Columbus Day
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Columbus Day
I'm more concerned that there's a postal holiday today than the actual holiday itself. LOL
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I don't remember ever getting school off for Columbus Day...Elite Pwnage wrote:I'm pissed that I had school today and the nothern states didn't.
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Schools get the day off around here, but the market's still open and I'm at work. Quite frankly I don't see why we should be celebrating Christopher Columbus.
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That is always a good thing.jegs2 wrote:I'm just celebrating being off of work for four days.Dalton wrote:Schools get the day off around here, but the market's still open and I'm at work. Quite frankly I don't see why we should be celebrating Christopher Columbus.
Shit, I still have to pick up the new Zelda game at GamestopZor wrote:I'm annoyed that I can't pick up the game waiting for me at the post office until Tuesday thanks to that fucking holiday.
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In California, it actually varies district-to-district, and even by school. I never got Colombus day off after 7th grade.
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I believe he was one of the typical conquering explorers of the time.Zixinus wrote:Quick question regarding Colombus: how did he treat the natives? Was he a conquerer or an explorer?
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I don't think anyone actually celebrates Columbus day... Aside from some schools having their history lessons about the man centered around the day in the lesser grades.
To most, it's either a day off or a collection of mediocre sales.
To most, it's either a day off or a collection of mediocre sales.
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Our annual commemoration of the day Columbus discovered... that he was lost.
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