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Enjoy the long weekend.","usual":{"days":"3–4 days (the Easter weekend)","note":"Good Friday to Easter Monday in many countries."}},{"date":"2026-04-13","name":"Easter","day_off":true,"kind":"Religious (Christian) and cultural","about":"Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus and is the most important feast of the Christian year. Families go to church and share a festive meal, and in many places Easter eggs are decorated and broken together as a symbol of the empty tomb. Easter is a moveable feast, with its date set by a lunisolar calendar. Easter Monday, the day after, is a public holiday in more than 50 predominantly Christian countries.","at_work":"Widely welcome to mention. Colleagues may be away for the whole long weekend.","what_to_say":"Happy Easter! 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In some countries it has a political side, so keep it about the break.","what_to_say":"Enjoy the day off!","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2026-05-06","name":"Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army","day_off":true,"kind":"Religious (Orthodox), national","about":"6 May is Gergyovden, Saint George's Day, which is also the Day of Bravery and the Bulgarian Army (Armed Forces Day).","at_work":"Welcome to mention. A day off.","what_to_say":"Happy Saint George's Day!","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2026-05-24","name":"Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture","day_off":true,"kind":"National, cultural","about":"24 May honours Saints Cyril and Methodius, who are venerated by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, together with the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and Slavonic literature.","at_work":"Welcome to mention. A day off.","what_to_say":"Happy Day of Bulgarian Culture and Alphabet!","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2026-05-25","name":"Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture","day_off":true,"kind":"National, cultural","about":"24 May honours Saints Cyril and Methodius, who are venerated by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, together with the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and Slavonic literature.","at_work":"Welcome to mention. A day off.","what_to_say":"Happy Day of Bulgarian Culture and Alphabet!","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2026-09-06","name":"Unification Day","day_off":true,"kind":"National, historical","about":"6 September marks the Unification of Bulgaria in 1885, when the Principality of Bulgaria and the province of Eastern Rumelia, both parts of the Ottoman Empire, were joined.","at_work":"Very welcome to mention. A day off.","what_to_say":"Happy Unification Day!","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2026-09-07","name":"Unification Day","day_off":true,"kind":"National, historical","about":"6 September marks the Unification of Bulgaria in 1885, when the Principality of Bulgaria and the province of Eastern Rumelia, both parts of the Ottoman Empire, were joined.","at_work":"Very welcome to mention. A day off.","what_to_say":"Happy Unification Day!","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2026-09-22","name":"Independence Day","day_off":true,"kind":"National","about":"Marks 22 September 1908, when Bulgaria declared full independence from the Ottoman Empire.","at_work":"Very welcome to mention. A day off.","what_to_say":"Happy Independence Day!","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2026-12-24","name":"Christmas Eve","day_off":true,"kind":"Religious (Christian) and cultural","about":"The evening or entire day before Christmas, widely recognised as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas Day. 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If you're unsure whether someone celebrates it, \"Happy holidays\" is a safe choice.","what_to_say":"Merry Christmas! Or: \"Happy holidays, enjoy the break.\"","usual":{"days":"1 day","note":"Many countries also have 24 or 26 December off."}},{"date":"2026-12-26","name":"Christmas Day","day_off":true,"kind":"Religious (Christian) and cultural","about":"Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on 25 December. Eastern Christian Churches that follow the older Julian calendar celebrate it on 25 December of that calendar, which currently corresponds to 7 January. It is a public holiday in many countries, and many non-Christians celebrate it culturally too.","at_work":"Widely welcome to mention. Plan important meetings before the break. If you're unsure whether someone celebrates it, \"Happy holidays\" is a safe choice.","what_to_say":"Merry Christmas! Or: \"Happy holidays, enjoy the break.\"","usual":{"days":"1 day","note":"Many countries also have 24 or 26 December off."}},{"date":"2026-12-28","name":"Christmas Day","day_off":true,"kind":"Religious (Christian) and cultural","about":"Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on 25 December. Eastern Christian Churches that follow the older Julian calendar celebrate it on 25 December of that calendar, which currently corresponds to 7 January. It is a public holiday in many countries, and many non-Christians celebrate it culturally too.","at_work":"Widely welcome to mention. Plan important meetings before the break. If you're unsure whether someone celebrates it, \"Happy holidays\" is a safe choice.","what_to_say":"Merry Christmas! 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It marks the Treaty of San Stefano, signed on 3 March 1878 during the Russo-Turkish War, in which the Ottoman Empire agreed to the refounding of the Bulgarian state. Wreaths are laid at monuments such as the Shipka Monument, and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church holds a special liturgy.","at_work":"Very welcome to mention. A day off.","what_to_say":"Happy Liberation Day!","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2027-04-30","name":"Good Friday","day_off":true,"kind":"Religious (Christian)","about":"A solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus, observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It falls on the Friday immediately before Easter Sunday.","at_work":"Fine to mention the long weekend. It is a sombre day for those who observe it, so avoid \"Happy Good Friday\". Its date moves every year with Easter, so check the calendar when planning spring deadlines.","what_to_say":"Enjoy the Easter weekend!","usual":{"days":"1 day, part of a long weekend","note":"Easter Monday is a public holiday in more than 50 predominantly Christian countries, so many people have a four-day weekend."}},{"date":"2027-05-01","name":"Holy Saturday","day_off":true,"kind":"Religious (Christian)","about":"The last day of Holy Week, between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, when Christians prepare for Easter. It commemorates the time Jesus lay in the tomb. Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican churches begin the Easter Vigil service on this day.","at_work":"Fine to mention with care: a quiet day before Easter. 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Enjoy the long weekend.","usual":{"days":"3–4 days (the Easter weekend)","note":"Good Friday to Easter Monday in many countries."}},{"date":"2027-05-03","name":"Easter","day_off":true,"kind":"Religious (Christian) and cultural","about":"Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus and is the most important feast of the Christian year. Families go to church and share a festive meal, and in many places Easter eggs are decorated and broken together as a symbol of the empty tomb. Easter is a moveable feast, with its date set by a lunisolar calendar. Easter Monday, the day after, is a public holiday in more than 50 predominantly Christian countries.","at_work":"Widely welcome to mention. Colleagues may be away for the whole long weekend.","what_to_say":"Happy Easter! Enjoy the long weekend.","usual":{"days":"3–4 days (the Easter weekend)","note":"Good Friday to Easter Monday in many countries."}},{"date":"2027-05-04","name":"Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day","day_off":true,"kind":"Civic","about":"International Workers' Day, on 1 May, honours workers and the labour movement. The date was chosen to commemorate the 1886 general strike in the United States that culminated in the Haymarket affair, and the day was adopted in support of a \"great international demonstration\" for the eight-hour day.","at_work":"Fine to mention the day off. In some countries it has a political side, so keep it about the break.","what_to_say":"Enjoy the day off!","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2027-05-06","name":"Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army","day_off":true,"kind":"Religious (Orthodox), national","about":"6 May is Gergyovden, Saint George's Day, which is also the Day of Bravery and the Bulgarian Army (Armed Forces Day).","at_work":"Welcome to mention. A day off.","what_to_say":"Happy Saint George's Day!","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2027-05-24","name":"Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture","day_off":true,"kind":"National, cultural","about":"24 May honours Saints Cyril and Methodius, who are venerated by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, together with the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and Slavonic literature.","at_work":"Welcome to mention. 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A day off.","what_to_say":"Happy Independence Day!","usual":{"days":"1 day"}},{"date":"2027-12-24","name":"Christmas Eve","day_off":true,"kind":"Religious (Christian) and cultural","about":"The evening or entire day before Christmas, widely recognised as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas Day. Christmas celebrations in Western Christianity have long begun on Christmas Eve, and Midnight Mass is popular in Poland (pasterka) and Lithuania.","at_work":"Where it is a day off it simply starts the Christmas break. In other places, many people finish at midday. Don't schedule anything.","what_to_say":"Merry Christmas!","usual":{"days":"1 day, the start of the Christmas break"}},{"date":"2027-12-25","name":"Christmas Day","day_off":true,"kind":"Religious (Christian) and cultural","about":"Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on 25 December. 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