Civic Holiday
This is a holiday weekend for us. The first Monday of August is Civic Holiday in much of Canada.
When I first moved here 78 years ago, I had never heard of Civic Holiday. Colleague Robin Carter carefully explained to me that Canadians very intelligently decided they should have a holiday in August because they had official holidays in May, June, July, September, and October and they didn't want to go through August without having one then, too.
Civic Holiday commemorates nothing. It's just a good excuse to have a three-day weekend in August.
When I first moved here 78 years ago, I had never heard of Civic Holiday. Colleague Robin Carter carefully explained to me that Canadians very intelligently decided they should have a holiday in August because they had official holidays in May, June, July, September, and October and they didn't want to go through August without having one then, too.
Civic Holiday commemorates nothing. It's just a good excuse to have a three-day weekend in August.
posted by EclectEcon @ 7/30/2005 02:34:00 a.m.
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