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TRAVELLERS CHEQUES
Travellers cheques, a relic of the 19th and 20th centuries, cannot be used to pay
most French merchants directly and so have to be changed into euro banknotes at
banks, exchange bureaux or post offices.
Public Holidays
The following
jours fériés
(public holidays) are observed in France:
New Year's Day
(Jour de l'An) 1 January - parties in larger cities; fireworks are
subdued by international standards
Easter Sunday & Monday
(Pâques & Lundi de Pâques) Late March/April
May Day
(Fête du Travail) 1 May - traditional parades
Victoire 1945
8 May - commemorates the Allied victory in Europe that ended WWII
Ascension Thursday
May - celebrated on the 40th day after Easter
Pentecost/Whit Sunday & Whit Monday
(Pentecôte & Lundi de Pentecôte) Mid-
May to mid-June - celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter
Bastille Day/National Day
(Fête Nationale) 14 July -
the
national holiday
Assumption Day
(Assomption) 15 August
All Saints' Day
(Toussaint) 1 November
Remembrance Day
(L'Onze Novembre) 11 November - marks the WWI armistice
Christmas
(Noël) 25 December
The following are
not
public holidays in France: Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras; the
first day of Lent); Maundy (or Holy) Thursday and Good Friday, just before Easter;
and Boxing Day (26 December).
Note: Good Friday and Boxing Day
are
public holidays in Alsace.
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