Presidents Day or George Washington's Birthday?

The federal holiday is Washington’s Birthday, but many state combine the federal holiday with a state one and call it President’s day.

So which handle do you prefer?

As a side discussion, don’t you like how the holiday evolved to be another day for retailers to sell “President’s Day Sale” :slight_smile:

Washington’s is also my birthday, so screw Lincoln. :slight_smile:

I think we all can come up with some presidents we don’t particularly care for, and I don’t think they deserve a federal holiday among their other honors.

Washington’s Birthday is the name of the holiday officially, and so it should remain.

Family Day.

When I was growing up, we got both days (Washington’s birthday and Llincoln’s birthday) off from school.

I’ve never heard it referred to as anything other than “President’s Day”.

They were both holidays, but I don’t recall getting off from school.

Here is the confusing Dope from Snope.

Kids! :rolleyes:

I really don’t care what it’s officially called. The word birthday is not applied to holidays that move. George Washington’s birthday is February 22 every year*. So we need another name for the moving holiday. Why not use the common name?

I’ve never even had a calendar that referred to the movable holiday by its official name. The holiday’s de juro name may be “George Washington’s Birthday,” but only the most pedantic don’t use it’s de facto name of “Presidents’ Day.”

*Yes, I’m aware it was February 11 on the Julian calendar. But we don’t use that calendar anymore.

Presidents’ Day. A day for all of them, not just one particular guy. (So naturally I voted “other.”)

I’m A Washington’s Birthday kinda gal

Yes, the 12th and the 22nd. Nowadays, the holiday doesn’t fall on the same date each year, so it can’t be anyone’s birthday.

Oh, to be so young! :slight_smile:

Around here, it’s referred to as “ski week”. So many kids were pulled out of school for the whole week, that the district relented and just decided it was best to shut down for the week and make it up later in the year. They probably call it spring break or something, but we all call it ski week.

I’m not a USAnian but I voted anyway. I was in America in 1983 on Washington’s birthday, which is what everyone called it. So that’s what it is to me.

I’ve never gotten a day off for either one, so to heck with both of 'em.