• January 1st *: New Year
  
• March or April *: Holy Thursday & Friday
  
• April 11th *: Day of our National Hero Juan Santamaría
  
• May 1st *: Labor Day
  
• July 25th *: Annexation of the province of Guanacaste to Costa Rica
  
• August 2nd *: Virgin of our Lady of Los Angeles, Patroness of Costa Rica
  
• August 15th *: Mother’s Day
  
• September 15th *: Independence of Costa Rica
  
• October 12th *: Christopher Columbus Day and Limon Province's Carnival
  
• 2nd Saturday of December: Lights Festival in the city of San Jose
  
• December 25th *: Christmas Day
  
• December 26th: Horse parade in downtown San Jose
  
• December 27th: Carnival in downtown San Jose

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* Official Holidays