Talk:Public holidays of the United States

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Contents 1 Christmas? 2 Removed Christmas section. 3 Easter 4 Federal Hodliday != day off 5 4:20 6 Super Bowl Sunday 7 Inauguration Day

[edit] Christmas?

Is Christmas really a national/federally mandated holiday in the United States of America? -- Tjdw 14:58, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)

• It is. Christmas in the US is largely secular today, and is celebrated by many non-christians. I suspect that it was designated a national holiday in order to give federal employees a day off. Scott Burley 01:42, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

The rationale for making Christmas a federal holiday is that, because so many people would ordinarily take that day off anyway, it is simpler and cheaper to simply give non-essential personnel the day off. 18.26.0.18 00:45, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Removed Christmas section.

I removed the Christmas section as it was conveying false info. The article claime that it was a largely Non Secular holiday in the U.S (Which it isn't, it just so happens that Christianity is the dominent Religion in America) and that it was far removed from it's origional meaning (which is POV) I skimed over the rest of the section and it seemed to be more about Christmas Traditions thn it's impact on American Culture (IE: the U.S isn't the only country to have christmas trees) which would be far better suited for an article on Christmas as opposed to in this article. Deathawk 16:39, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Easter

Not generally observed by most businesses

Er, well, it's always on a Sunday, and I think that most businesses that are generally open on Sundays are generally closed, or at least have reduced hours. Easter is a much bigger deal for most Americans than this article would seem to suggest. 70.20.212.73 06:27, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Federal Hodliday != day off

May be one could state that a federal holiday doesn't mean that you don't have to work. A list of days where people don't have to work due to public holiday would be nice.

[edit] 4:20

4:20 is not a holiday by any stretch of the imagination. I'd delete it, but I have no idea how the charts work, and don't want to screw anything up. JamesBenjamin 20:32, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

And I just figured out how the charts work, and removed it myself.JamesBenjamin 20:34, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Super Bowl Sunday

I have removed a duplicate entry from the "Other holidays observed nationwide" chart, since the observance of "Super Bowl Sunday" is already located in the "Non-holiday notable days" section.

[edit] Inauguration Day

Aside from the vice-president, what other "elected officials" are sworn in on Inauguration Day? Congress convenes and is sworn in ~two weeks earlier. Isaacsf 03:52, 6 April 2007 (UTC)