This Sunday....
We were always told is was so that children don't have to walk home from school in the dark. 
I suppose that's no longer an issue anyway with all those parents in their big SUV's waiting at the school gates to collect one child. Lazy little Herbert's should walk home like we had to, it never did us any harm.
Well it's important I think to recognise events in our lives, and there is something special about having a midwinter celebration even for a dyed in the wool atheists like myself. As for the rest, those family days should be every day surely and many of us spare a thought for lost loved ones when those birthdays come around but blimey, they've even got sibling days now. As if 
But what a pity we've allowed commercialism to get it's teeth into that which should be celebrated with dignity. Next out of the hat, rabbits and chocolate eggs and all because of erm.....
Minivanman wrote:
- This of course was a first and second world war attempt to increase production. Somebody needs to remind the government they've now ended and that its time to put a stop to this twice annual nonsense. As for mothers day, like hot dogs and chewing gum it's just another unwanted American import.
From Wikipedia.....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_by_country
Most areas in North America and Europe, and some areas in the Middle East observe daylight saving time (DST), while most areas of Africa and Asia do not. In South America most countries in the north of the continent near the equator do not observe DST, while Paraguay and southern parts of Brazil do.