Not only the year 2022 ends, we also say goodbye to another of the things we value most about December: the holidays. With closing of the last monthwe say goodbye at the same time to the days off work or school, although for some Spaniards there is still a final hope.
As the work calendar indicates, and as we all know very well, the end of the year (or New Year’s Eve) is December 31, which this year falls on a Saturday. And the first day of the year or New Yearthat is, the first day of 2023, is January 1st.
This 2022 that day of celebration falls on a very bad date being sundaysince the next day is a working day and there is no time to recover from… the farewell of the year.
However, as stated in the Official State Gazette (BOE), there are 12 holidays that are common in all the autonomous communities, but the State leaves two extra holidays in the hands of each territory to be chosen by the municipalities.
In which communities is January 2, 2023 a holiday?
One of the holidays that by 2023 are not considered national, that is, in all of Spain; is on monday january 2.
In this sense, there are areas that are going to establish it as non-working and, as New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday, they will transfer this day, which is traditionally a holiday, to the next day; that is, the second day of January 2023.
Now, this measure has not been set by all the communities, so this Monday will not be a holiday throughout the country. So, Where is Monday January 2, 2023 in Spain a holiday?:
- Andalusia
- Aragon
- Asturias
- Castile and Leon
- Region of Murcia
Therefore, there will only be five autonomies that celebrate it, while the rest of areas that do not
They set January 2 as free of work are: Community of Madrid, Extremadura, Basque Country, Catalonia, Valencian Community, Castilla-La Mancha, Navarra, Cantabria, Galicia, La Rioja, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.
The same thing happens as last December 26, a holiday that was passed to Monday when it fell on the Sunday before the Christmas holiday. This year, only five communities celebrated it, while in the rest of the country it was like a normal day.
