Friday, October 12, 2007

Potato Holiday

A friend from Denmark told me that the 'potato holiday' starts today or so. Traditionally, children had to take a break from school to help their parents dig up the potatoes at this time of the year. Now with child labor laws in place this doesn't happen, but instead of working, children are taken to holiday resorts courtesy of their parents.

Why am I mentioning this?

Just thought it was a cute fact to know about the origins of a certain holiday.

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