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Enjoy Your Long Weekend!
Victoria Day is a Canadian statutory holiday celebrated on the Monday preceding May 25 in every province and territory. It honours Queen Victoria’s birthday, an event that has been celebrated in Canada since before the beginning of Queen Victoria’s reign in 1837. This year, it falls on May 21st 2018.
Victoria Day is also commonly referred to as the “May two-four weekend” or the “May long weekend”, as it marks the unofficial start of cottage season, where cases of beer (24 bottles or cans to a case) are eagerly consumed by hard-working Canadians. That’s what we heard, anyway!
….Or maybe it’s called “May Two-Four” because May 24, 1819 is Queen Victoria’s birthday. Whichever you prefer!
