15 Feb

Happy Family Day (To Those Celebrating)!

Posted in News on 15.02.16 by John Meloche

A family with two children on a bed in the bedroomNational holidays are great, aren’t they? As we Ontarians celebrate Family Day today, it’s important to note that it’s not actually a national statutory holiday. In fact, it’s only being observed in the provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan today. British Columbia is the lone province that celebrated Family Day last week. Canada only has one other province that celebrates a holiday this month.

In Prince Edward Island, they are celebrating Islander Day today. Manitoba is also acknowledging the Louis Riel Day holiday. This information all comes to us courtesy of StatutoryHolidays.com. The website explains that “Family Day was originally created to give people time to spend with their families but it also provides a day off between New Years Day and Good Friday as they are approximately three months apart.”

Federal workers are still on the job today as Family Day is not a federally established holiday. Such workers include post office employees and public servants. When you think about it, this is kind of strange, isn’t it? Why can’t the federal government simply come to an agreement to give the entire country one statutory holiday to celebrate this month? It sure would make life easier on the staff, here at Synergy Marketing.

You see, each and every day, our sales team is in contact with business owners from all over the country. With approximately half of those business owners not at work today, it slows our business down significantly. As Ontarians, we’re scheduled to take the day off from work too. But, as hard working sales reps, we’re also of the mind that certain opportunities to build business relationships are being missed.

StatutoryHolidays.com agrees that Family Day is a bit of an odd holiday in our country. “Unfortunately, not everyone gets Family Day off, which makes it a debatable holiday in many provinces,” states the website, “Why can’t the whole country simple agree on 9 or 10 common statutory holidays remains a mystery and a good indicator of just how overcomplicated our laws are.”

So what do people generally do on Family Day? “Common Family Day activities include skating, playing hockey, snowboarding/skiing and going to various winter festivals,” says StatutoryHolidays.com, “But the best thing about Family Day must be beaver tails and stuffing ourselves silly with pancakes with maple syrup!”

So what will you be doing to celebrate Family Day? CP24.com notes that many businesses will be closed today. For our fellow Torontonians, we’d like to inform you that banks, municipal offices, LCBO stores, Beer Stores, most Wine Rack locations, Toronto Public Library branches and most grocery stores are closed. As well, malls including Yorkdale Mall, CF Fairview Mall, Scarborough Town Centre and CF Sherway Gardens aren’t open either.

Enjoy your Family Day and be sure to contact Synergy Marketing tomorrow to discuss the promo gift that will best advertise your business. Call us at 1-877-748-9884 between 9am and 5pm EST or email us at info@gosynergygo.com! You can also sign up for our Insider E-Flyer Program HERE!

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