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Okay! Enjoy the long weekend, we'll be thinking of you hoping for good news Tuesday! But why is it a long weekend for you folks? We have a long weekend for Presidents' Day - George Washington's birthday is actually Tuesday, but it also celebrates Abraham Lincoln' birthday, which was the 12th - but they were American Presidents ...
This is what they lovingly refer to as the FAMILY DAY WEEKEND. Theoretically you're supposed to be doing something with your family on Monday. As I recall it's because a number of years back our Provincial Premier's son got into trouble with drugs and died. Something along those lines anyway. So the day was set aside to promote the FAMILY UNIT.