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Some holidays that may seem odd to people of one culture may be a perfectly ordinary tradition to people of another culture. Even some well-known holidays may have traditions not familiar in all cultures where they are celebrated. There are religious, secular, and national holidays; there are also "fan holidays", traditions that have gained popularity with a particular group of people to honor the subject of their passion. Special days, weeks, or months are often promoted in the interest of commerce or public awareness. And certainly there are holidays that are no longer celebrated or even remembered by modern cultures.
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Featured Holidays
I've finally formatted this lens so that information about various holidays can be easily found here, but as you can see, there are only a few featured holidays right now.
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January
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Holidays in January
January Links
- No links yet!
- Coming soon!
February
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Holidays in February
February Links
- UNESCO - International Mother Language Day | Journée internationale de la langue maternelle
- This celebration of heritage and diversity in language originated as a Bangladeshi commemoration of an incident in which university students were killed while trying to gain recognition of the Bengali tongue as a state language.
March
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Holidays in March
March Links
- Pi Day - The official web site for Pi Day, March 14th
- The mathematical constant represented by the Greek letter %u03C0 (pi), has its own holiday. Since the first three digits of this number are 3.14, it makes sense to celebrate it during the third month, on the fourteenth day!
Moveable Feasts
Some holidays are celebrated on the same day of the same month each year; others may celebrated on the same day of the week each year. Some holidays are observed on a date closer to the weekend than the actual date of the holiday, for the sake of efficiency. Easter always falls on a Sunday, but sometimes it's observed in March, and sometimes in April; its date each year is set according to a complex formula.
[A more detailed essay on moveable feasts coming soon!]
[A more detailed essay on moveable feasts coming soon!]
April
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Holidays in April
April Links
- National High Five Day
- The "high five", that hand-slapping gesture of mutual congratulation, has its own holiday, celebrated annually on the third Thursday of April in the United States and elsewhere.
May
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May Links
- Free Comic Book Day May 3rd 2008
- As the name implies, Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world are giving away special issues of comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores.
- Towel Day :: A tribute to Douglas Adams (1952-2001)
- In the universe of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy stories, galactic hitchhikers are respected if they know where their towel is, since it is a very useful item. This holiday is more or less celebrated by bringing a towel with you wherever you go.
Free Comic Book Day
from Wikipedia
Learn More About Comics
...at Amazon.com
Free Comic Book Day may be a promotional gimmick for the comic book industry, but it has an educational aspect as well, as the free comic books introduce new readers to the stories and the art form. The following books may not be free, but they do the same sort of thing.
Towel Day
from Wikipedia
June
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Holidays in June
Obsolete Holidays
[Coming soon!]
July
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Holidays in July
August
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Holidays in August
August Links
- National Underwear Day at Freshpair.com
- This annual event seems to be a promotional gimmick to sell underwear. Apparently people are even encouraged to dress only in underwear all day.
September
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Holidays in September
September Links
- Talk Like A Pirate Day - September 19
- Arr! Talk like a pirate! All day, matey!
International Talk Like a Pirate Day
from Wikipedia
Name Days
In some cultures, instead of celebrating birthdays, people celebrate name days. The tradition originated with the observances of the anniversaries of the deaths of Christian saints; people named after a particular saint would celebrate their name day on that saint's feast day.
[A more detailed essay on name days coming soon!]
[A more detailed essay on name days coming soon!]
October
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Holidays in October
November
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Holidays in November
December
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Holidays in December
December Links
- Koala Wallop - View topic - Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day: 12-8-7
- This humorous role-playing holiday was proposed last year in this forum discussion; perhaps it will become an annual event.
Directories of Unusual Holidays
- A+ Forwards: Day of Days
- a list of unusual holidays
- Bizarre American Holidays Home Page
- Only in the USA can we celebrate the glory of egg salad, dictionaries, and procrastination. Here we celebrate these lesser known holidays. You won't find boring holidays like Thanksgiving and Mother's Day in here!
- Party Guide Online - Party On!
- A directory of worldwide celebrations, listing holidays, recreational events and special occasions. Find events and plan your weekends, your vacation or your own special event!
- Office Holidays: Home
- This site is styled as a calendar listing various holidays which members of an international group of office workers might observe, as an aid in planning meetings.
What's your favorite odd holiday?
Do you participate in any unusual observances? Whether it's a wacky tribute, a promotional gimmick, a family tradition, a religious festival, a national holiday, or any other sort of special time, I'd be interested to hear about it!
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quippingqueen
May 7, 2008 @ 1:40 pm | delete
- Well, now you're talking my loopy language! A mighty fine list of hiliarious holidays awaits your reading enjoyment at "funny festivities"!
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