Corona del Mar High School doesn’t just take Presidents Day off . . . they take the whole week off and call it Ski Week.
It’s a total non sequitur in terms of paying tribute to our nation’s greatest leaders. George Washington didn’t ski. Abraham Lincoln didn’t ski.
“How do you know Abraham Lincoln didn’t ski?” a student asks.
“He was too busy writing the Gettysburg Address.”
“He wrote that in 20 minutes.”
“There was the whole Civil War thing going on. He didn’t have time for ski trips with his buddies.”
It’s hard to think of a notable historical figure who also a skier. If you want to accomplish great deeds, you have to give things up. You can’t get bogged down in nonsense.