Yes, you are correct - the roots of christmas becoming a national holiday are
ancient, and americans more ignorant of the melting pot the country was
becoming. Easter seems to be always on a sunday, so government agencies are
not really involved. That is more truly only a religious holiday, and, of
course, companies decide for themselves whether to be open or not. The company
I work for is open, though I don't work weekends.
Larry
Steve wrote:
> Christmas is a National Holiday and is clearly a Christian festival as is
> Easter.
>
> Steve
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> From: "Larry" <Halpert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [OM] Happy day to all English OM'ers
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> > 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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