"My mom would say, 'You want the day off from school?
In Kwamalasamutu, deep in Surinam's rainforest, children also celebrated a day off from school.
If it means a day off from school, it's a blessing.
Tens of thousands of children were given the day off from school.
The day off from school seemed by turns fun and frightening, given the uncertainty the afternoon and evening held.
Students were asked to "write a story about a snow day off from school that you remember".
A creaky old pickup truck drove by, with grandparents squeezed into the cab around two boys with eager faces who had the day off from school.
One afternoon, when Jen had a day off from school and went to one of the workshops with her mother, she had an epiphany.
One of the great joys I remember growing up, and then saw in my own children, was getting a snow day off from school.
"When I used to have a day off from school, I would ask my dad if I could come with him to work," she said.
The girl had the day off from school and was being cared for by a baby sitter while her parents were at work, Mr. Honecker told reporters.
