BS: generic name for Feb.19th-May 30th

Subject: generic name for Feb.19th-May 30th
From: GUEST,Seth from China
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 08:47 AM

The period from 2/19 to 5/30 in the U.S., corresponding to "Spring", is the longest period in our national calandar without a holiday.(except Easter, but Easter doesn't get you any time off) If you work this can be a long stretch. Do you have a name for it?

Seth

Subject: RE: BS: generic name for Feb.19th-May 30th
From: Midchuck
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 11:41 AM

In Vermont, US, it's "Mud Season."

It will include some hard winter weather and may include some summer-like days, but there'll be mud in there somewhere.

Peter.

Subject: RE: BS: generic name for Feb.19th-May 30th
From: Mad4Mud
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 12:11 PM

The "Doldrums"?

You're right. It's a LONG time in between federal holidays. I normally take vacation days here and there to get in a few three-day weekends. Too bad Martin Luther King, Jr. couldn't have been born in March or April. His birthday is too close to the other holidays.

Subject: RE: BS: generic name for Feb.19th-May 30th
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 01:19 PM

Seth! Nice to hear from you, again. So you folks went back over, eh?

In some belief systems, the new year comes about the same time as Spring Equinox and there can be celebrations, but of course, in this country, those are not recognised as worthy of time off.

I like this time of year, leading into Spring, and also beginning, sort of with Jan. 1st, so I think of it as Fresh Start!

Welcome back adn I hope we get to hear some more of your great stories of China.

kat

Subject: RE: BS: generic name for Feb.19th-May 30th
From: Barbara Shaw
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 03:00 PM

A lot of people get Good Friday off work, which is on March 29 this year. And many people get Memorial Day off, which is on May 27.

Subject: RE: BS: generic name for Feb.19th-May 30th
From: GUEST
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 03:14 PM

It depends on the nationality and religion, really. In Ireland we get Easter Monday off. In the US, even though it is no longer a legal holiday, some businesses and government offices manage to find a way to take Good Friday off, under the guise of "spring break" (for schools), or a "professional staff development day" or some such.

The only word I know of that covers this "season" In Europe and the US is Lent, but again, it would only be meaningful to Christians.

Subject: RE: BS: generic name for Feb.19th-May 30th
From: SharonA
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 05:35 PM

Well, no, "Lent" is only from Ash Wednesday till Easter (this year, Feb. 13 to Mar. 31).

Some of us who work in the US have an even longer period between day-off-from-work holidays. Where I work, we get New Year's Day, then nothing until Memorial Day (this year, Jan. 1 to May 27). What do we call that?.... several names, all of which consist of strings of four-letter words.

Subject: RE: BS: generic name for Feb.19th-May 30th
From: Ebbie
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 05:58 PM

In Alaska, many people take part of their annual vacation during the Alaska Folk Festival. Seven days of magic; this year April 8-15.

Ebbie

Subject: RE: BS: generic name for Feb.19th-May 30th
From: wa banzhou
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 06:37 PM

I'm back in the U.S., but my name on Mudcat is my Chinese name 'cause somebody else is Seth, so I'm Wa Banzhou, but I'm living in Olympia. Does that make sense?

Seth (Wa Banzhou)

Subject: RE: BS: generic name for Feb.19th-May 30th
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Feb 02 - 06:41 PM

No Seth, but hell, it doesn't have to around here......Glad to see you back around even if you want to be called Schnickelfritz.

Spaw