Children's Day June 1

[hollister]

www.polskieradio.pl/zagranica/gb/dokument.aspx?iid=53170

The ICD (International Children’s Day) had its origin in the World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children in Geneva, Switzerland in 1925. It is not apparent as to why June 1 was chosen although one theory is that the Chinese consul-general in San Francisco gathered a number of Chinese orphans to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in 1925, which also coincided with the Geneva conference on June 1st.
So although the common misconception of Children’s day being a communist invention is untrue, it was certainly used as a political propaganda tool by the Communists. Along with Women’s Day (when Communists managers would give all their female workers a carnation) and Miner’s Day, Children’s Day was an important socialist holiday. Children would receive cards with poems, presents and flowers. There would be markets and fairs, with tons of candy floss (imagine what a hit that must have been at a time where there was hardly any chocolate). And best of all, the school day was lesson free. Presumably they were told they could thank Lenin for that…

[Jaga]

Holly,

we have also the article about Children's Day which is tomorrow:
culture.polishsite.us/articles/art293.html

I am glad you reminded about it, I need to update our main website

it surely was used by communists but I miss it here in America. Here children do not have their day!

[zooba]

admin said:

Here children do not have their day!

What a shame!!!
This is one of the best holidays. Last year we went with our children to a town near Poznan to have some special ice-cream - the main attraction was going by train - first time in my 4-year-old daughter's life.
This year children went to a special playground for three hours.

This holiday is also present in Polish language - if you say " I'll have Children's Day today" it means the person will forget about their duties and do whatever he/she wants. You don't have to brush your teeth, go to bed early and eat your vegetables

[Jaga]

Zooba,

children in America seem to have their day almost every day. There are lots of attractions for childrens almost every weekend here in small IF...
the problem is that June 1st is after the schoolyear is over here in the US usually

[Pawian]

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the problem is that June 1st is after the schoolyear is over here in the US usually

When do schools break up for all kinds of holidays in the USA? For how long?

[jeanne]

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When do schools break up for all kinds of holidays in the USA? For how long?[/quote]

Pawian,
Public schools in the USA are controlled by each individual city, town, or district (several towns banding together), so starting and ending dates vary somewhat. Generally, they end early to mid-June and begin again late August to early September. I live in New England and the town I work in usually schedules school to end around June 15th, however because of where we live, this is subject to "snow days", days on which school was cancelled due to heavy snowfall, and these days need to be made up at the end of the school year. (Last year we also had to make up 2 "flood days" when rivers flooded in May and some roads were impassable. My school district (the one I work in) always goes back the Wednesday after Labor Day (the first Monday in September), but the schools in the town where I live (which is just the next town over) go back the last week in August. Some schools in the southern states go back around August 15th because they get out much earlier than northern states due to the early heat down there. The law in my state is that students must attend school 180 days per school-year.

During the school year, we have 2 and a half days off at Thanksgiving time (last week in November), a week off at Christmas, a week off in February, and a week off in April. There is some variation on this also. Some districts don't have the February or April vacations, but have a March vacation.

Is this comparable to Poland?

Jeanne