Its this day of the year, when Quebecers for a single day (I know, its a day for all French speaking Canadians, but it has special meaning in Quebec), feel proud of their own people .
Me being the "Raging Canadian", its time for some "rage" and I'll add my own description: A people that worked tirelessly to improve the lot of their families, despite the institutions imposed upon them, only to sell it all to the devil for chump change within a single generation, reducing the ever diminishing amount of children they had into slavery.
The slow suicide of a once proud people.
But its all good, because you only have to be merry, drink a few beers and dance to forget it all, young man!
If you had to boil down Quebec History within a song, it would be this one :
I hate this song with a passion!
Origins of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Baptiste_Day
Version Francaise :
Hey, belle petite chanson bien quebecoise pour fêter la Saint-Jean! Elle décrit si bien l'histoire du Quebec : un peuple dont les individues ont travaillés dur par le passé pour ameliorer le sort de leurs familles, seulement pour qu'a toute fin pratique, une generation vend le futur du peu d'enfants qu'elle a produit pour les reduirent en esclavage pour une poignée "de p'tit change".
Mais inquiete toi pas le jeune, prend une biere et dance 🙄..