Argentina

By students of Patricia Jáuregui
Learning School
Form: 2nd year - 2002
Olivos - Provincia de Buenos Aires - Argentina

Child’s Day in Argentina

Every year, on the 2nd Sunday in August, we celebrate Child’s Day in Argentina. We don’t know when or how the celebration started but we do know for sure that it’s a very special day for us, kids.

We receive presents from our parents and the rest of the family: grandpas and grandmas, aunts and uncles. We usually do something special on this day, like eating out or spending the day at an amusement park.

The previous Friday, we have a celebration at school. The Principal and our teachers organize games for us to have fun: a relay race, a Treasure Hunt, or a General Knowledge Competition. We get sweets and lollipops as treats.

In the country, several campaigns to help kids take place: different welfare organizations collect money and toys to distribute on Child’s Day among children who are in hospital and those cannot get gifts from their families either because they don’t have a family or their families can’t afford presents.