Calvinism, The Protestant Reformation and the American Work Ethics

Actually it's not cubed.  But I digress..
Already missed one day.  It's been busy.  There's always more to do.
Yesterday we learned about Calvinism, and the Protestant Reformation.
What this explained was that was the historical precedent for the American work ethic.
That before, we would 'work to make our means' and that was it.  The rest of the time was given to leisure.
There 179 or so holidays.  But when the Puritans came to the states they said 'sloth is evil' , 'sloth is a deadly sin'.  And therefore the opposite of sloth, is work.  So work must be a virtue.  Work showed, proved our faith.  And that was an important status symbol to show everyone.   How faithful you were.  And to show how faithful you were - you showed how much you worked.  So the Calvinists got rid of holidays - if people were caught taking the day off on holidays, even Christmas, they were whipped.  Pretty good motivation to not be caught lazing about.  So it seems to explain why hundreds of years later, we have this neurotic drive to work all the time, this guilt for taking the day off instead of just enjoying it.  And also why the same A-type isn't observed as much in Europe - Italy, France and Germany.  If you're working long hours that signifies that you don't know what you're doing.