Question about long weekends

mondurvic · Post by **mondurvic** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:23 pm

This weekend is Canada Day, our equivalent to the American 4th of July. It always falls on July 1st, but is celebrated on the nearest Monday. So Monday here is a national holiday (no-one works, banks closed, etc.), but many celebrate on the Sunday, the 1st itself. Fireworks are on Sunday night, the downtown has many festive events planned - all on the Sunday. But Monday is the Canada Day holiday.

So you can see my question coming: Is Monday an S day?

What do Americans do if, say, the 4th is on a Thursday or Tuesday? Does this become a 4-day weekend? What days would be considered S days for our purposes?

Hope I've made sense here, and that someone can advise.

Judy

wosnes · Post by **wosnes** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:57 pm

Here's my interpretation: Monday would be an S day for you. For myself, if the 4th fell on a Thursday or Tuesday with a long holiday weekend, Friday or Monday would not be S days. I guess it would be similar to Thanksgiving -- the holiday is an S day, but not the day after.

cvmom · Post by **cvmom** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:49 am

I take the 4th as an S day.

ClickBeetle · Post by **ClickBeetle** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:29 am

Heck, yeah, it's an S day!

Post by **reinhard** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:21 pm

If today is a "national holiday" for you, then I'd say that makes it a pretty clear S-day. As for extra celebrations on Sunday, well that was an S-day to begin with. So happy Canada (s-) day (observed)!

Reinhard