National Holidays in Estonia in 2019
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: New Year's Day
- New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
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: Independence Day
- Marks the declaration of independence from the Germans near the end of the first world war.
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: Good Friday
- Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
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: Easter Sunday
- On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of the Jesus Christ after his crucifixion
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: Spring Day
- This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
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: Mother's Day
- Not a public holiday, but a legal national holiday observed on the second Sunday in May in the United States
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: Pentecost Sunday
- Sunday, 50 days after Easter
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: Victory Day
- Marks the key victory in the 1919 Battle of Võnnu (near Cesis, Latvia)
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: St. John's Day
- The feast day of St John the Baptist marking Midsummer. John by tradition was born six months before Jesus.
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: Independence Restoration Day
- In 1991 Estonia re-established independence after the end of the Soviet Union
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: Ethnicity day
- day dedicated to the Estonian unique language and cultural identity
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: Father's Day
- 2nd Sunday in November.
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: Christmas Eve
- Christmas Eve marks the culmination of the Advent period before Christmas that started on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Eve.
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: Christmas Day
- Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
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: Boxing Day
- The second day of Christmas is known as Boxing Day or St. Stephens Day. St Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
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