Custom About Holidays
Either Carnival Monday ("Rose Monday") or Mardi Gras is a de facto holiday in some towns and cities in Catholic western and southern Germany which have a strong Carnival tradition.
Ascension Day (Christi Himmelfahrt) and Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam) are both on a Thursday each year. Taking only one day leave, employees can get a ‘four-day weekend’.
The Three Kings Day, better known as Epiphany, is 6 January, the day after the 12 days of Christmas. In parts of Germany, it has its own local customs.
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