- Columbus Day-it’s hogwash. He’s no hero.
- Thanksgiving-it’s a myth. Stop teaching it and stop celebrating it.
- XYZ history month. It’s stupid.
- Labor Day-communist crap.
- MLK Day-pandering
- President’s Day-no cause for celebration.
I honestly wouldn’t mind any of that.
I might waver a bit on MLK and Labor Day, but…I wouldn’t really fight for them either.
There don’t really need to be so many state sanctioned “holidays”.
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Might see this get changed at some point in the near future.
Although it is not a federal holiday under US law, the Biden Administration has formally recognized Indigenous Peoples Day.[5][6][7][8] The first White House proclamation on the holiday was released in 2021, written with input from indigenous activists.[30][31][32]
'Murica Day, Halloween, and Christmas. The rest is background noise.
T/he 11 Federal Holidays.
New Year’s Day January 1
Martin Luther King’s Birthday 3rd Monday in January
Washington’s Birthday 3rd Monday in February
Memorial Day last Monday in May
Juneteenth National Independence Day June 19
Independence Day July 4
Labor Day 1st Monday in September
Columbus Day 2nd Monday in October
Veterans’ Day November 11
Thanksgiving Day 4th Thursday in November
Christmas Day December 25
I would get rid of ALL of them, as well as all official State holidays.
Federal employees get 30 vacation days a year. They certainly don’t need 11 additional days. And most State employees get generous vacation time.
As for private employees, in lieu of these holidays existing, I would replace with 10 floating holidays a year, which could be taken at the joint discretion of the employer and employee.
Hubby needs Thanksgiving…Doesn’t need to be Thanksgiving per se, just a day dedicated to eating way too much all day long. 
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Depends on your years of service as far as how much annual leave you earn per year.
Even at my highest accrual rate (8 hours a pay period) I did not earn 30 days a year. The most you can carry over is 240 hours (30 days) but it takes a long time to get there earning your base 4 hours a pay period as full time until you reach 15+ years and accrue the full 8 hours a pay period.
And rename Washington DC (District of COLUMBIA) Washington Swamp. Technically that’s what the land is that DC sits on.
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Has a lot of Swamp Creatures as well.
Unfortunately.
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If we get rid of Labor Day, we can wear white shoes longer…
So is the fact that Columbus Day is also Canadian Thanksgiving Day a double whammy?
Snooty aristocrat looking to further the use of their mostly white wardrobe?
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I call those cheat days. 
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Although I agree with you, I’m all for holidays. Make Halloween a holiday, and I’ll be happy. Besides #3, they’re all holidays for me. Who doesn’t like days off and or extra pay?
What about Black Friday and Easter Monday? Those are also holidays for some people. I’m certainly not going to complain.
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Nothing here. I simply don’t care one way or the other.
I’m a state employee and it takes 10 years to get 4 weeks. Then 1 day every year after that. So I had to work 20 years to get 6 weeks.
I get 11 weeks total counting personal and sick days, and 16 or 17 holidays. Even if I got all of those holidays off, which I don’t, I’d still be in work 72% of the weekdays.
All industrialized nations except the USA have minimum paid time off requirements. Though there are a number of states who have legislation around PTO. My state is not one of them, as usual they are 100 years behind.
I am fortunate that my employer has a generous Paid time off policy. But I know many of my family members and friends work for employers that provide very limited paid time off or none at all.
Every single study shows employees that have a good work life balance are more productive and better employees.
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lol. My wardrobe would never be described as aristocratic.
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Sorry.
I was thinking of the military which starts at 30 days a year.
Civilians Feds get 20 after 3 years.
But even so, replace the 11 holidays with 10 floating holidays and the total would be 30 days.
I was only addressing the claim federal employees get 30 days off. They don’t.
Try working for a school district. We can only carry over 3 personal days a year. We do get about 9 weeks off in summer, but even then we are going and doing things and getting rooms figured out. At least I do and a few others.
It would be nice to have more time off, but logistically that just doesn’t work.
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