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I agree with Box, do not get caught up in recognition of national holidays. They are only for government workers anyhow.
  

Quoted from Box A Rox

Really Cissy??? Do GE workers get Christmas off? And Christmas eve???
Are they Govt Workers?
Do most major corporations (not govt workers) get Christmas as a paid holiday?
Stores like Price Chopper, who are open 24/7... do they close on Christmas Day???

Cissy... with every post, you show yourself to be a very bitter man.

Quoted from CICERO

Does Price Chopper and GE close for Veterans Day or Memorial Day?  Do they get a paid holiday?  Maybe...But it's not required by law.  Both are federal holidays when federal offices are CLOSED.

"Non Essential" federal government offices MUST close for federal holidays, private businesses are NOT required.  Federal holidays are for federal employees.

Federal holidays are designated by the United States Congress in Title V of the United States Code (5 U.S.C. § 6103).  Congress has authority to create holidays only for federal institutions (including federally owned properties) and employees, and for the District of Columbia

Federal law (5 U.S.C. 6103) establishes the public holidays listed in these pages for Federal employees. Please note that most Federal employees work on a Monday through Friday schedule. For these employees, when a holiday falls on a nonworkday -- Saturday or Sunday -- the holiday usually is observed on Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday) or Friday (if the holiday falls on Saturday).
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/snow-dismissal-procedures/federal-holidays/

Quoted from Box A Rox

My guess...
Cissy gets all the federal holidays off, but Cissy can't enjoy them knowing that everyone else gets it off too.

By the sound of Cicero's recent posts, you can tell that it's nearing the holidays...
There is no JOY in Cissy's life like the JOY he finds complaining about OUR government.
(Note to Cissy)
I'm not sure but I think that there is no federal holiday for Christmas in SOMALIA.  You should give SOMALIA
a try.  It's practically govt free.

Quoted from CICERO

What does any of this have to do with the FACT that federal holidays are for FEDERAL EMPLOYEES?  

Quoted from Box A Rox

So... only federal employees get Christmas day off with pay???
Is that your contention Cicero???

Don't state employees get Federal holidays off too??

AND
Most large corporations have "federal holidays" off too.  

So, it's NOT only for federal employees.

Quoted from CICERO

My contention is that federal holidays as written in law are for federal employees.  States can also write legislation that mirror federal law, giving state government workers the day off. All other recognition is between private employee and private employer.

Quoted from Box A Rox

Obviously.   AND?????

Quoted from CICERO

If people just ignored national holidays and recognized the holidays they want to recognize, then this war on Christmas would be mute.  If you are a federal worker that is required by law want to close for Christmas, let them celebrate it.  There shouldn't even be a debate about who celebrates which holiday.  The only holidays mandated are for federal employees and state employees.

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A professor for political science at the University of Central Florida recently wrote an opinion piece for UCFToday calling for students to begin wishing one another a “Happy Federal Holiday” salutation instead of others that may be too selective and inclusive.

Terri Susan Fine wrote in “A Holiday Greeting That Applies to Everyone” that, “In our efforts to be inclusive, we show cultural insensitivity both by equating one major holiday with a minor holiday and failing to recognize that diversity includes those who celebrate neither holiday.” She notes that the typical greetings of “Merry Christmas” “Happy Chanukah” and even “Happy Holidays” only “cover most of the bases”. Her solution?


I would suggest that we take a new approach that observes “the holidays” we all have on our calendars, no matter our religion.

My friends and I wish each other a “Happy Federal Holiday.”