We are working on a brand new version of the game! If you want to stay informed, read our blog and register for our mailing list.
Bill: Yule (Winter Solstice) Celebration Resolution
Details
Submitted by[?]: Anarchitarians
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: December 2499
Description[?]:
| A resolution asking the Diet to recognize the Yule (Winter Solstice) holiday and designate December 21 as a national holiday, and include it in the nation's wiki listing of holidays. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:24:16, December 11, 2007 CET | From |  Christian Communist Party | To | Debating the Yule (Winter Solstice) Celebration Resolution |
| Message | Christmas is the national holiday that should be celebrated not some pointless pagan festival. |
| Date | 21:00:25, December 11, 2007 CET | From | Reichspartei | To | Debating the Yule (Winter Solstice) Celebration Resolution |
| Message | Aye, plus isn't remembrance day immediatly after Christmas, and also a holiday? |
| Date | 21:21:57, December 11, 2007 CET | From | Anarchitarians | To | Debating the Yule (Winter Solstice) Celebration Resolution |
| Message | Most of the customs and traditions of Christmas come from Yule. It'll be a week or two of celebration and holiday. |
| Date | 21:30:12, December 11, 2007 CET | From | Reichspartei | To | Debating the Yule (Winter Solstice) Celebration Resolution |
| Message | Tis unnecessary to have three national holidays in the space of six days. Furthermore Yule doesn't really mean anything, unlike Christmas or Remembrance Day. |
| Date | 00:25:08, December 12, 2007 CET | From | Kaiserliche Hulsterreichische Partei | To | Debating the Yule (Winter Solstice) Celebration Resolution |
| Message | Holy Crap no one's mentioned Remembrance Day since like we created it :P |
subscribe to this discussion - unsubscribe
Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 382 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 80 |
| Random fact: Parties have the ability to endorse another party's candidate for the Head of State election (if there is one). This adds a strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: "A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests." - Niccolo Machiavelli |