It's Labor Day and I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do

There are plenty of holidays that we as Americans should properly observe but don't.

I mean, we take full advantage of the ones that offer a day off from work, but as a people we don't do a good job of reflecting on the reasons for those holidays. Memorial Day is one example. Flag Day is another. Veterans Day is yet another.

And I suppose that today's holiday, Labor Day, is another. Except that for those other holidays I mentioned, I at least know what's being celebrated and what I should think about/pay tribute to in order to get the full intended effect.

But Labor Day? It's a celebration of the American labor movement and, presumably, American workers themselves. In a sense, every one of us is an American worker, so do I just go around shaking the hands of every person I meet and thanking them for, uh, working?

I don't know what I should be doing today so that, by the time I go to bed tonight, I can say, "Yes, I celebrated Labor Day today. I celebrated the bejeebers out of it."

So I'll just...work, I guess. Work around the house, I mean. Then I'll celebrate my own working achievements with a glass of wine or something.

That's as close to labor as I'm going to get today, folks.