Victoria's Day, Eh?

So all the Canadians have the day off today for Victoria's day. So I guess no one will be blogging, because who blogs on their day off? Well seeing as though Canada is on hiatus I thought I would give the American the 411 on what Victoria Day is all about.


In 1845 Victoria Day was officially established as a holiday to celebrate the queen of Canada's birthday. Now queen Victoria, or, Queen V (to her friends) was indisputably the greatest ruler ever to reign over the kingdom of Canada. In fact, during her rule, her name was so synonymous with Canada that they even began referring to the country's mascot as property of the queen. Common parting phrase would be "may Victoria's beaver be in good health!" and "God save the queen's beaver!"

Queen Victoria brought order to the unruly masses buy instituting a single national church, the GTHL. Using the grace and elegance of hockey she taught an entire nation to "keep your stick on the ice." The snowy masses learned the deep philosophical meaning behind "keep your eye on the puck while guarding your junk."

After Victoria's death in 1901 many Canadians, huddled in their igloos, would breath life into the magic of Victoria's day. Small children, snuggled closely to their hokey sticks, would drift off to sleep learning about 25th of May. They would hear of how every year, on this day, the spirit of Queen Victoria would rise from her grave, and if she sees her shadow there will be 2 more months of winter.

Keep this rich history alive this year by taking time to pay homage to Queen Victoria and sing your Victoria's Day carols with all your heart.



(Any other countries want to take a holiday where I still have to go to work?)


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