St-Jean Baptiste day (June 24th)-Québec

[Luc_H]

A little culture tidbit from my neck of the woods!

Yesterday was Quebec's (national) Holiday: St-Jean-Baptiste day. A Christian/Catholic holiday that is now synonymous with Québec.
Who was St-Jean Baptiste? He was the one that baptized Jesus.
Many late night celebrations have been happening the last 2 days.
Today, most young Québecers are probably working with a hangover.

Fête nationale du Québec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Luc H

[Ninja_59]

I was there last at Parc Maisonneuve Park, what an awesome time I had, great music, ambiance, all was fine

[OregonYeti]

Good to know, Luc. I think USA schools should teach kids more about Canada, and the rest of the world too, for that matter.

In India there are national holidays but also a LOT of regional holidays. Banks take advantage of this and "borrow" a lot of days off for other regions' holidays. They (banks) are all government institutions. At least that's how it was when I was there 30 years ago

[tacotaco]

That sounds like a fun holiday. I heard Canada Day was held recently as well.