“Martin Luther King Sales”?!!! I guess it was only a matter of time.
“Day-on, not day-off”? I’ve been familiar with this since the ’80s. I understand the sentiment, but I think it makes non-Black adults (ie, not in school) question whether it’s a “real holiday” (as they say) if it’s not a day off except for government. Fewer and fewer of them are “real holidays” anymore, with stores open, malls, even businesses / workplaces, factories, customer service…. It seems only Christmas, New Year’s (mostly), 4th of July, and Thanksgiving are “sacred” anymore, know what I mean? And Europeans get all August off…! Even Canadians get a couple unnamed, theme-free ”bank holidays,” while we’re merging holidays – Lincoln’s Birthday and Washington’s Birthday into “Presidents’ Day.” Frankly, I think February is too long as it is; we should un-combine them, and in fact, get every Monday in February off! How about every Monday in August, too? Christmas Eve … Black Friday … Thanksgiving Eve … Easter Monday … Friday before Memorial Day … Halloween (Trick-or-treat all day, kiddies!) … Election Day … Friday before Labor Day….
