Talk:Holidays of the United States
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Is Christmas really a national/federally mandated holiday in the United States of America? -- Tjdw 14:58, 19 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- It is. Christmas in the US is largely secular today, and is celebrated by many non-christians. I suspect that it was designated a national holiday in order to give federal employees a day off. Scott Burley 01:42, 4 May 2004 (UTC)
- The rationale for making Christmas a federal holiday is that, because so many people would ordinarily take that day off anyway, it is simpler and cheaper to simply give non-essential personnel the day off. 18.26.0.18 00:45, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)