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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi All! Usually it was labeled as "Professional day". How come no holiday this year? Anyone know?[/quote]

Why would it need to be a holiday off of school? [/quote]

Why is Christmas? [/quote]

What percent of the US is Christian?
What percentage of the founding fathers were Christian?

We aren't just going to roll up our own traditions and start holding holidays for every small group of inhabitants. 
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Who is the us in "our traditions", and why aren't we (whoever "we" is) going to do that?[/quote]

The existing traditions = we. But not just existing.  Majority.
Less than 3 percent of mcps is Hindu.

You can understand how taking a day off for every minor groups holidays would eventually become problematic in a diverse area.[/quote]

You realize that not only Hindus celebrate Diwali right? The holiday has it's own meanings to Buddhists, Sikhs, and many others. [/quote]

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