Jeremiah LeeMay 25

Sverige’s national holiday schedule is suboptimal.

Many are religious and move based on the w̶e̶r̶e̶w̶o̶l̶f̶ full moon calendar. When they fall on a weekend, labor loses time off.

There are 0 holidays between Midsummer and late October because many people take long summer vacations.

Better: Canada has 1 holiday every month.

Best: 4-day, 32-hour work week + move holidays to Friday when most would be off.

From @thelocalsweden.bsky.social: https://www.thelocal.se/20240517/why-is-pentecost-not-a-public-holiday-in-sweden?utm_source=activitypub&utm_medium=activitypub&tpcc=activitypub

#SVPol #TillSverige

Why is Pentecost not a public holiday in Sweden?

Danes and Norwegians are enjoying the day off because of Pentecost and Whit Monday. But not Swedes. Why?

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Show threadGagagoogle

@Jeremiah @thelocalsweden.bsky.social Agreed on the suboptimal part.

However I don't think it's because of the long summer vacations the autumn is so plain. Guessing here, but in rural times, autumn came with tons of work. No time for relaxing.

Making Halloween a national holiday and maybe a Harvest Day in late september would do the trick for urban times?

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Show threadJeremiah LeeMay 26

@gagagoogle @thelocalsweden.bsky.social Plain‽ Walks thru Djurgården and Nyckelviken in the 2 weeks of autumn before pre-winter are some of my favorites. 😆

#Stockholm #Nacka

Show threadJeremiah LeeMay 26

@gagagoogle @thelocalsweden.bsky.social Your point of harvest time being too busy for leisure in agrarian times makes sense.

I propose swapping Kristi himmelfärdsdag (Ascension Day, the Thursday 40 days after Zombie Jesus Day) for the last Friday in September.

Could even call it something religiousy but progressive, like Republic of Heaven Day, for building a god’s kingdom on earth (h/t Philip Pullman).

Show threadGagagoogleMay 26

@Jeremiah @thelocalsweden.bsky.social Agreed... also January 6 is a good day to trade in. A pretty pointless Holiday we call "Trettondag jul" (translates to something like "Thirteen days after Christmas").

If we put this day in September, it could be "Tvåhundrafemtiförstedag efter jul "("251 days after Christmas").

Still a prime number, so it might still fit with ancient Number Mystery stuff. And it's also more fun! 😀