So this is my first Natal day and I keep asking the locals what it actually is and who it is named after. So far nobody really knows other than they get the day off or get paid like it is a holiday. I did some digging and here is what I found.

The term Natal Day stems from the Roman-era way of saying birthday and was adopted in Nova Scotia as the title of the day to celebrate the arrival of the railway in the Halifax area in August 1895.

The tracks hadn’t quite made it to the region at the time, but the people who had organized the party decided to turn Natal Day, which is also observed by Prince Edward Island, into a holiday celebrating the origins of Nova Scotia every first Monday in August.

So there you have it, I now know what this Natal day business is. I kind of got the best of both worlds if you think about it. I worked from midnight to 9am (OT cash money) and am off the rest of the day.

HAPPY NATAL DAY ONE AND ALL

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