Christmas Opening Hours?
 

Does anyone know whether supermarkets are likely to be open as normal on 27th December?

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'Tis just a normal Saturday here, so cannot see why not.

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Ours only shut on Christmas day. ;-)

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Thanks .. that is exactly what I hoped would be the case!

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yes Friday and Saturday are normal working days

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Yes, and on the 26th, Christmas day is the only holiday here until the new year, then you have Jan 1st and 6th.

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we have a fiesta day here 8th December - not sure if it's local or national though

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It´s a national holiday the Immaculada Concepcion.

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dont for het 24 dec is big Family evening with spanish so that shout early you fine it hard to get taxies from around 6 pm on , in Elche shop where closeding around 4 - 5 pm and fast drink and off home lol
not me lol

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And of course school holiday too; day varies year to year, they give the kids an extra day sometimes. If, for example, it falls on a Thursday then they have the Friday off & call it a 'puente'. This year just the Monday so no jollies off to the UK as per last year, when I went to London & the hotel was full of Spaniards:rofl::rofl::rofl:

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It is the equivalent to our Mother´s Day so I think it is national.

Rosemary

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It´s the Immaculate Conception, a religious holiday, and it is national.

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We have a procession of the mothers and girls as a celebration of motherhood similar to one in the summer which is for fathers and boys celebrates fatherhood.

Rosemary

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That sounds lovely. I guess they treat it like mother´s day because of the implications of the mother of Jesus getting pregnant.

This link explains. http://www.andalucia-travelguide.com...days-in-spain/

Rosemary, do you know whether or not there is a mother´s day similar to the ones that we have in the UK and the US? I´m just interested.

JJ

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we do, in May

father's day is in March

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As Lyn has said it is in May. When we moved here we misunderstood the Dec celebration and thought that it was their Mother´s Day celebration so decided that I should celebrate the English one in March/April and the Spanish one in Dec then discovered that it is actually in May so last year I had three mother´s days, not greedy at all.

Rosemary

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we've had this conversation before


do you still manage to get 2 every year like me;)

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No I still get three. My kids do the UK one and OH does the other two, usually a nice meal and of course Cava.

Rosemary