Should Christmas be a national holiday? (user search)

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Re: Should Christmas be a national holiday?

« on: May 17, 2005, 11:11:29 AM »

I will inform you of something even more ridiculous: In France, the unions are going on strike because the government plans to abolish the Pentecost holiday. I'll leave you to discover all the contradictions and hypocricies of that stunt.

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	Re: Should Christmas be a national holiday? « Reply #1 on: May 17, 2005, 11:26:11 AM »
	« Edited: May 17, 2005, 11:27:45 AM by Storebought »

Quote from: R.P. McMurphy the 10,000-Volt Psychopath on May 17, 2005, 11:17:35 AM

That would likely be happening here as well...if pentecost were to be abolished.
I don't see the contradictions, btw...it's an extra holiday with full pay that they're trying to abolish. That's basically stealing.

How so? The unions (and everybody else) would still get paid on that day--they will simply need to go to work for it. It's just as well, since hardly anyone in France beyond the paysans even recognizes the religious significance of that day anyhow.

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Re: Should Christmas be a national holiday?

« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2005, 11:43:36 AM »

Quote from: Semi-Retired Al on May 17, 2005, 11:41:00 AM

Yes. But mayors/councils renaming at as "Winterval" or something similer should be made illegal.

At least "Winterval" has a cute holiday-ish ring to it. Ex-NYC mayor David Dinkins wanted to call it 'The Sparkle Season'

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