Perhaps a little research can reveal if we – less than a million of us – really boast, proportionally, too many national holidays. (But who dares decide that?)
Apart from standard holy days, nations create national holidays for good reason and purpose. Hopefully. How many national/public holidays, when all government entities and most commercial-sector agencies are closed, do we have? Are they really necessary? The latter query always stimulates interesting, sometimes heated debate. Who declared these days as (annual) holidays? Why? In Guyana which months do not accommodate any type of public holiday?
In a few hours in our part of the planet the fifth month (of) May will be upon us. And if you like to stay at home you’re fortunate:
