holidays in puerto rico

The following is a list of national holidays in Puerto Rico. All official and nation-wide public holidays in Puerto Rico are determined by the state and coincide with holidays of the United States. However, there are innumerable local holidays celebrated at each town, such as the Patron Feasts.

Public holidays

Date	English name	Local name (in Spanish)	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Ao Nuevo	Celebratory gunfire during the holiday leads to one or two deaths and about 20 injuries each year, mostly within public housing areas
First Monday in January	Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.	Nacimiento de Martin Luther King, Jr. Conmemoracin del Natalicio de Martin Luther King, Jr.
Third Monday in February	Washington's Birthday	Da de Washington Natalicio de Washington
July 4	Independence Day	4 de Julio Da de la Independencia Da de la Independencia de Estados Unidos
July 25	Commonwealth of Puerto Rico	25 de Julio Conmemoracin del ELA Conmemoracin del Estado Libre Asociado
First Monday in September	Labor Day	Da del Trabajo
Second Monday in October	Columbus Day	Descubrimiento de Amrica
November 11	Veteran's Day	Da del Veterano Da de la Recordacin	Official national celebration held at the Puerto Rico National Cemetery.
Fourth Thursday in November	Thanksgiving Day	Accin de Gracias Da de Accin de Gracias Da del Pavo
December 25	Christmas	Da de Navidad Navidad Nacimiento del niito Jess Da del nio Jess	Delivery day of Santa Claus. Traditionally, Santa Claus will leave the Christmas presents under the Christmas tree. However, children do not leave "milk and cookies" for Santa.

Religious holidays

Date	English name	Local name (in Spanish)	Remarks
January 5	Three Wise Men Eve	Vspera de los Tres Reyes Magos	Children leave a box with grass for the camels of the Three Wise Men and a glass of water for the men themselves.
January 6	Three Kings Day	Da de los Tres Reyes Magos	Children find that the camels ate the grass and the Three Kings drank the water left for them by the kids the day before. Also, they have left presents under the bed.
First day of Lent	Ash Wednesday	Mircoles de Ceniza
Palm Sunday through Easter	Holy Week	Semana Santa	Most schools, colleges, and universities give the complete week as a recess to students.
Sunday before Easter Sunday	Palm Sunday	Domingo de Ramos
Friday before Easter	Good Friday	Viernes Santo
The Date of Easter	Easter	Domingo de la Resurreccin
December 24	Christmas Eve	Nochebuena Da de Nochebuena
December 31	New Year's Eve	Ao Viejo Fin de Ao

Others

Date	English name	Local name (in Spanish)
February 14	Valentine's Day	San Valentin Da de San Valentin
Second Sunday in May	Mother's Day	Da de las Madres
Third Sunday in June	Father's Day	Da de los Padres
October 31	Halloween	Halloween Da de las Brujas

Holidays In Puerto Rico

Public holidays

Religious holidays

Others

See also