They changed the date of the holiday.

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Normally in my country we would have a holiday on October 12, the day that Columbus arrived to America. I will not say that he discovered it because he did not even know that it was a continent different than the one he was looking for. It was someone else that said that it was another continent and is why America has his name. Still, for centuries the Natives from this continent were called Indians as Columbus thought that he had reached India. Lately in many countries statues of Columbus are not wanted and there is no holiday that reminds us of the date. In my country people want to earn more money and work less. It doesn´t matter how it is done. So we are celebrating today (October 9th) the 12 of October so that people can have a long weekend. And nobody cares about Columbus. I sometimes wonder if we will change Christmas and put together Christmas and New Year in order to go to the beach and have fun. As for me, I am retired and all days are holidays provided that it is not cold. If I were rich, I´d have a house in the other hemisphery to live there when it is winter here. But now I´m not worrying. I can walk inside my house (that is warmer) in flip flops. The temperature is rising. See you friends.