Suppose a day is generally considered to be an S-day - for example, Labour Day - but you personally will not be attending a picnic or any other function. For you, it will be a day exactly like any other. Is it still an S-day food-wise, just because it's a nation-wide holiday?
Or, say, Easter. If you do not celebrate it, or any other holiday, around that time, is it nonetheless an S-day in terms of eating, just because it's generally recognized as a holiday? How about Valentine's Day? What if you have no sweetie and are just going to go to work, come home, and watch TV, just like any other night? Is it still an S day? Come to think of it, is it an S-day even if you HAVE a sweetie?
If these days are NOT considered S-days because they do not affect you personally, is there flexibility around days that are personally relevant to you, but which would not otherwise be considered S-days? For example, say your aunt organizes a party for your cousin's 40th birthday, which happens to fall on a Wednesday?
I guess my question comes down to, "Can one decide on an individual basis which days are 'Special' to him, omitting those that aren't and adding those that are?"
I'm confused and wonder if there are rules, or "rights and wrongs", that can help clarify what S-days are about.
Judy
Another question re S-days
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Hi Judy,
Sometimes you'll have some iffy S-days. But the vast majority should be very clear. If you're worried about taking S-days for any occasion you have the remotest connection to, use this guideline: if you take 2 or less non-weekend S-days per month, you don't have anything to worry about. It might help to flip through a calendar now, make a note of the S-days you're thinking of taking, and see what it comes out to for the rest of the year. I suspect it will put you at ease.
Reinhard
My answer is "yes." In fact, you have to decide. There is no universal default applicable to everyone on the planet. Every single day of the year is special to someone somewhere, depending on his nationality, religion, relationships, etc.I guess my question comes down to, "Can one decide on an individual basis which days are 'Special' to him, omitting those that aren't and adding those that are?"
Sometimes you'll have some iffy S-days. But the vast majority should be very clear. If you're worried about taking S-days for any occasion you have the remotest connection to, use this guideline: if you take 2 or less non-weekend S-days per month, you don't have anything to worry about. It might help to flip through a calendar now, make a note of the S-days you're thinking of taking, and see what it comes out to for the rest of the year. I suspect it will put you at ease.
Reinhard