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Public Holidays in Tenerife 2011

2011

The Government of the Canary Islands has approved the following list of the Public Holidays in the Canary Islands for 2011:
  • 1 January, Año Nuevo / New Year
  • 6 January, Epifanía del Señor / Epiphany
  • 2 FebruaryVirgen de la Candelaria / Candlemas
  • 21 April, Jueves Santo / Holy Thursday
  • 22 April, Viernes Santo / Good Friday
  • 30 May, Día de Canarias / Canaries Day
  • 15 August, Asunción de la Virgen / Assumption
  • 12 October, Fiesta Nacional de España / Spanish National Holiday
  • 1 November, Todos los Santos / All Saints
  • 6 December, Día de la Constitución Española / Constitution Day
  • 8 December, Inmaculada Concepción / Immaculate Conception
  • 26 December, Natividad del Señor / Day in lieu of Christmas Day
The two peculiarities in this list are that because Fiesta del Trabajo / Labour Day, May 1st falls on a Sunday, the day in lieu, rather than the next day, has been given as May 30th, for Día de Canarias / Canaries Day instead. Likewise, as Christmas Day in 2011 will also fall on a Sunday, December 26th has been given as a day in lieu. (Boxing Day isn’t a holiday in Spain.) There’s a legal right to days off on public holidays in Spain (there's no such right in Britain), however, you should note that the official working week in Spain consists of 6 days, Monday to Saturday, inclusive. To make up the 14 days public holidays decreed by law, two additional days are added that are specific to each municipal council area.

Husband by the hour in Tenerife

We’ve a feeling that there may be a few restrictions to the type of duties that are available for hire (or not), but nevertheless, we applaud the resourcefulness of one unemployed man in the south of Tenerife.

José Antonio Martín is a lorry driver, who, back in July, became unemployed, at which time he started to advertise himself as a “husband by the hour”, an original idea that has allowed him to make enough money to get by. He advertises his services in various shops in his neighbourhood, which is how his neighbours get to know about his services when they need to do some small repairs around the house.

At economical prices and on any day of the week, José Antonio has ensured that the crisis hasn’t been an impediment for him by carrying out whatever domestic labours that present a difficulty for others because of lack of time, etc.

We’d usually call him a handyman, but “husband by the hour” is a much more fun and memorable description to market himself with. Via RTVC.

Tenerife Land of Eternal Christmas

Sunbathing SantaDesert Island ChristmasScuba Diving SantaTropical Santa
Santa's Having a Whale of a TimeSurfing SantaWaterski SantaCamel Rodeo Santa
With a wide range of products in each design, click the pics (above) to see the full selections.