I'm visiting the west coast of Canada now, and a lot of people here had today off, is it the same where you live?
2007-04-09 15:29:49 · 19 answers · asked by OOGLY 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
yes we both did
4 day weekend Fri,sat, sun, Mon woohoo
2007-04-10 00:02:07 · answer #1 · answered by elite_women_rule_the_rock 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Easter Sunday, not Monday, I didn't know it exsisted, I did some research though, and found this out abotu it...
Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday and is celebrated as a holiday in some largely Christian cultures.
Formerly, the post-Easter festivities involved a week of secular celebration, but this was reduced to one day in the 19th century. Events include egg rolling competitions and, in predominantly Catholic countries, dousing other people with water which, at one time, had been holy water blessed the day before at Easter Sunday Mass and carried home to bless the house and food.
Easter Monday on the Catholic liturgical calendar is the second day of the octave of Easter Week.
In the Catholic Byzantine Rite and the Eastern Orthodox Church, Easter Monday is called Bright Monday.
Though not largely observed in the United States, the day remains informally observed in some areas such as the states of North Carolina and North Dakota, and the cities of Buffalo, New York and South Bend, Indiana. Traditionally Polish areas of the country such as Chicago observe Dingus Day as well. Easter Monday is a public holiday, along with Good Friday in Australia (and some other Commonwealth countries). Along with Good Friday, Easter Monday is a Bank Holiday in the United Kingdom (except Scotland), making a four-day weekend.
2007-04-09 15:33:56 · answer #2 · answered by hawthorne_heights_421 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, in fact where I work the first holiday observed each year is Memorial Day. It's funny too, because every week there are e-mails from the various field offices world wide announcing holiday closings. Did you know that in Japan there is a holiday known as "tomb sweeping day"?
2007-04-09 15:39:31 · answer #3 · answered by splitlevelmind 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Didn't think about it until I made a business call to Canada this morning & got the recording that the office was closed for the holiday.
2007-04-09 15:36:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes
I work for the Provincial Government and we had Good Friday and Easter Monday off.
2007-04-09 15:54:17 · answer #5 · answered by Lucy56 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm in Edmonton. Most people I know had the Friday off. I think retail mostly had Monday off? I'm not sure. Nothing much was open here on Friday.
2007-04-09 15:33:06 · answer #6 · answered by 1K 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, here in Oklahoma, we have what is called typical Mondays, and if its anything like my town...your out in the cow field walking in cow sh!t no matter what holiday it is...we don't get a day off...
2007-04-09 15:33:41 · answer #7 · answered by Koozie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in Vancouver and I went to work as usual (although it was holiday for some).
2007-04-09 15:34:29 · answer #8 · answered by phantom stranger 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i live in Canada and yes i did have a holiday today !!
2007-04-09 15:34:19 · answer #9 · answered by Chocogal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope. sucks.
i live in the great state of NC and nope. we got friday off but not monday... i wish we had monday off too, though
2007-04-09 15:32:50 · answer #10 · answered by nickname 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋