Today is Todos Los Santos (All Saints Day), which is a public holiday in Spain.
Traditionally, people visit the cemetary and decorate the graves of their loved ones with flowers. Apparently this Christian holiday was moved from its original date in May more than ten centuries ago to offset the pagan autumn festivals.
Here at casa az it’ll be just a pleasant day off, with plans to go out for lunch and finally my swap summer/winter wardrobes. It also means I get a four-day long weekend! 
Nog isn’t so lucky as he has to work on Friday. He says that in England they always move bank holidays (other than Christmas, New Year and Good Friday) to the nearest Monday in order to avoid long weekend ‘bridges’. Is it the same where you are?
It’s just after midnight so this is my first NaBloPoMo post. Off to sleep now and looking forward to checking in from my cosy bed in the morning . . . 
casa azahar 
Yes, here in the US they move “holy days” around to make convenient vacation weekends.
We retain the sanctity of certain other holidays, too, such as the Fourth of July, as it would be a pretty glaring gaffe to celebrate the 4th on the 3rd or 5th.
And Thanksgiving is always a Thursday, right before one of my favorite holidays: We always get Friday off, too, and this holy day gets listed as “The Day After Thanksgiving.”
They dare not move it.
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In the UK thay call them ‘Bank Holidays’… although the greedy money-grubbing b*st*rds are probably the only ones actually still working…
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Here in France I was very happy to learn that 1st Nov is a public holiday, and even more about how Friday is un pont! 🙂
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I thought you visited the cemetery on All Souls Day?
Or should you do it on both Saints and Souls?
I guess I could wikipedia it…..
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Originally they were Bank holidays because when the banks took a day off, everyone else did too.
“Who was this Saint Bank anyway?”
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is it november 2 in sevilla yet? I only ask because you’re supposed to be blogging every day aren’t you?
not that I’m impatient or anything 🙂
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Gizzaminit, nursemyra! Sheesh, it’s only 9.15 and I don’t have to work today. Anyhow, I just posted a ‘me-me’ so that’s 2 down, 28 to go. 🙂
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I think it’s extremely cool that this is a national holiday!
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