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The socialist mayor in the northern Spanish town of Logroņo has decided to publish the towns official 2010 calendar and celebrate the birth of Mohammed and Pakistans Independence day, but not Christmas or Spains national holiday.30,000 copies of the calendar, titled Logroņo, the peoples capital have been published by the Logroņo town hall, under the leadership of socialist mayor Tomás Santos.
Many right-wing and mainstream media organisations in Spain have picked up on the story today because they have forgotten to include many of the Christian saints and even some Spanish national holidays.
Saints days are big news in Spain.
Mohammeds birthday on February 24, the end of Ramadan on September 9 and Pakistan independence day have all made it into the calendar, although it seems Pakistan independence day is actually August 14.
Christmas on December 25, Epiphany (also Three Kings day in Spain) on January 6 and Spains national holiday (and Columbus day) on October 12 have not been selected for this years calendar.
Clearly this hasnt gone down well with the Spanish right or the Catholic Church in Spain, and will leave many Spaniards wondering what mayor Santos is up to in Logroņo.
Curiously, looking at a bit of history on the Spanish Wikipedia page for Logroņo, we can see that it was awarded its flag a red and white St. Andrews Cross by Fernando III in 1237 to commemorate success in the battle of Baeza 10 years previously on November 30, 1227 following his reconquest of the town from the Muslims.
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