Holiday Reform

With Halloween just past and a cluster of holidays (starting with Veterans’/Remembrance Day) coming up, now is a good time to think about which ones are worthwhile and how the others might be improved.

Thanksgiving and Halloween seem solidly popular and well programmed. But what are we supposed to do on Presidents’ Day? Or Flag Day? Or Columbus Day, for that matter? Should we cross them off the calendar, or figure out ways to make them more meaningful and/or fun? Likewise, what new holidays should be added, and which now-obscure holidays deserve to be more widely celebrated? We’re sure Musers will have plenty of ideas.

Date: November 10, 2008

Author: Robert Coontz (Administrator)

Categories: Ideas, Life

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OB2012

in November 10th, 2008 @ 11:35

We need to celebrate Dec. 10 as a day of no gift shopping.

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bookgirl_me

in November 10th, 2008 @ 11:42

Yay, first post !
What about a muse-wide conspiracy:
ALL holidays that don’t involve candy,presents and/or feasts get replaced by secret “pies days”, “donut days” and “muse days” (the muses birthdays). At least everyone will know what to do on “apple pie day” as opposed to “flag day” (I still don’t get that one).
And we NEED a HPB day !
*smiling HPB*

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The Guy Your Parents Warned You About

in November 10th, 2008 @ 12:03

If you ask me, no school is pretty good. And most holidays have that. But then again, when it’s just you and your mom until your friends decide to turn their phones on so you can go hang out with them like what’s happening to me right now…

What the heck is Flag Day supposed to be, anyway? I mean, a day to celebrate a colored piece of cloth? It just doesn’t make much sense.

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Luna the Lovely (11.5 Potterpoints!)

in November 10th, 2008 @ 12:12

3–wait, I’m confused. You have today off? Why? I want today off. I would’ve hoped that, no longer being homeschooled, no school days would apply. I guess they don’t worry about little holidays at college, only elementary/middle/high school…..That sucks.

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in November 10th, 2008 @ 12:28

I think everybody should celebrate the Jewish holiday Sukkot, the Feast of Building a Fort in Your Backyard and Inviting Your Friends Over.

Non-members of the British Commonwealth should also add Guy Fawkes Day (or Night) to their holiday calendars. The foiling of the Gunpowder Plot might not be a compelling excuse for a holiday, but fireworks and bonfires certainly are.

And I very much like the idea of replacing Flag Day with Apple Pie Day.

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mascaron

in November 10th, 2008 @ 12:36

are we going to have festivus? I think we should have festivus. I will need an airing of grievances by december 23 let me tell you.

I have today off too! But now we don’t get two days off in February, just one. oh well.

Columbus Day merits no celebration. We already missed Guy Fawkes…uh I’m no good for obscure holidays except for some Japanese ones, like White Day (mar 14! also pi day). it’s like a second valentine’s day.

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Luna the Lovely (11.5 Potterpoints!)

in November 10th, 2008 @ 12:50

When I think about the fact that we don’t get any of the little holidays off here at college, I console myself with the fact that we make up for them at Thanksgiving and Christmas! An entire week (or more accurately, 9 days) off at Thanksgiving, and nearly four weeks at Christmas–from the 19 all the way through to MLK Day, which is like Jan. 12 or thereabouts.

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groundhog22

in November 10th, 2008 @ 12:50

5 – You forgot the “sleeping under the stars” part of it. (A lesser-known part of Sukkoth is sleeping in the sukkah, because you’re really supposed to be living in it. It’s like a week-long camping trip.)

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KaiYves

in November 10th, 2008 @ 13:24

We should celebrate Yuri’s Night on April 12th. It’s like Space Nerd Cinco de Mayo.

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Vendaval

in November 10th, 2008 @ 14:09

Don’t forget to wear corduroy tomorrow!

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zyviva

in November 10th, 2008 @ 14:25

5- You also left out the eat-all-day part (which is the focus of most Jewish holidays).
Over sukkot, my family had three different kinds of pie.

6- I also dislike Columbus day. Why do we celebrate an explorer who couldn’t read a map?

I agree flag day is silly, especially in its current form.
Apple Pie Day sounds much more reasonable.

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KaiYves

in November 10th, 2008 @ 14:57

11- I agree. Since it’s unclear who may or may not have been in the Americas before the Norsemen, I’ve always said we should call it Discovery Day in honor of everyone who came here thinking they were first.

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in November 10th, 2008 @ 14:59

(11) Midnight Fiddler would know more about this than I do, but I thought Columbus was supposed to have been a good navigator, and he was sailing into uncharted waters.

If we decide to keep Columbus Day, I’d recommend celebrating it by reading from Columbus’s own logs. They’re very interesting. One entry says that some of his sailors sighted mermaids and hauled one aboard, but she wasn’t very pretty. (Historians think they caught a manatee.)

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The Man For Aeiou

in November 10th, 2008 @ 16:04

12- YES! Discovery Day! perfect. colombus and ericson are taken care off, as is any other exporer/discoverer.

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Kiki the Great

in November 10th, 2008 @ 17:20

5- Oh, Sukkot is awesome! Our sukkah is always swathed in orange silk and cool bamboo thingies. It’s so much fun!

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the mole

in November 10th, 2008 @ 17:49

Festivus. We need to celebrate festivus.

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marfwarrior

in November 10th, 2008 @ 18:13

Pi day!
i love pi day!
but not enoubh people celebrate it
last year at lunch we gad 4 pies and a bottle of whipped cream for 12 people. mmmmmmmmmmm. french silk. strawberry french silk. pumpkin. apple. mmmmmmmmmmmmm.

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OB2012

in November 10th, 2008 @ 18:31

Elmo B-day, Feb. 3. Also my dad and grandmother’s.

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OB2012

in November 10th, 2008 @ 18:41

Oh yes. Our sukkah has no iron, all string and wood. It fell over two days after ward, though…not while we were in it! My brother bailed out from sleeping after getting more

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OB2012

in November 10th, 2008 @ 18:50

than 50 mosquito bites (we counted).

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â™ª Syllabub â™«

in November 10th, 2008 @ 18:53

Columbus Day is such a rip off. HE DIDN’T DISCOVER AMERICA. It drives me crazy! The only good thing about it is that I don’t have school that day.

13-Ha! A manatee!?! So silly.

I think there should be a day when you have a whole pile of friends over and you have a party and play games and eat fruit and smoothies, then sleep outside in just your sleeping bags under the stars. But what would it be called? Anyways, that would be fun.

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OB2012

in November 10th, 2008 @ 19:01

I think we should have a day where teachers and students reverse roles. Feb. 3rd.

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â™ª Syllabub â™«

in November 10th, 2008 @ 19:04

22-THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!!

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groundhog22

in November 10th, 2008 @ 19:07

Kittymine and I, as well as our two brothers, slept in our sukkah for the whole week, except for the last day when our mom refused to let us go out there. (She said it was too cold. Harrumph.) And yes, we did eat a lot. Our mom brought out all the delicious fall food.

18 – How do you know when Elmo’s birthday is?

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Tesseract

in November 10th, 2008 @ 19:15

22 – Oh my god, yes. There’s so much I’d like to teach some of my teachers about how to teach.

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Brendan The Science Whiz/Fforde Ffan (37 Brain Points)

in November 10th, 2008 @ 20:27

5:
Uhh, the guy was tortured to death/crucified (im not sure which). That doesn’t seem like a joyful, festive holiday to me…
Sorta creepy…

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groundhog22

in November 10th, 2008 @ 21:01

26 – Crucified??? He wasn’t crucified! He was tortured for the names of his co-conspirators, and then killed. But considering that he had just committed high treason, and the time period, that doesn’t seem too out of the ordinary.

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Purple Panda

in November 10th, 2008 @ 22:14

Maybe we should have blanket holiday threads/celebrations that cover many holidays. For example, we could pick a date to celebrate all of the birthdays of historical figures we appreciate. We can group all of the current holidays, and add others into each group for one massive celebration thread.

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Luna the Lovely (11.5 Potterpoints!)

in November 10th, 2008 @ 22:21

Hey, for those of you who don’t care for Columbus Day, we could make our own variant of Columbus Day. Instead of celebrating in honor of the Columbus who “discovered” the Americas, we could instead celebrate the other Christopher Columbus. I mean, he did, afterall, direct the only bearable Harry Potter movies (1&2), and he directed at least the first two Home Alones, and they were pretty decent.

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Silverstorm42/Rainbow*Star (Eep! Can't decide on a name!)

in March 21st, 2010 @ 10:46

But that Christopher Columbus also directed the horrid PJO movie!

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OB2012

in November 11th, 2008 @ 07:11

24-I looked on a juice bottle.

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Tesseract

in November 11th, 2008 @ 08:02

29 – Well, I haven’t seen the first two Home Alones, but the first two Harry Potters were decent. And I’d rather celebrate that Christopher Columbus than the other, so why not?

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bookgirl_me

in November 11th, 2008 @ 09:49

Why don’t we just celebrate “the pie moves to america” day instead of C.C.D ?

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Rainbowstar

in November 11th, 2008 @ 10:27

I tried to make a new holiday once. It falls on the last day of summer before school starts, and the idea is that if there’s something you’ve wanted to do all summer but haven’t gotten the chance, you do it then. My mom and dad didn’t like the idea because it coincides with Labor Day. My sisters didn’t like it because they thought “Rainbow Day” was a stupid name (that’s what I wanted to call it at the time, although I wanted to change it), and because “if you wanted to….to… go on vacation to Alaska or something, you couldn’t do THAT on the last day of school!” So no one ever celebrated my holiday.

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OB2012

in November 11th, 2008 @ 11:03

33-Maybe it should be a day where as long as you don’t commit any crimes, anything you do is forgotten.

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Alice

in November 11th, 2008 @ 11:39

I really don’t like Veteran’s Day, even though my uncle was in the marines. I’ve nothing against celebrating these people, but let’s celebrate them for something besides being in a war.
Columbus day is pretty awful, too. Columbus was a horrible, horrible man.
I don’t even know what Flag Day is.

5- Brilliant ideas, all! Even though I don’t approve of Guy Fawkes day, y’know? I mean, it seems just a little over the top to repeatedly burn him the fellow. But my biggest problem with Guy Fawkes etc. is that no one at my school seems to know about him from actual history, but from that movie “V for Vendetta.” For example, yesterday in Global Studies:
Brenda: I feel like you’re the Guy Fawkes of my kingdom.
Me: [hearing “guy fox”] What?
Brenda: Have you ever seen V for Vendetta?
Me: Oh, Guy Fawkes! I’ve never seen V for Vendetta but I know who Guy Fawkes is. [Inwardly: Doesn’t everyone?]
Or when people think that song that goes “Remember, remember, the fifth of November…” comes from that movie. I know it can’t possibly because I read it in “The House of Arden” which was written by E. Nesbit in 1910 (or something like that), long before anyone had even thought of making a movie.
Anyway, that was tangent-y. Now I can’t really think of anything else to contribute. So now I’m going to go read Master and Commander.
! National Tall Ship Day!

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bookgirl_me

in November 11th, 2008 @ 12:07

What did i say before:
REPLACE YOUR HATED HOLIDAYS WITH PIE DAYS !!!!!
(and donut days, if you run out of pie types)
So far:
Flag day=Apple pie day
Guy Fawkes day= Cherry pie day
Veterans day= Golf ball and cherry pie day*
C.C.D= Banana cream pie day

*Muse october 2004, (Urania gets pied by Kokopelli and his ancestor the mummy)

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in November 11th, 2008 @ 12:23

I think pie days are a brilliant idea.

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Alice

in November 11th, 2008 @ 12:59

229- -shudder- I beg to differ. The first two HP movies were horrible. At least, that’s my opinion. The 3rd was so much better. Granted, I think that was because the kids were just little and not very good actors, mostly. But the 3rd was still way better. Much creepier.

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Luna the Lovely (11.5 Potterpoints!)

in November 11th, 2008 @ 14:08

38–The third was one of the worst. Fifth was absolute worst (way too choppy and different from the book), fourth and third are about tied–both took changed things way too much from the books. NOt only did they take out huge chunks of things (acceptable only because of time constraints–although I, for one, would watch a 100% accurate HP movie no matter how long it was), but they added things, thus meaning more of the book had to be cut, and then they changed things–pointless changes. And to be quite honest, I thought the kids acted just fine in the first two,and they were the only two movies so far that even came lcose to following the plot with few liberties taken. Oh, thye weren’t perfect, but they followed the books much, much better. Three, four, and five were (five especially) were horrible.

But, you are entitled to your opinion.

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Tesseract

in November 11th, 2008 @ 14:17

39 – I thought the 5th was much better than the 4th, actually. Though it was the shortest movie and the longest book, I thought they managed to communicate the plot much better than for the 4th.

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Luna the Lovely (11.5 Potterpoints!)

in November 11th, 2008 @ 14:27

40–REally? See, for me, I think I would have been horribly confused watching the 5th one if I didn’t have the plot entirely memorized from reading and rereading all the books. I found it very choppy, and the way you ahd to rely on reading all the snippets of newspaper to keep up with the jumping of time and space really bugged me. Not to mention, I am still mad at them for not including the locket at Grimmauld Place, as this was so very important to the plot of future books……And, yes, 5 came out before the seventh book, but the locket’s significance was blatantly obvious.

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Zinc the sorceress and Leafygreen {One blogiversery point, two b-day points}

in November 11th, 2008 @ 15:10

Really, only the third book made Harry’s hair look right. Ist and 2nd movies- much too neat. 4th movie- Who is he, Frodo? 5th movie- WTF?!

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Luna the Lovely (11.5 Potterpoints!)

in November 11th, 2008 @ 17:28

42–Oh, his hair did look better starting in the third movie, but to me, that doesn’t even begin to make up for everything else. And if by your comment, “Who is he, Frodo?” You are referring to his stature–well, he is rather short for a guy (I think he 5’6″–A whole inch and a quarter shorter than me, and I don’t think of myself as super tall. And I have a picture of the DA fromthe fifth movie, and everyone towers over Harry. EVERYONE, even the girls.)

And five, oh god, yes, he looks horrible, and has completely outgrown any cuteness he ever possessed. I mean, I have posters from the movies above my bed (really, there is nowhere else I coudl put them but my canopy on my bed–my walls are covered, as is my ceiling! No, I’m not a werido, really!), and one is of Harry in Chamber after having just defeated the basilisk, when he is all bedraggled and dirty, and his hair is all messed up–and this is by far the best of all the ones I have (two from goblet, one of the DA, with Harry-the-dwarf, and the Chamber one). He looks the cutest and most attractive in this one–the others, not so appealing. He outgrew his good looks, in my opinion. Ummmm, and really, it’s not creepy that I prefer how he looked when I was 12, I’m the same freaking age as him! (Well, technically he’s a year older) sorry, some people look at me weird when I say he (as himself, not necessarily as Harry) looked better in the first 2 or even 3 than in the fourth–and especially the fifth.

And we’ve definitely gone off tangent, and I’m definitely the one to blame…..oops.

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the mole

in November 11th, 2008 @ 18:30

Festivus is where you air your grievances with one another around a aluminum pole. You the wrestle the host to the ground.

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the mole

in November 11th, 2008 @ 18:34

Columbus day is horrible! The man came in and took peoples land from under them and tortured and killed the natives.

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KaiYves

in November 11th, 2008 @ 18:37

45- Which is why Discovery Day would be better. We don’t have to say his name.

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oxlin

in November 11th, 2008 @ 19:20

35- ooh, I agree. Everyone seems to think the movie has everything to do with it and it doesn’t.

I like Sukkot.

I think Discovery Day should also be about other discoveries such as scientific ones.

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OB2012

in November 12th, 2008 @ 07:09

45-That’s what anyone would have done in that time.

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marfwarrior

in November 12th, 2008 @ 17:08

discovery day sounds good. i like mole day.

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Vetrlidi

in November 12th, 2008 @ 18:40

I’m in favor of taking away Columbus day, since his quest for profits lead to the genocide of the Arawak people.

talk like a pirate day is great and self explanatory, and pi day is an excuse to bring in pie!

I thought the 1st and 2nd were the closest to the books. The 3rd I liked overall, but I thought the way they decided to do the dementours was bad. The 5th I thought was really bad though. interesting subplots like Weaslies wizard weezes( or whatever it was called) were underdone in my opinion.

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Luna the Lovely (11.5 Potterpoints!)

in November 12th, 2008 @ 19:08

50–and the werewolf. the werewolf was bad too. I mean, it was very clearly stated in the DADA class Snape taught. In the book, he asked what the difference between the werewolf and the truewolf was (in the movie, he asked the difference between an animagus and a true wolf), and Hermione began to respond that there were a few minor/subtle/whatever differences. But only a blind person would mistake the werewolf in the movie for a true wolf. It looked nothing at all like one would imagine based upon the book. Not to mention, the page number Snape told them to turn to was different in the movie than the book (hello, why change something so trivial?)

And the time travel thing–they only interfered with their earlier selfs ONCE in the book–Harry cast the patronus charm–and in the book they did in NUMEROUS times (Herm threw a pebble at them in Hagrids, Herm spied on her former selfs hair, “is that really what it looks like from behind?”, and got seen by her former self, Herm and Harry howl to lure the werewolf away from there earlier selves….and the list goes on)

And then the 4th–well I dislike it for purely personal reasons, although each time I rewatch, I dislike it less and less. ok, that was obscure. Nov 19, 2005, I saw the 4th movie. My dog (she was nine years old, btw) had gotten into the habit of escaping off our back porch in increasingly inventive ways whenever we went somewhere. Her newest was tearing up the fencing (to prevent little kids/little dogs from walking off the porch between slats–it was about 6-10 feet to the ground, depending) and crawling off the porch between the slats. So, she was a 65 lb husky mix, the slats were about 12 inches apart, max. So, that day/evening, when we were at the 4th Potter movie, she tore up the fencing, tried to crawl off, but got stuck, and was hanging upside down by her back legs (the slats were hooked at her hips) for–damn, I dunno, could’ve been hours. Anyway, to make a long story short, we took her to the vet, they kept her overnight, and the next morning she was dead. So, yeah, for the longest time I absolutely despised the 4th movie, for no more reason than of what it signified. Still don’t care for it a lot, but I have realized its not as bad as I first thoguht.

Yeah, so that’s my “holiday” this time of year–every Nov 19th (or the closest date, if Nov 19th isn’t available–ie, if my parents are home all day Nov 19th, as they don’t know about my ritual, and I intend to keep it that way) I watch the 4th Potter movie, and bawl my heart out. And then continue being depressed all the next day, too, as it is the day she actually died. yup, lovely celebration. And, sadly, for the first time since then, I am actually looking forward to Thanksgiving time, which breaks my heart. So, yeah, I think I shall shut up and stop being depressing.

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marfwarrior

in November 12th, 2008 @ 19:45

how sad! *gives choklit*

when did this turninto a harry potter movie discussion thread?

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marfwarrior

in November 12th, 2008 @ 19:47

sorry about the double post

talk like a pirate day is on my birthday! i am really bad at talking like a pirate. but i think i will start dressing up as a pirate. my english teacher did that.

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Luna the Lovely (11.5 Potterpoints!)

in November 12th, 2008 @ 20:34

52–when I suggested we change Columbus day to celebrate the other Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Potter movies: see post 29. I am fully responsible for the corruption of this thread.

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Luna the Lovely (11.5 Potterpoints!)

in November 12th, 2008 @ 20:34

oh, and SFTDP, but thanks for the choklit

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zyviva

in November 12th, 2008 @ 21:50

I think veteran’s day is a good idea. While veteran have things to offer other than their service i think it was a noble sacrifice that ought to be honored.

One of the reasons I have hope for this country is the way we’ve grown up since Vietnam. Vietnam was an unpopular war soldiered by drafted men. Despite the fact that the soldier’s were drafted, they returned home to ridicule and social outcastism.
Iraq is an unpopular war soldiered by people who choose to fight. When these soldiers return home, they are recognized without malice.
It’s very important to distinguish between the war and the individuals who fight it.

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groundhog22

in November 12th, 2008 @ 22:07

53 – You do know that talk like a pirate day was invented by some guy who purposely put it on his ex-wife’s birthday, right?

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Zinc the sorceress and Leafygreen {One blogiversery point, two b-day points}

in November 12th, 2008 @ 22:43

43- Nah, it’s his hair. What happened to Ron and Hermione becoming prefects? What happened to the two fireworks “mating” adn creating little flying pigs? What happened to WWW? Huh? HUH????

Discovery Day. Pwnsome.

Veteran’s Day- Keep it, just use the Canadian name (WAAYY better).

We should make Earth Day a little more earthy.

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Luna the Lovely (11.5 Potterpoints!)

in November 13th, 2008 @ 07:21

58–darn good questions. they screwed that movie up royally.

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in November 13th, 2008 @ 07:30

Do we need another Harry Potter thread?

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Luna the Lovely (11.5 Potterpoints!)

in November 13th, 2008 @ 07:37

60–hmmmmm, maybe. Or else you just need to officially forbid me from bringing HP up on a thread that doesn’t specifically relate…….but, honest, I didn’t know my itty bitty comment about changing the Columbus we celebrate would spark an HP discussion! Honest, Robert, I didn’t! *bats eyes and puts on puppy-dog face*

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Cromwell(OB2012)

in November 13th, 2008 @ 11:06

I think this discussion is pretty much over…people are just talking about HP and holidays in general.

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in November 13th, 2008 @ 11:45

Not necessarily! Let’s see if anyone has creative ideas for new rituals or other ways of celebrating existing holidays. Nowadays, most holidays (apart from the big ones) are just times to sleep late and/or shop. I think we can do better than that. There must be things to read, places to go, things to arrange and take part in. Looking at my desk calendar, I see the following “Important Dates,” excluding the main Christian and Jewish religious festivals:

U.S.
New Year
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
Lincoln’s Birthday
Valentine’s Day
Presidents’ Day
Washington’s Birthday
St. Patrick’s Day
Administrative Professionals Day (also Canada)
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Mother’s Day (also Canada)
Armed Forces Day
Memorial Day
Flag Day
Father’s Day
Independence Day
Labor Day (also Canada)
Patriot Day
Columbus Day
Thanksgiving
National Boss Day
Halloween
Veterans Day
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

CANADA
Easter Monday
Victoria Day
Civic Holiday
Thanksgiving (different day from U.S.)
Remembrance Day (same as U.S. Veterans’ Day)
Boxing Day (day after Christmas)

NON-MAINSTREAM RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS
First of Muharram
Ashura
First of Ramadan
Eid al Fitr
Eid al Adha
Kwanzaa

PHENOMENA AND ADMINISTRATIVE DATES:
First day of spring (vernal equinox)
First day of summer (summer solstice)
First day of fall (autumnal equinox)
First day of winter (winter solstice)
Beginning and end of Daylight Saving Time

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KaiYves

in November 13th, 2008 @ 11:48

58- What do you mean by “Earthy”?

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zyviva

in November 13th, 2008 @ 14:28

63- national boss day?

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Cromwell(OB2012)

in November 13th, 2008 @ 14:41

Rosh Hodesh should be celebrated…Special black and white pie or something.

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Vendaval

in November 13th, 2008 @ 14:43

St. Patrickâ€™s Day should be under the religious holiday category, but perhaps that’s debatable. It has become more of an Irishy Day.
I think Patriot Day should be used to remind people of the condition the rest of the world is in. Like “Stop Terror- Spread Peace.” With free advertising for the Peace Corps.
It looks like spell check missed: Peal Harbor Remembrance Day

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groundhog22

in November 13th, 2008 @ 14:51

66 – Or maybe mountain-shaped pie with a flaming pudding on the top. (I wonder if anyone knows what the heck we’re talking about…)

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Luna the Lovely (11.5 Potterpoints!)

in November 13th, 2008 @ 15:02

67–wouldn’t be spell check, as “peal” is a word.

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in November 13th, 2008 @ 15:08

Spellchecking isn’t important when you have GAPA editing powers. Now, back to holiday reform, please.

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Kagcomix

in November 13th, 2008 @ 17:07

you guys have flag day? what is it for? honouring the american flag? *coughlaaaaamecough* I mean, you guys are already patriotic enough.

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Luna the Lovely (11.5 Potterpoints!)

in November 13th, 2008 @ 17:10

71–to be quite honest, I really don’t know what Flag Day is about….come to think of it, I don’t even know when it is…..

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LadyG

in November 14th, 2008 @ 12:56

72- June 14th. At my old school they made us have huge assemblies all day. It’s soooooooooooooo lame!

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KaiYves

in November 14th, 2008 @ 13:25

Special holidays Kai observes:.

Yuri’s Night- April 12
Star Wars Day- May 4th
Moon Landing Day- July 20
Sputnik Day- October 4

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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)

in November 14th, 2008 @ 21:53

Vendaval’s post from the Year of Random Celebrations thread is also pertinent to this thread, so I’m copying it here:

Flag Day
*International, I guess it should really be Vexiollogy Day, but I’m not sure if that’s cooler sounding, or scary like an operation. On this day, each person finds a country they know nothing about, and learns what the flag means, any wear shirts displaying the flags.

Manifesto Day
Everyone finds a manifesto. As a greeting, you read it, or an excerpt, if it is too long. Write your own, if you feel inspired.

28 Hour Day Week (28HDW)
To test the 28 hour day, for a week (possibly 2 or more are needed. I guess it depends how fast you adjust.). Hmm. A celebration of nonstandard time? Like: I’ll get to school when the rain has filled the pot. ( The pot must fit all of the international pot time telling standards, of course, accurate to 100th of a gyaliter and impermeable. don’t forget the rain-rate tables to be consulted!)

Esperanto
Because it needs a day. Tie in with international understanding?

(Extinct) Flightless Bird Day
Ok, so this one’s a little less though out. Could it encompass all unusual animals in need of our protection and study? With the bold dodo as a mascot, protesters and protectors rally in the heart of the city to save those little miracles of nature, off endangered and unknown.

Tallship
Nautical in general, to help people understand our oceans and shorelines. Because land is only 30% of the world. Any ideas, Alice, MF? Begin to build a boat, to be launched in a year??

Bicycle!
Ride a bike, close the roads to motors! Build a bike? Donate to Pedals4Progress?

Typesetter’s Parade
In celebration of the visual arts, all of the tiny details that most people don’t see, like good font choice, graphic design, design in general, colors. I imagine a parade with people carrying big white signs on sticks, a single triumphant letter in black.

Open Culture
To put the public domain in the public eye. It’s our culture, share it! See: Creative Commons.

Interrobang
Use at least one unusual punctuation mark in your writing.

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oxlin

in November 15th, 2008 @ 03:34

Speaking of interrobangs, did you know that this ‘#’ is called an octothorpe?

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Vendaval

in November 15th, 2008 @ 13:55

76- That’s cool. I looked up some more when I realized I didn’t know their names.
solidus ( â„ ) (as compared to: slash/stroke ( / ))
guillemets ( Â« Â» )
pilcrow ( Â¶ )

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Jadestone

in November 15th, 2008 @ 22:44

It’s a bit late but Happy National Bundt Cake Day everyone!

I am looking forward to eating the one we just made, it is still to hot right now though.

On Typesetterâ€™s Parade- this reminds me of a music video, but I don’t remember what song it was for. It was ‘!’ and ‘?’ and ‘*’ rather than letters though.

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bookgirl_me

in November 16th, 2008 @ 05:55

Star Wars day!!!!!!!

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Cromwell(OB2012)

in November 16th, 2008 @ 11:37

68-That doesn’t have anything to do with Rosh Chodesh.

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groundhog22

in November 17th, 2008 @ 20:28

80 – It’s in reference to the ancient practice of lighting bonfires on the tops of mountains to alert people that it was Rosh Chodesh.

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Cromwell(OB2012)

in November 18th, 2008 @ 11:22

81-Okay.

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Kagcomix

in November 23rd, 2008 @ 14:20

wait- the US of A DOESN’T have boxing day???????? I totaly thought you guys did. *shakes head in disbelief*

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âˆžKaiYves

in November 23rd, 2008 @ 15:37

We do have Christmas Day off, and usually a few days around then, though.

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Axa

in November 23rd, 2008 @ 15:54

83 -I don’t even think most people here know what boxing day is. it’s on all the calendars but it says “(canada)” next to it usually.

I want to do something special for winter solstice, but I am not sure what.

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âˆžKaiYves

in November 23rd, 2008 @ 16:23

85- Mark where the sun is at sunrise somehow. Then you’ll have your own sort of mini-Stonehenge.

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Kagcomix

in November 23rd, 2008 @ 16:37

85- wow. I was thoroughly under the impression that it was an american holiday that we happened to share. well, I was wrong! now that you mention it, I don’t even know what boxing day is really for, except for exchanging the gifts you didn’t like. this really blows my mind. aren’t there stories in Archie comics about boxing day sales. *mind is blown*

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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)

in November 23rd, 2008 @ 16:51

Boxing Day predates the nations of Canada and the United States by a few centuries. It started in the Middle Ages as a day when persons in the upper class gave presents to servants or others lower down the social scale. There are several explanations for how the box part came into it, and I’m not sure which one is supposed correct.

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Robert Coontz (Administrator)

in November 23rd, 2008 @ 18:15

It’s a British holiday that Canada shares.

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groundhog22

in November 23rd, 2008 @ 18:59

88 – Maybe because the presents were in boxes?

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Rebecca Lasley (Administrator)

in November 23rd, 2008 @ 19:03

(90) That would seem to be the case. The disagreements arise over the details of what, when, where, why, how, and whose.

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crazyquotescollector

in November 24th, 2008 @ 18:03

About Rosh Chodesh- all girls should get the day off school! (because it’s a woman’s special holiday and all) or we should all go on trips and leave the guys to learn! hee hee! but my school does that already… except for the leaving out the guys part. I go to an all girls school. hmm…
There isn’t much to do on Chanuka and Tu B’Shvat. Any ideas?

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groundhog22

in November 24th, 2008 @ 19:41

92 – When I was in HS, we got to wear normal clothes instead of our uniforms on Rosh Chodesh. We also dressed up before Purim.
That gives me an idea, actually. Does anyone around here dress up before Halloween as well as on it?

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crazyquotescollector

in November 27th, 2008 @ 11:44

93- ooh! for purim this year I might dress like a CHICKEN! or a bug. something suitably weird, to fit my wonderful personality. Open to ideas.
We have to wear uniforms all the time! even on picture day. We sometimes go on trips for Rosh Chodesh,( but only rarely) and the PTO gives us treats!

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Rainbowstar

in November 27th, 2008 @ 13:20

What’s Purim?

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Catkopelli

in November 28th, 2008 @ 16:00

Throw pies!!!!!!!!!!Heeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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public like a frog (34 wung points!)

in January 20th, 2009 @ 20:30

I nominate national oil depletion allowance day, as based on a speech by howard zinn.

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MARFwarrior (who has begn capitalizing)(and is a girl)(and dosen't really appriciate being called Marf)(1 b-day point)

in March 14th, 2009 @ 18:55

Go Pi day!! This should be a national holiday or something. Last year at school my lunch table ate four pies and an entire bottle of reddi-whip (i know, its not the same as real , but its a wee bit hard to spray great heaping blobs of stuff you made with cream and a beater into your mouth). And this was 12 people. ‘Twas great fun. but it was on a Saturday this year so I’m bringing mini pies on Monday. But I’m pretty sure that a very few adults celebrate this holiday.

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â˜¼Zinc the sorceressâ˜¼

in July 7th, 2010 @ 20:52

Um…

…next Wednesday is Give Your Trashman A Cookie Day…

…at least for me…

*sigh* Dead thread…

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Ducky

in July 7th, 2010 @ 22:53

Today is trash day here.

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Randomosity101

in July 7th, 2010 @ 22:58

You now, in America, we celebrate Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day, but if you look, there are technically also Granparents’ Day, Brothers’ Day, Sisters’ Day, and probably many others I haven’t heard of for all kinds of relations.

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