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Labour Day
Sep 5th
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Labour Day is the last holiday of summer in Canada and the US. Jessie and Maura talk about Labour Day and its origins, as well as what we now do on this holiday. Other topics in this episode include the rule of not wearing white after Labour Day, summer memories and Back to school. Help us celebrate the summer by listening to this episode!
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Jessie: Right! That makes sense because it is almost the end of summer.
Maura: Right! So, what is Labour Day?
Jessie: Well, Labour Day is a holiday in Canada and the US. It happens on the first Monday of September.
Maura: Exactly! So, it is a holiday in Canada and the US. And what do people normally do on Labour Day?
Jessie: Well, despite the name Labour Day—people actually do not do labour, they relax. They have a break from labour, or work.
Maura: Right, so they treat Labour Day as a regular holiday: people relax, they go to the beach, travel with family.
Jessie: Lots of people barbecue, eat outside.
Maura: Yeah, sometimes they have fireworks. So, the Labour Day is a fun day.
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Victoria Day
May 21st
Hello again!
We are back. Where did we go?
Like Harp mentioned at the end of her post below, Monday was a holiday here in Canada. The Monday before May 24 is called Victoria Day and was created to celebrate Queen Victoria’s birthday.
Click here for wikipedia’s explantion of this holiday.
For many Canadians this is a weekend to party! When I was in highschool we called this weekend May 2-4. This refers to the date and also to a 24-case of beer, which can also be called a 2-4. Often people go away to a cottage on a lake or go camping for this weekend. When I was in highschool and university this was a big party weekend for me.
I didn’t party this year. But I did enjoy the extra day off!
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