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Presidents' Day
Wiki says that "Presidents' Day" came into being in 1971, but I swear I remember having both Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays off well into elementary school. Hmm. Maybe it was just something my school did for a good decade or so after?
I saw a comment by someone over on the Snopes syndication feed that said the majority of people (unless gov't workers, banks, schools, etc.) don't get this day off. I wonder if it's a regional thing because every company I've worked for has always had Presidents' Day off. And so did my Dad and Mom in whatever job they had - we'd always go up to the mountains with two other families every Presidents' Day weekend.
Well, I'm being very presidential today, as long as presidential means going out for breakfast (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
samkicksass and sesaworuban - the converted beach house place we went to) and then seeing the Curious George movie with the friend's kidlettes.
ETA: Am now feeling nostalgic for the mountain weekends we used to have. The trip wouldn't be complete without a trip to the Ice Castle in Blue Jay (we'd usually stay in either Big Bear or Lake Arrowhead). It was a *beautiful* ice rink. One side was completely open and two sides were semi-open. Sadly, it collapsed after a big snow storm a few years back. They didn't rebuild. :( I could only find one picture of it online.
I saw a comment by someone over on the Snopes syndication feed that said the majority of people (unless gov't workers, banks, schools, etc.) don't get this day off. I wonder if it's a regional thing because every company I've worked for has always had Presidents' Day off. And so did my Dad and Mom in whatever job they had - we'd always go up to the mountains with two other families every Presidents' Day weekend.
Well, I'm being very presidential today, as long as presidential means going out for breakfast (
samkicksass and sesaworuban - the converted beach house place we went to) and then seeing the Curious George movie with the friend's kidlettes.ETA: Am now feeling nostalgic for the mountain weekends we used to have. The trip wouldn't be complete without a trip to the Ice Castle in Blue Jay (we'd usually stay in either Big Bear or Lake Arrowhead). It was a *beautiful* ice rink. One side was completely open and two sides were semi-open. Sadly, it collapsed after a big snow storm a few years back. They didn't rebuild. :( I could only find one picture of it online.