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David and the other Canadians will be celebrating their Thanksgiving on
Monday, the 12th. We'll be celebrating Columbus Day, or as some call
it, Indigenous People's Day on the same day.

It's a federal, state, and city holiday here, which gave most USAian's a three-day weekend. No mail, banks closed, no courts, etc. and I had given
a thought to heading to Michael's arts and crafts store. Remembered it
being a holiday and thought better of it as pretty sure all stores will
be jam packed.

Tuesday sounds like a better day for that jaunt.

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On 2026-10-11, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

David and the other Canadians will be celebrating their Thanksgiving on Monday, the 12th. We'll be celebrating Columbus Day, or as some call
it, Indigenous People's Day on the same day.

Or, as I call it: Native American Subjugation Day.

It's a federal, state, and city holiday here, which gave most USAian's a three-day weekend.

Not most Americans. Looks like about 14% of American workers
get the day off.

No mail, banks closed, no courts, etc. and I had given
a thought to heading to Michael's arts and crafts store.

Michael's employees do not get the day off.
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Cindy Hamilton
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On 2026-10-12 5:01 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2026-10-11, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

David and the other Canadians will be celebrating their Thanksgiving on
Monday, the 12th. We'll be celebrating Columbus Day, or as some call
it, Indigenous People's Day on the same day.

Or, as I call it: Native American Subjugation Day.

Not where I live. The native people in this area had already been wiped
out before the first Europeans arrived. They had been caught up in the conflict between the Iroquois to the south and the Huron to the north as
the Iroquois expanded their empire. There is a reason there are so many different "first nations".

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Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> posted:

On 2026-10-11, ItsJoanNotJoAnn webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

David and the other Canadians will be celebrating their Thanksgiving on Monday, the 12th. We'll be celebrating Columbus Day, or as some call
it, Indigenous People's Day on the same day.

Or, as I call it: Native American Subjugation Day.

The stronger, organized humans will always overtake the weaker.

You could protest to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or better yet, head to
one of their casinos and give them some cash.

It's a federal, state, and city holiday here, which gave most USAian's a three-day weekend.

Not most Americans. Looks like about 14% of American workers
get the day off.

I stand corrected, but a lot around here.

No mail, banks closed, no courts, etc. and I had given
a thought to heading to Michael's arts and crafts store.

Michael's employees do not get the day off.

Where did I say they get the day off? Nowhere. With many not working
today, stores and restaurants will be pretty much packed as happens on
regular weekends. Holidays seem to attract people out of the house but
I don't have to join the jostling crowd.

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On 2026-10-12 12:30 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

No mail, banks closed, no courts, etc. and I had given
a thought to heading to Michael's arts and crafts store.

Michael's employees do not get the day off.

Where did I say they get the day off? Nowhere. With many not working
today, stores and restaurants will be pretty much packed as happens on regular weekends. Holidays seem to attract people out of the house but
I don't have to join the jostling crowd.

Holidays used to be special days for people to get together and
celebrate or to recognize something special. These days they seem to be
more about special merchandising events. They are now days for the
better off on our society to have a day off to spend shopping while
people in retail, the lowest paying sector have to go to work. AFAIAC
if everyone wants to view holidays as marketing events they could just
do away with them.
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On 2026-10-12, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

On 2026-10-12 12:30 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

No mail, banks closed, no courts, etc. and I had given
a thought to heading to Michael's arts and crafts store.

Michael's employees do not get the day off.

Where did I say they get the day off? Nowhere. With many not working
today, stores and restaurants will be pretty much packed as happens on
regular weekends. Holidays seem to attract people out of the house but
I don't have to join the jostling crowd.

Holidays used to be special days for people to get together and
celebrate or to recognize something special.

That's just Thankgiving and Christmas now. To a limited
extent, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day.
Some retail workers have to work Thanksgiving and fewer on
Christmas.

And, of course, first responders and hospital employees have
always had to work holidays. I imagine seniority plays a
role there.

The proliferation of holidays for the federal government
has not trickled down to the private sector.

In any event, the government cannot force employers to
close for holidays anymore.
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Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> posted:

On 2026-10-12 12:30 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:

With many not working
today, stores and restaurants will be pretty much packed as happens on regular weekends. Holidays seem to attract people out of the house but
I don't have to join the jostling crowd.

Holidays used to be special days for people to get together and
celebrate or to recognize something special. These days they seem to be
more about special merchandising events. They are now days for the
better off on our society to have a day off to spend shopping while
people in retail, the lowest paying sector have to go to work. AFAIAC
if everyone wants to view holidays as marketing events they could just
do away with them.

That's the truth! Just sorta halfway paying attention to local commercials
on TV with an approaching holiday and it's SALE! SALE! BIG SALE!

If it's available for purchase, there's going to be a sale. Electronics, appliances, cars, mattresses; the list is endless.

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On 2026-10-12 1:35 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2026-10-12, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

And, of course, first responders and hospital employees have
always had to work holidays. I imagine seniority plays a
role there.

The proliferation of holidays for the federal government
has not trickled down to the private sector.

In any event, the government cannot force employers to
close for holidays anymore.

There are some holidays I would gladly have worked and got the time and
a half holiday bonus. I am not religious so working Good Friday and
Easter would have been a windfall for me. Civic Holiday and Labour Day.

One year I had to work Christmas Day and that was a drag. It was even
worse when I ended up having to work overtime. I had been paid for the
day and was getting time and half for working it and double time and a
half was not a bad deal. Then we ended up having to work a couple hours overtime so I went from double time and a half to only time and a half.






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ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

David and the other Canadians will be celebrating their Thanksgiving on Monday, the 12th. We'll be celebrating Columbus Day, or as some call
it, Indigenous People's Day on the same day.

It's a federal, state, and city holiday here, which gave most USAian's a three-day weekend. No mail, banks closed, no courts, etc. and I had given
a thought to heading to Michael's arts and crafts store. Remembered it being a holiday and thought better of it as pretty sure all stores will
be jam packed.

Tuesday sounds like a better day for that jaunt.

~

I suppose Columbus Day makes a lot of sense if you're Italian American. My granddaughter said a lot of kids at her school just didn't show up. I suppose that makes a lot of sense too.


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On Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:21:59 GMT, dsi1
<user4746@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

David and the other Canadians will be celebrating their Thanksgiving on
Monday, the 12th. We'll be celebrating Columbus Day, or as some call
it, Indigenous People's Day on the same day.

It's a federal, state, and city holiday here, which gave most USAian's a
three-day weekend. No mail, banks closed, no courts, etc. and I had given >> a thought to heading to Michael's arts and crafts store. Remembered it
being a holiday and thought better of it as pretty sure all stores will
be jam packed.

Tuesday sounds like a better day for that jaunt.

I suppose Columbus Day makes a lot of sense if you're Italian American. My >granddaughter said a lot of kids at her school just didn't show up. I suppose >that makes a lot of sense too.

America didn't exist before Columbus arrived, just like Australia
didn't exist before Captain Cook arrived.
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Bruce
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