Samoans went to sleep last night on Thursday, 29 December,
the 5th day of Christmas. But they woke up this morning on
Saturday, 31 December, the 7th day of Christmas. In 1892 they
switched to be on the American side of the date line as they did
most of their trading with the US and Europe. Now the focus of
trade is with Australia and NZ and so it makes sense to be in synch
with the working week here and they decided to switch back.
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