The simple answer to that question posed in the title of this post is no.
Do you honestly think you deserve a break from work just because everyone else does too?
Didn’t you sign a contract that explicitly told you that you’ll be working 365 days a year or 366 days in leap years?
Don’t you remember as a writer you don’t get to have the same privileges as a normal working person?
I’m kidding. If you desperately need a holiday to recharge your batteries, go ahead. If you are willing to spend this Thanksgiving plowing away at a poem, story, manuscript, etc., be my guest.
Happy Thanksgiving Day if you’re Canadian!
Happy Columbus Day if you’re American!
Herminia Chow 
And Happy 14th of October if you’re neither! Good post 🙂
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Yes! Happy 14th if you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving or Columbus Day. Thanks.
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