Transforming the second Sunday of October into the “National Day of Wonder" restore the November 2nd holiday: these are the initiatives of two commissions of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
National Wonder Day
Let's start with the first initiative, by the way already approved in the Senate and now under consideration by the Social Affairs Committee of Montecitorio. According to the latest data from the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO), there are currently over 420 million children which, directly or indirectly, are involved in wars and suffer the consequences. In addition to the satisfaction of essential needs (food, water, sleep), they are deprived of school, play, and every positive experience that children have the right to live, even being denied the opportunity to be amazed.Keep the wonder alive in the child it allows him to go beyond the rubble, so as to imagine a world that is at least different, an alternative to the desolate destruction that surrounds him daily", underline the promoters of the Day of Wonder, convinced that a child to whom wonder is given will be healthy bearer of peace.
Starting from this point of reflection, it is proposed that the Republic recognizes the second Sunday of October as National Day of Wonder, to raise awareness and raise awareness of the struggles of children living in war, and to reflect on the fundamental value of wonder in the lives of children and adults. On the occasion of National Day, events are organized: events and initiatives in collaboration with institutions and associations that deal with children who have suffered physical and psychological trauma as a result of war.
Le educational institutions, also in collaboration with associations operating in the sector, plan appropriate initiatives in schools of all levels, particularly nursery and primary schools, in the week leading up to the Day of Wonder.
Will November 2nd be a holiday again?
The second initiative is in the Senate. In the Constitutional Affairs Committee, the hypothesis of reintroduce the November 2nd anniversary, the All Souls' Day which has its origins in the most remote past and which since 1977 is no longer considered a public holiday at a civil level in Italy: it is a liturgical anniversary important for the Catholic Church, but a normal working day for the State. Before 1977, November 2nd was also considered a holiday in the Italian calendar.
Here is the proposal to modify an old law from 1949 which makes a detailed list of holidays (law n.260 of 27 May 1949) by introducing the November 2nd between holidays, for the purposes of observing the full holiday schedule and the prohibition of performing certain legal acts.
