In the UK it is not a national holiday, though the poppy buying and wearing is even more expected/welcomed than it is Canada.
I actually found it more poignant that you'd be going about your normal day at work or school, and then all of a sudden at 11am we'd all stop what we were doing and respect the 1 minute's silence. In many ways that was a more sobering way of remembering as it really jolted you out of your daily patterns.
It is definitely sobering - I've been a part of ceremonies like that. Like I said, I think it's good that the holiday is in place to facilitate remembering and honouring, but I don't think that it should be limited to one day. I see it as a foundation that one can build from in honouring and remembering year-round, not as 'the whole house', if you will.
I feel the same about Christmas. I just give gifts when I feel like it. I don't need a holiday for the excuse to exercise that right. Plus it's so commercialized that it's depressing. Also, people should be nice throughout the year.
I agree with this, but I also think of Christmas and other major holidays as family reunions. Giving gifts is always nice, but we don't usually have everyone around us at once.
I also never considered Mother's Day and Father's Day a holiday because they always occur on Sundays, but that's getting into semantics...
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I actually found it more poignant that you'd be going about your normal day at work or school, and then all of a sudden at 11am we'd all stop what we were doing and respect the 1 minute's silence. In many ways that was a more sobering way of remembering as it really jolted you out of your daily patterns.
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I also never considered Mother's Day and Father's Day a holiday because they always occur on Sundays, but that's getting into semantics...
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