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    Post by Chris Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:10 pm

    Are there any holidays that you think are ridiculous?
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    Post by Shale Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:21 pm

    Any that gives me a paid day off from work are RIGHT ON!

    But yeah, the upcoming Presidents' Day is bogus. I mean, why not Governors' Day on the state level? blank stare @ you

    We don't get off on Columbus day but I think some places do. It is called "Dia de la Raza" here, commemorating when the day the races met and the white one decimated the native one by enslaving them and bringing them new diseases. I'm sure a lot of Native 'Americans' love that holiday.
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    Post by Forgiveness Man Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:05 pm

    Earth Day. Arbor Day.
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    Post by Impact Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:52 pm

    Arbor Day. I can never get that day off.
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    Post by Alan Smithee Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:56 pm

    Shale wrote:Any that gives me a paid day off from work are RIGHT ON!

    Pretty much.
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    Post by captainbryce Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:11 pm

    Shale wrote:Any that gives me a paid day off from work are RIGHT ON!

    But yeah, the upcoming Presidents' Day is bogus. I mean, why not Governors' Day on the state level? blank stare @ you
    I believe President's Day (Feb 18) was originally meant to be a consolidation of Washington's birthday (Feb 22) and Lincoln's birthday (Feb 12), in a national holiday to honor both simultaneously. Since those two are generally considered to be the two greatest Presidents of all time, Presidents Day is a specific recognition of them, and not necessarily all US Presidents in general.
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    Post by wants2laugh Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:41 am



    Ground hog's day is useless!! WTF
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    Post by Alan Smithee Tue Feb 12, 2013 9:02 am

    wants2laugh wrote:

    Ground hog's day is useless!! WTF

    It is NOT! I love that movie!!
    Bogus holidays Groundhog-Day-4
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    Post by wants2laugh Tue Feb 12, 2013 8:19 pm

    i took an economics class that explain how they determined when to declare a holiday. almost all of them were to boost a lagging economy. once i realized that.. it kinda took the fun out of them lol
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    Post by Alan Smithee Fri Feb 15, 2013 8:43 pm

    Shale wrote:

    But yeah, the upcoming Presidents' Day is bogus.

    Not when you find out Friday that you're getting a paid day off Monday you didn't think you had coming! cool dance
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    Post by RedBedroom Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:44 pm

    Is it okay to say Valentine's Day is a greeting card holiday?
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