The last quarter is usually the part of each year that brings more holidays on the calendar. In the case of 2021, on October 12 (festival of Hispanic Heritage Day and the Virgen del Pilar) the bridges that arrive once the summer has passed have been opened. Some holidays that, until the end of the year, will continue for another four days with Christmas as the highlight.
The October bridge has been closed as the first of normal activity after the hardest months caused by the pandemic. Being also the first great festivity after the summer stage, throughout Spain it was a holiday on October 12 in addition to the 9th in the Valencian Community, after this there are four other major dates of non-working days during the week.
Starting with November 1, All Saints’ Day, this date takes on special relevance since by 2021 it falls on a Monday. A key day for the mobility of many Spaniards who will take advantage of the last Friday of October to extend their mini-holidays, thus beginning the penultimate month of the year.
After this will come one of the most important bridges each year. With December 6 and 8 as spearheads (Constitution Day of 1978 and Immaculate Conception Day, respectively), the 7th is chosen by many Spaniards to take as a day of release and thus make a bridge that could last from the afternoon of Friday, December 3, until the aforementioned Wednesday, December 8.
Christmas falls for this 2021 on a Saturday, so many companies will choose to give a day off on December 24
Finally, on December 25, the national festivities of this 2021 (Christmas) will close. Of course, being Saturday, it will depend on each company the decision to spend the festive day on Friday, December 24, in which many Spaniards begin their Christmas holidays, or on Monday 27, to extend the bridge for these special festivities that close the year .
These are the first two holidays of 2022
Already in 2022, most autonomous communities begin to outline their calendars that will leave their first festive dates for New Year and Epiphany of the Lord on January 1 and 6, respectively.