>>THE labor day, fellow IT workers, the international one.
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>>Have a good one and I hope you didn't overwork yourselves today :)
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>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Day
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>>...and be it not forgotten, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_martyrs
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>Ah, yes, it is official holiday here in Bolivia, and probably in most South American countries. I guess it isn't a holiday in the U.S., but perhaps it was in your country of origin.

Whichever country that was :).
Still is. It's usually the first day when the weather is perfect to stay outside all day, so people do. They usually go out somewhere by the river or in their vineyards around town, drink a lot while the lamb is turning on the spit...