ABC Monthly

  What's Happening This Month Here's the calendar for this month.  Don't forget, we have the Golden Week holidays during the first week of May.  However, Monday, May 6 we do have lessons! Culture Corner May Two Four In Japan, at the beginning of May there is the Golden Week holidays.  Japanese people often ask me if there is a golden week holiday in Canada.  The short answer is, no.  However, there is a long weekend ( 三連休 ) holiday.  We celebrate the birthday of the late Queen Victoria (of England), because Canada is a Commonwealth country.  Queen Victoria lived from May 24, 1819 to January 22, 1901.  Therefore May 24th; or "May Two Four" in Canada, is celebrated usually on the third Monday in May (this year it's Monday, May 20th).  "May Two Four" has a double meaning (or double entendre):  First, two four or 24 is the date of Queen Victoria's birthday as mentioned above.  Also, "two four" refers to the largest size of a c...