2009 Post Office Holidays

The United States Postal Service will observe the following holidays in 2009. Post offices will be closed, and no mail will be delivered:

• Thursday, January 1 - New Year's Day
• Monday, January 19 - Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday
• Monday, February 16 - Washington's Birthday (President's Day)
• Monday, May 25 - Memorial Day
• Saturday, July 4 - Independence Day
• Monday, September 7 - Labor Day
• Monday, October 12 - Columbus Day
• Wednesday, November 11 - Veterans Day
• Thursday, November 26 - Thanksgiving Day
• Friday, December 25 - Christmas Day
• Friday, January 1, 2010 - New Year's Day

Dyngus Day 2009

Before we know it, Easter Sunday will be here, or as we call it in our part of the U.S., Dyngus Eve. Monday, April 13, 2009 will mark Dyngus Day, a Polish holiday to celebrate the unification of Poland under Christianity.

As with nearly all religious holidays, in Northern Indiana we celebrate Dyngus Day by consuming copious amounts of beer. If this doesn't say, "Go Jesus," I don't know what does.