Overview
- Officials classify the observance as a non-movable national holiday tied to the Catholic dogma proclaimed by Pope Pius IX in 1854.
- Because Dec. 8 falls on a Monday this year, the official calendar forms a three-day break from Saturday, Dec. 6, through Monday, Dec. 8.
- The national government did not designate an additional tourism bridge day, so the nationwide recess remains limited to three consecutive days.
- Local authorities set extra municipal holidays for Tuesday, Dec. 9 in Triunvirato (Buenos Aires) and Telsen (Chubut), affecting only residents and workers there.
- Further localized breaks were announced for Saavedra on Wednesday, Dec. 17 and, as reported, for parts of Buenos Aires Province on Thursday, Dec. 18, with applicability restricted to those jurisdictions.