Yeah, today, monday, is a holiday in my region.
I'm on my holidays so it does not make much of a difference for me, other than not being able to do any shopping.

What kind of holiday is it? o3o

National Day of Galicia, which is the name of the region in which I live.
It's celebrated today because it is the day dedicated to Saint James, patron saint of both Galicia and the Galician capital city.

Ah o3o so its kinda like a national and religious holiday mixed into one!

Well, most of our traditions are religious, so.
*shrugs*

I think we have more food and people holidays than we do religious ones now. =/

We don't really pay much attention to the original reason of any holidays.
It's just another excuse to party

For example, Saint James is our patron saint, who was buried in a field and was found because a divine star pointed it out - and a city was later founded there, the city has his name.
Only that this is not true.
Saint James never was in this region. Not in all his life. How did his corpse appear in a field here, huh? Of course it did not.
Historians believe the corpse belonged to a renowned heretic named Pricillian (wiki), who was executed and brought back to his country after his death. His followers had to hide his corpse and buried it in a lonely field, away from any population.
We know. We just don't care. We still celebrate it.

Wow.. o3o

How interesting....

Religion is a big part of our historical background. We got so used to it we don't pay attention anymore.
Kinda like having the tv on to feel less lonely? It's there, but you don't really know what they are airing.

Oh really? I see. Sounds interesting.
I wish i had religious holidays but im not really religious. That and i dunno if it would be justified to go on vacation for little known buddhist religious holidays. XD;;