Day Date Month Holiday Monday 1 Jan New Year's Day Tuesday 20 Mar March equinox Friday 30 Mar Good Friday Monday 2 Apr Easter Monday Tuesday 1 May Labor Day/May Day Tuesday 8 May WWII Victory Day Thursday 10 May Ascension Day Monday 21 May Whit Monday Thursday 21 Jun June Solstice Wednesday 15 Aug Assumption of Mary Thursday 1 Nov All Saints' Day Friday 21 Dec December Solstice Monday 24 Dec Christmas Eve Tuesday 25 Dec Christmas Day Wednesday 26 Dec St Stephen's Day Monday 31 Dec New Year's Eve Source: www.timeanddate.com/holidays/france/2018