Holidays 2012

Fixed Holidays

Date	Day	Commemoration	Local Name
January 1st	Sunday	New Year	Año Nuevo
February 20th and 21st	Monday and Tuesday	Carnival	Carnaval
February 27th	Monday	Creation and First Pledge of Allegiance to the National Flag	Día del Bicentenario de la Creación y Primera Jura de la Bandera Argentina
March 24th	Saturday	Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice	Día Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia
April 2nd	Monday	Malvinas Memorial Day	Día del Veterano y de los Caídos en la Guerra de Malvinas
April 6th	Friday	Easter	Jueves y Viernes Santo
April 30th*	Monday	Bridge Public Holiday	Feriado Puente Turístico
May 1st	Tuesday	Labor Day	Día de Trabajador
May 25th	Friday	Anniversary of the First Independent Government in Buenos Aires	Día de la Revolución de Mayo
June 20th	Wednesday	National Flag Day	Paso a la Inmortalidad del General Manuel Belgrano
July 9th	Monday	Independence Day	Día de la Independencia
December 8th	Saturday	Immaculate Conception Day	Inmaculada Concepción de María
December 24th*	Monday	Bridge Public Holiday	Feriado Puente Turístico
December 25th	Tuesday	Christmas	Navidad

Moveable Holidays

Date	Day	Commemoration	Local Name
August 17th	Monday August 20th	Anniversary of the death of General José de San Martín	Conmemoración de la muerte del General José de San Martín
October 12th	Monday October 8th	Columbus Day	Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural
November 20th	Monday November 26th	Day of National Sovereignty	Día de la Soberanía Nacional

* Bridge Public Holiday: If the date of a non-movable holiday falls on Tuesday or Thursday, an extra holiday is added on the previous Monday or the following Friday, respectively.