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Written by asap
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Saturday, 03 February 2007 |
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At first I couldn't believe it: Someone started a campaign to confer the same status on the Super Bowl as on the birthdays of presidents, civil rights leaders and even Jesus.
Turning the Super Bowl into a federal holiday. Farfetched, right?
Then I started reading the arguments laid out by http://www.superbowlmonday.com , which points out these similarities between football's holiest day and other, legitimate, holy days.
• Extended families and friends gathering? Check.
• Large feasts? Yep.
• Decorations? You got it.
• People missing work (and some employers already granting a day off)? Hallelujah!
So far, 11,000 people have visited the site to log their vote for a Super Bowl holiday, which would be observed on the Monday after the game. Site founder Robert Chute says if he can get about 90,000 more online "signatures," he'll take the case to his Congresswoman.
Congress? That's where my buffalo wing-fueled reverie screeched to a halt. Creating a new federal holiday would require Congress to pass a bill and the president to sign it. Not sure who • other than North Carolina's Rep. Heath Schuler • would go for that.
Of course, there are plenty of widely celebrated holidays that don't get the day-off treatment, including Valentine's Day, Halloween and Mother's Day. Plenty of people put as much time and effort into celebrating the Super Bowl as they do those holidays.
"Super Bowl Sunday is already a holiday. It just doesn't have that tag," Chute said.
So maybe the Super Bowl is doing just fine without any petitions or recognition.
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asap reporter Jonathan Drew was surprised to find that Monday already is a holiday — Weatherperson's Day — according to http://www.holidays.net.
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