Here are the French National Holidays for 2013:

1 April 2013 (Monday) – Easter Monday

1 May 2013 (Wednesday) – Labour Day

8 May 2013 (Wednesday) – Victory Day 1945

9 May 2013 (Thursday) – Ascension Day

20 May 2013 (Monday) – Whit Monday

14 July 2013 (Sunday – bad luck!) – Bastille Day

15 August 2013 (Thursday) – Assumption

1 November 2013 (Friday) – All Saints’ Day (not the group!)

11 November 2013 (Monday) – Armistice Day

25 December 2013 (Wednesday) – Christmas Day