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Post by Joe on Oct 8, 2006 17:57:04 GMT -5
Wow...another holiday on the same day...North America will be rockin' ! Happy Columbus Day to my fellow Americans here!
Joe
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Post by mott on Oct 9, 2006 8:49:13 GMT -5
Thanks Joe. I was wondering if on the US Thanksgiving (Nov. 23) if there was a Canadian holiday on that same day too?
But I only liked Columbus Day as a kid, beacuse we'd have no school. Today is still a work day unless you work for the government I guess.
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Post by Ginny on Oct 9, 2006 10:51:57 GMT -5
I don't think we have anything on Nov.23...nothing important anyway
Cheers,
Ginny
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Post by Joe on Oct 10, 2006 23:28:55 GMT -5
I don't think we have anything on Nov.23...nothing important anyway. Still, it should be circled on your calendar!  Guess who |
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Post by rainbowsmiles on Oct 24, 2006 20:23:53 GMT -5
I hate Columbus Day. I don't know why we honor him at all. I'm 1/2 Italian and I'll be the first to say the guy was a pig.
Sorry Joe - I just had to express that.
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Post by mott on Oct 25, 2006 12:26:22 GMT -5
I do kind of agree, Columbus Day is kind of silly...it's not like America would never have been discovered if Columbus didn't accidentally bunp into it in 1492. How come there is no Magellan Day? I think discovering the world is round is pretty important.  |
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Post by rainbowsmiles on Nov 6, 2006 20:04:20 GMT -5
^ lol Its true. There were definitely more important people than Columbus. I always wonder how its decided who gets their own day.  |
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Post by Joe on Nov 6, 2006 20:46:42 GMT -5
Yeah, Columbus wasn't even near America. It irks me that tens of thousand of our native people were there first. And then later convieniently "moved" aside.  |
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Post by mott on Nov 7, 2006 8:24:07 GMT -5
Does Canada have a Cabot Day?  |
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Post by Ginny on Nov 7, 2006 14:53:32 GMT -5
Not that I know of At least not a day we get off school Cheers, Ginny |
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Post by faerie on Nov 7, 2006 15:53:31 GMT -5
i dont think so either, because i;ve never heard of that as a day before, do you guys get it off?
Tia
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Post by rainbowsmiles on Nov 8, 2006 19:30:03 GMT -5
Yeah, Columbus wasn't even near America. It irks me that tens of thousand of our native people were there first. And then later convieniently "moved" aside. In my neck of the woods it seems that most people don't even honor the day anymore - it still exists on the books but since the native americans made such a stink about it and people started paying attention, it just isn't what it was when I was little - which is good IMO. Italians like to hold onto Columbus day because its probably the only hero we Italian Americans have  |
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Post by Joe on Oct 7, 2007 20:47:52 GMT -5
Happy Columbus Day
October 8, 2007
Wow...another holiday on the same day...North America will be rockin' ! Happy Columbus Day to my fellow Americans here!
Joe
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