Re: Batch of Mirepoix

On 2025-02-19 8:35 a.m., Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-02-19 10:15 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-02-19, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

 

When I was a kid, we got Good Friday off and no bones about it.  At
some later point, someone said, "What about the Jews?" and they
stopped calling it that.
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Like Boxing Day, Easter Monday is not much of a thing.  Wikipedia
tells me it's observed in some cities in Michigan, but I've never
seen it.  Perhaps in old Hamtramck, when it was majority Polish.
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Except for Thanksgiving and Christmas, most holidays are seen as
prime retailing opportunities.  Banks and the government are closed,
but pretty much everything else is open.

 I don't really see much the point of paid holidays if they are just going to be retail sale events. Banks, major businesses and government offices shut down for the day and everyone goes out shopping, so the lowest paid sector of the economy end up having to go to work. Nuts to that. If it is a statutory holiday everyone should have the day off.
 We observed Family Day on Monday. That is a relatively new holiday and I was surprised to see that just about everything was closed including grocery stores. Even my local corner coffee shop was closed.
 

Not here where the holiday originated!
I agree with the idea that shops should close on public holidays, especially Family Day!!