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Kraft Heinz wants day after Super Bowl to be national holiday

PITTSBURGH — Kraft Heinz Company has decided not to make a splashy Super Bowl commercial this year and is giving all its salaried workers Monday after the game as a vacation day instead.

The company made a promotional video as part of its campaign to make the Monday after the Super Bowl a national holiday.

Calling the proposed holiday "Smunday," the company has started

.  If more than 100,000 people sign the Smunday petition, it will be delivered to Congress.

A Kraft Heinz Company spokesperson said thousands of employees will get to enjoy the day off, but its factories will still be operating on Monday.