NEW BC HOLIDAY - Feb 11 [OLD]

[zenia]

Wait, so we get another stat holiday? I guess I had better tell my boss about it. She was asking me today what the next stat was.

[Tynder Bluekoinu]

When I first moved to BC I was so disappointed to find out that Family Day didn't exist here. All my friends and family had the day off and I was at work. Boo. We have it now though and that makes me happy :3

[Mikau Seafox]

I seem to be the only person who thinks it's a stupid idea for it to exist in the first place. The way I see it, it seems that the government has conveniently forgotten that we can enjoy time with our families on weekends, days off, other holidays that actually mean something, Summer vacation, Thanksgiving, Winter vacation, Xmas, and New Year's Eve.

Not to mention it's also the worst holiday to those who have no families.

[Gizmo]

Not to mention it's also the worst holiday to those who have no families.

I like to think my 'family' is whom I chose to have around me. In some ways, I guess that includes you!

[Mikau Seafox]

Works for me!

[tokar]

I seem to be the only person who thinks it's a stupid idea for it to exist in the first place. The way I see it, it seems that the government has conveniently forgotten that we can enjoy time with our families on weekends, days off, other holidays that actually mean something, Summer vacation, Thanksgiving, Winter vacation, Xmas, and New Year's Eve.

Not to mention it's also the worst holiday to those who have no families.

you think this is the worst holiday for those without families?  try going through christmas holidays alone and knowing your aunt died of a massive heart attack on christmas eve and then your mother passes a few years later on the 22nd of dec.  that does not make for a happy holiday season.  

for many, a long weekend in the middle of winter is a good thing.  you can work (if you have a job) and allow someone with a family to enjoy the day.  otherwise sit at home and mope.

[Silvermink]

I seem to be the only person who thinks it's a stupid idea for it to exist in the first place. The way I see it, it seems that the government has conveniently forgotten that we can enjoy time with our families on weekends, days off, other holidays that actually mean something, Summer vacation, Thanksgiving, Winter vacation, Xmas, and New Year's Eve.

Not to mention it's also the worst holiday to those who have no families.

I'm not wild about the name either but I don't think it's that big a deal. They could've called it "Day Off In The Middle Of February Day" as far as I'm concerned - whatever it's called it's a day off. Saying it's a stupid idea for it to exist just because its name isn't very good is a little bit silly.

I feel like my not liking the name suggests that the religious right's misuse of the word "family" is getting into my head, which I'm not particularly happy about.

[Drake Wingfire]

In regards to the name, I would see this simply as a holiday that will be made into a commercial thing here like "Come on down to ________ this February 11th for Family Day, up to 50% off of all kids admission and 25% off adults!" I could see stores, movie theaters, mini golf parks, pools, all those fun little things really being pushed for the holiday. I honestly can't argue with it. These days people are so busy with work or other forms of stress in their lives, maybe what we do need is a day where we try and bring focus to being around those we love. Hell I could see me spending the day with some of my closest fur friends as I more or less consider them my second family.

[Mikau Seafox]

you think this is the worst holiday for those without families?  try going through christmas holidays alone and knowing your aunt died of a massive heart attack on christmas eve and then your mother passes a few years later on the 22nd of dec.  that does not make for a happy holiday season.  

for many, a long weekend in the middle of winter is a good thing.  you can work (if you have a job) and allow someone with a family to enjoy the day.  otherwise sit at home and mope.

Xmas is a miserable holiday to many of us.

[J.R.Bear]

Why are some of you complaining about a holiday? Oh boo hoo its called Family Day and I don't have any family. Your friends can be your extended family if you really want to argue against a free day off because of what its called. If being alone on "Family Day" upsets you hang out with them. Either way its a free day off, holiday pay, and time and a half if you do work. Its Win-Win.

[Pea]

I seem to be the only person who thinks it's a stupid idea for it to exist in the first place. The way I see it, it seems that the government has conveniently forgotten that we can enjoy time with our families on weekends, days off, other holidays that actually mean something, Summer vacation, Thanksgiving, Winter vacation, Xmas, and New Year's Eve.

Not to mention it's also the worst holiday to those who have no families.

you're taking the name of it a bit literal.  :D

[Grey]

When I first moved to BC I was so disappointed to find out that Family Day didn't exist here. All my friends and family had the day off and I was at work. Boo. We have it now though and that makes me happy :3

The utterly fantastic thing about BC however is that our government in their infinitely wise ways decided to put BC's family day on the second Monday of the month instead of the third Monday like the rest of Canada. So unfortunately we will still be working while our out of province friends and family get the day off and vice versa. So they gave us the holiday but still managed to screw it up. Yay!

[Wereman]

Thank you all for sharing, interesting to hear how family values comes into place in this newly implemented holiday.

It is interesting how last year I observed that BC has so many statutory holidays. There is a total of 12? This is quite a number, though I have not compared it with other provinces. Yet this gives many individuals working full time the opportunity to rejoice for an additional day of holidays and go onto a venture that takes more than just a two-day weekend. Drawback, it makes the Portman bridge more congested and more patrol on the road. But such holiday reminds us the value we want to stand for.

[Silvermink]

It is interesting how last year I observed that BC has so many statutory holidays. There is a total of 12? This is quite a number, though I have not compared it with other provinces.

We have a fairly average number of statutory holidays in BC, at 10: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Canada

The utterly fantastic thing about BC however is that our government in their infinitely wise ways decided to put BC's family day on the second Monday of the month instead of the third Monday like the rest of Canada. So unfortunately we will still be working while our out of province friends and family get the day off and vice versa. So they gave us the holiday but still managed to screw it up. Yay!

That was actually the result of online polling, so blame that one on your fellow British Columbians.

[Grey]

Bah! Online polling. What nonsense is this? Lies I say. This government doesn't give a shit about what we want.