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From: TMCLELLA@UALTAVM.BITNET (Tim Mclellan)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: Canada Day - Observance
Message-ID: <568@UALTAVM.BITNET>
Date: 6 Jul 89 13:42:34 GMT
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If I may, I would like to offer you my observation of the Canada Day
weekend.
 
Saturday, July 1  Canada Day  felt no more a special day than any other
Saturday.  The only notable difference I found during the day was that
we expected most downtown stores to be closed, and so spent our shopping
time at other malls - but not WEM :-{)
 
I realize that a celebration is what you make it.  That's not my concern.
My concern is that the DAY was no different than any other day.
 
Then came Monday.  A holiday, in lieu of Canada Day falling on a
Saturday.  But the whole point of Monday being a holiday had been
forgotten.  After all, the celebrating took place on Saturday.  Or
was that the post shopping sales parties?  I can't remember now.
 
Anyway, if most stores can at least close on Easter and Christmas, would
it be asking too much to have one more day added to the very short list -
Canada Day.