tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post373481460084417123..comments2024-03-29T04:00:59.839-04:00Comments on Philofaxy: A Date For Your Filofax - Sunday 5th May 2013Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-37331808392152121662013-04-29T02:12:36.818-04:002013-04-29T02:12:36.818-04:00Thanks for reminding me of Memorial Day! We have a...Thanks for reminding me of Memorial Day! We have a American War Cemetery nearby and I was planning to visit it with the kids on Memorial Day (www.margratenmemorialcenter.org)Jotjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07144301091362704402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-42689050675047160222013-04-28T16:50:42.351-04:002013-04-28T16:50:42.351-04:00In my own inserts I've added both the UK holid...In my own inserts I've added both the UK holidays and French Bank Holidays, which are numerous in May! 1st, 8th, 9th, 20th this year!! <br />But then we don't have Good Friday or Boxing Day here in France. Also if a bank holiday which is a fixed date falls on a Sunday the French people don't get an extra day off on say the Monday, it's just considered a normal working day! <br />Steve Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062727836545335187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-17271356155280455352013-04-28T16:46:29.816-04:002013-04-28T16:46:29.816-04:00That's also a recent move to create 3-day week...That's also a recent move to create 3-day weekends at Public/Bank Holidays, like the UK has done with May Day. I know that Memorial Day (previously Decoration Day) was always 30th May. Only since the 1970's has it been set as the last Monday in May. <br /><br />The equivalent across Europe is Armistice Day, which is always 11th November. Except again in the UK! Here it is Remembrance Tim Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320789185450598620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-61063145427546512492013-04-28T10:45:56.587-04:002013-04-28T10:45:56.587-04:00Tim you are right, we don't recognize Whitsun ...Tim you are right, we don't recognize Whitsun in the US. But the last Monday of May is always Memorial Day in the US, a public holiday.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-13166293638281209212013-04-28T05:45:04.091-04:002013-04-28T05:45:04.091-04:00Yes, me too! May Day was traditionally a celebrat...Yes, me too! May Day was traditionally a celebration of spring and the promise of summer. Then it became (in China and much of Europe) a day to (supposedly) recognise the workers and trade unions. Whereas many countries still have a May Day Bank Holiday on 1st May (often called Labour Day or Fete de Travail) it's a relatively new Holiday in the UK and celebrated on the first Monday in May. Tim Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320789185450598620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-56559677433126720742013-04-28T04:11:43.195-04:002013-04-28T04:11:43.195-04:00Will have to miss this one - weekend away for the ...Will have to miss this one - weekend away for the bank holiday :)Printed Portalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17545784560009320487noreply@blogger.com