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Cesar Chavez Day (March 31): Possibly he has some downsides, but with the growing Hispanic population it could give something equivalent to Martin Luther King Day.
Von Steuben Day (September 17): Celebration of Prussian figure in the American Revolutionary War, Baron Von Steuben, and also a celebration of German-American culture. Already celebrated, it seems, in New York City and Chicago. Plus kids can learn some history.
Casimir Pulaski Day (First Monday of March) or General Pulaski Memorial Day (October 11): Celebration of Polish figure in the American Revolution and also of Polish America. One or the other is already celebrated in Chicago, Grand Rapids, New York City, and parts of Wisconsin. As with the above it gives some history.
Leif Erikson Day (October 9): Celebrate the man who discovered America, well the Canada part of ot anyway.
True. But I guess ideally I would rather have X amount of personal days or vacation days and be able to use them when I wish.
Good point.
Anyway looking on the above things I named I guess Chavez Day and Pulaski's birthday are "winners" in a way as we don't really have anything in March. At least it seems sensible to pick a month not full of holidays. Although maybe there's a logic in picking a month already full of holidays to make an extended holiday month. In that case maybe something in December. Like "Zamenhoff Day", a day to celebrate Esperanto. It might be fun for the non-theists. Listen to Esperanto songs and give international gifts.
Anyway looking on the above things I named I guess Chavez Day and Pulaski's birthday are "winners" in a way as we don't really have anything in March. At least it seems sensible to pick a month not full of holidays. Although maybe there's a logic in picking a month already full of holidays to make an extended holiday month. In that case maybe something in December. Like "Zamenhoff Day", a day to celebrate Esperanto. It might be fun for the non-theists. Listen to Esperanto songs and give international gifts.
I don't think there are any in August. We need to find or invent some days to get that month covered. Does Back-to-school count as a holiday?
Hell yes... for parents at least, not so sure it ranks as high for the kids though .
Wouldn't count for Michigan though, as schools don't start until after Labor Day which is in September every year.
Well we could move Labor Day to August or Sept 1st. and have a Labor Day's Eve and then a Back-to-School Day following Labor Day. If we stretch this out and include a weekend maybe we can get about 5 days off in a row.
Well I think we have enough holidays but if we're going to add another one I'd definitely say election day. True some schools are off that day but not all and it'd be nice to have that day off and more people would probably vote if that was a holiday.
The day after Thanksgiving should be a holiday, but the rest are no good. Going the other way, I think we should eliminate Columbus, President's, and MLK Day.
Many schools and other businesses are off for election day.
I'd like another three day weekend in the summer. I like Canada's "Civic Holiday", the first w/e in August. I don't know what we'd call it, though. August 1 is Colorado Day, but I haven't worked anywhere where we got that day off in a long time (did once at a health dept, but then they dropped it).
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Does Back-to-school count as a holiday? 
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