Wouldn't a holiday celebrating a saint be a religious holiday, not a
national one? To make it a national one wouldn't it be assumed the entire
country is of the same religion?
Larry
Roger Wesson wrote:
> I think the
> great thing about our patron saint's day is that so few people make a
> big deal of it. It's good to be so self-confident as a nation that we
> don't need a national day to affirm our identity!
>
> St. George....
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