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Paradoxically, the US, where many people take religion very seriously, has quite few religiously based public holidays. Switzerland, on the other hand, is much
by microtherion 8y ago
Paradoxically, the US, where many people take religion very seriously, has quite few religiously based public holidays. Switzerland, on the other hand, is much more secular, but some cantons literally have a dozen Christian public holidays, e.g.: Epiphany (Jan 6), St Joseph's Day (Mar 19), Good Friday, Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Corpus Christi, Assumption of Mary, All Saint's Day, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Christmas Day, and Saint Stephen's Day.
- mnm1 8y agoQuite few as in zero that employers are required to give their employees. Any country with even one required public holiday has way more than the US.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoI support having mandatory yearly vacation day minimums (such as 20, 30, 40 days), but I don’t see the point of requiring specific dates off. Some people prefer certain dates, others don’t, and supply and demand can easily sort out the extra pay required to have people work on days that more people would want off.
- mnm1 8y agoOh, I agree completely especially given a binary choice. Too bad in America we have neither.
- maxxxxx 8y agoThey also don’t respect Sunday. In the US it’s normal that all stores are open on Sundays and holidays.
- tokyodude 8y agoWhy do I need to respect Sunday? No cities in Asia shutdown on Sunday AFAICT or at least not the ones I've been to. I found it truly annoying when I visited some European cities and nothing was open on Sunday. It felt like they were all under the thumb of religion instead of free to do what they wanted. Here in Japan Sunday is arguably "Shopping Day". Several areas of the city close one of the major streets from like 12pm to 5pm to pedestrians only for shopping including Shinjuku, Ginza, and Akihabara.
- maxxxxx 8y agoI don't care if you respect Sunday or not. What I am saying is that it's a little strange that a Christian nation is not respecting Sunday.
- greedo 8y agoAre you referring to the US as a "Christian nation?" If so, I think you're sadly mistaken.
- maxxxxx 8y agoThat's what it seems to me. Religion is much more dominant here than in Germany where I come from. For example I don't think a non-christian presidential candidate would have much of a chance.