The Virgin Mary.

[lowdrag]

Can somebody please tell me how they know she was born on the 15th August? Every supermarket closed here and friends coming tonight. I'll raid the freezer, but it is annoying. Where the hell did they get her birth certificate from?

[PositronicRay]

I thought it was assumption day. It's the other thing no birth certificate needed.

[Mike-tf3n0]

Everything shut down here too but it's too hot to go anywhere anyway! Assumption Day celebrates the day she was 'assumed into heaven' apparently, this doctrine was dogmatically defined by Pope Pius XII on 1 November 1950 so no birth certificate needed. Presumably no death certificate either if she was assumed.....…………….

[rdjohn]

I thought it was the day when Pope Pious assumed she went to heaven

[WyrleyD]

Went to Gamme Vert this morning for dog food, all shut up so thought WTF then someone told me it's another holiday!!

[magooagain]

I can't understand why most of you didn't know it was a national holiday. It happens every year! And it's marked on the French calendar .

[Rushjob]

All our supermarkets have had signs up for over a week saying 15/8 closed @ 1230 / 1300, plus all the adverts on the radio for the DIY sheds and other shops saying Ouverture exceptionnel 15/8
But apart from that and the calendar, and it happening every previous year, absolutely no idea it was happening today

[WyrleyD]

magooagain said:

I can't understand why most of you didn't know it was a national holiday. It happens every year! And it's marked on the French calendar .

Yep, but we forgot as it's been a very busy few weeks.

[super7]

I want to know how they knew Jesus was born on the 25th December...... or is this another Popey thing to stop everyone celebrating pagan rtituals around the longest day??

... and they still can't make their minds up when he popped his clogs? Changes every year!

[majordad]

It's the calendar that changes every year, Easter Sunday is the same every year - the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox.

It's amazing though, when we first started going to France in 1980s everything was open on Sundays and Holidays, now ?

And where I live in Ireland everything used to be shut on Sundays, now it's the best trading day in many shops.

I saw a notice in a car wash last week in Germany giving the prices but saying not allowed on Sundays.