Posted by Samhain_Dream at d194-241.uoregon.edu on October 30, 2001 at 22:38:46:
In Reply to: Call it "Santa Claus" day posted by gramp on October 30, 2001 at 19:42:56:
: Wait,
: That's religious. He's a saint.
: Wasn't the original reason for the break,
: giving people time to go home to be with
: the family for the holiday of Christmas ?
: Let's call it "the man in the boat" day.
: Remember, the guy crossed the river on
: xmas eve, during that war.
But when the break gets extended to four weeks, it's hard to justify all that time be donated to family and the Christmas holiday. A lot of the break time actually has to do with sports schedules.