Labor Day, 2010

Labor Day is a holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September, September 6th in 2010, to honor the laborer. It is an annual holiday celebrating the economic and social achievement of workers. The first labor day was celebrated on September 5, 1882 in New York City and made a national holiday by the United States congress in 1884.

Labor Day is celebrated traditionally by most Americans as the symbolic end of summer and the end of vacation season. The holiday is often regarded as a day of rest and parties which include picnics, barbecues, etc. Oh, yeah! It is the end of the summer picnics and barbecue!!!! Barbecues are sooo good, I do not know why we have to limit ourselves to spring and summer for barbecues. Why??? Do you want to barbecue in the middle of winter, in the snow??? If you can.. and your grill is not buried in the snow, go for it!!!! Stop!!! Please do not talk anymore of snow. Brrr... just the thought of it makes me sooo cold!!!!!

Families with school age children take it as a last chance to travel before the children goes back to school! That is right!!! It is the start of a new schoolyear and the start of the football season!!!! It is also the end of wearing white!!!! What do you mean?? I have not even worn my whites a lot this year, and before you know it, it is done, over, kaput!!!! Not fair!!! Oh, well, then wear white all year round!!! Who cares??? Why can't we not wear white on wintertime anyway??? Because, for obvious reasons!!! Like what??? It becomes dirty with the snow coming down!!! Excuse me, that is a very lame excuse!!!! Does anyone even know the reason why whites cannot be worn after Labor Day??? When did it start to be a tradition in the United States???

Some people believed that the no white pertains only to white shoes, not the clothing. White shoes are summer attire and it is tacky to wear them when summer is over. Lots of etiquette experts does not know where the rule came from and thus cannot explain it. The practical explanation is that wearing white was a way to stay cool since white is of a lighter weight. In the old days people know what class you were by what you wore and the upper class would never wear white after labor day and all lower classes did. Nowadays, many think it is okay to wear white after Labor Day. So, are we going to wear whites after labor Day??? To wear white or not to wear whites. That is the question!!!! So, folks, what is it??? Comments, anyone????

Whatever everybody is doing on Labor Day, make it a fun filled, safe holiday!!!! Happy barbecuing and happy eating!!!!!

Posted by vs at 9/4/2010 4:28 PM | Add Comment