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Each month, the Spanish workweek is disrupted by one national holiday. In December, leading up to Christmas, there are 2 holidays celebrated. The first is on the 6th of December,\u00a0D\u00eda de la Constituci\u00f3n (Constitution Day) and the second is on the 8th of December, a religious holiday, Feast Day of Im\u00admacu\u00adlate Con\u00adcep\u00adtion of Mary (La In\u00admacu\u00adlada Con\u00adcep\u00adci\u00f3n de la Vir\u00adgen Mar\u00eda).<\/p>\n
With 2 holidays so close together, people often take the few days off, known as a \u201cPuente\u201d or bridge. This year, in 2021, the 6th falls on a Monday so everyone will be enjoying an extra long weekend!<\/p>\n
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The year 1812 marked the start of Spain\u2019s constitutional history.\u00a0Generally, Spain has been run in the form of a Monarchy. The dictatorship period of Francisco Franco was from 1938 to 1978 and is possibly known as Spain\u2019s most notorious period.<\/p>\n
Following the death of the Franco in 1975 and a general election in 1977, the Spanish Parliament drafted and approved the new \u201cConstitution\u201d.\u00a0 This was an im\u00adport\u00adant step in Spain\u2019s trans\u00adition to be\u00adcom\u00ading a con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtional mon\u00adarchy and demo\u00adcracy.<\/p>\n
Los Padres de la Constitucion, (the Fathers of the Constitution), is the name given to the seven-member panel chosen to work on the draft of the Constitution. These members represented a wide, and often divided, political spectrum within the Spanish parliament. They are:\u00a0Gabriel Cisneros (1940-2007),\u00a0Miguel Herrero y Rodr\u00edguez de Mi\u00f1\u00f3n (1940-),\u00a0Manuel Fraga Iribarne (1922-2012),\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Pedro P\u00e9rez-Llorca (1940-),\u00a0Gregorio Peces-Barba (1938-2012),\u00a0Jordi Sol\u00e9 Tura (1930-2009),\u00a0Miquel Roca Junyent (1940-).<\/p>\n
The Constitution was approved by the Spanish Parliament on October 31, 1978. It was supported by 88% of the Spanish people who voted in a referendum on December 6, 1978.<\/p>\n
The Constitution came into effect on December 29,1978. Since that date, December 6\u00a0has been recognized as a National Holiday in Spain .<\/p>\n
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December 8 is a religious Holy Day of Obligation according to the Cath\u00adolic Church. It is the Feast Day of the Im\u00admacu\u00adlate Con\u00adcep\u00adtion of Mary (La In\u00admacu\u00adlada Con\u00adcep\u00adci\u00f3n de la Vir\u00adgen Mar\u00eda). The reason for this date is that Pope Pius IX is\u00adsued a doc\u00adu\u00adment stat\u00ading the im\u00adport\u00adance of the Im\u00admacu\u00adlate Con\u00adcep\u00adtion in the Cath\u00adolic Church on Decem\u00adber 8, 1854.<\/p>\n
Many people think the Im\u00admacu\u00adlate Con\u00adcep\u00adtion is re\u00adfer\u00adring to the con\u00adcep\u00adtion of Christ through the Holy Spirit. That is ac\u00adtu\u00adally cel\u00adeb\u00adrated on 25th March.\u00a0The Feast of the Im\u00admacu\u00adlate Con\u00adcep\u00adtion refers to the be\u00adlief that Je\u00adsus\u2019 mother, Mary, was con\u00adceived without sin and that God chose her to be Je\u00adsus\u2019s mother. Many Chris\u00adti\u00adans and Cath\u00adol\u00adics attend spe\u00adcial church ser\u00advices on this day and it is a na\u00adtional bank hol\u00adi\u00adday in many coun\u00adtries, al\u00adthough not in the UK or the Re\u00adpub\u00adlic of Ire\u00adland.<\/p>\n
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