Daylight Saving Time
1 Nov	Monday	All Saints' Day		National holiday
11 Nov	Thursday	Armistice Day		National holiday
21 Dec	Tuesday	December Solstice		Winter Season begins
24 Dec	Friday	Christmas Eve		Evening of Celebration with family or friends
25 Dec	Saturday	Christmas Day		National holiday
26 Dec	Sunday	St Stephen's Day		(some parts of France - not Vendée)
31 Dec	Friday	New Year's Eve		Evening of Celebration with family or friends