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Should the Start of Chinese New Year Be a Federal Holiday?

Posted by timothy on from the lunatic-idea dept.

First time accepted submitter CarlosF writes "Does Lunar New Year belong alongside those other red-letter days? Efforts to recognize Lunar New Year at the state and local level have been afoot for years. In 1994, San Francisco decided to close public schools on Lunar New Year, but this was largely a response to demographic reality rather than political pressure."

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  1. Ridiculous by cupantae · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well, we know the answer is no.

    The way it should go is exactly the way it will go: if the Chinese population in a given area is large enough that the inhabitants cannot ignore the celebration, they will recognise it. That area can be a county, state or country.

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  2. Re:No, it shouldn't by LordLucless · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yeah. You know what else is useless? Weekends. What's up with that crap. I mean, abolish them, and we could work 7 days a week. Woot!

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