I've never really gotten holidays. Always seemed a bit wasteful.
Christmas was cool cause I got pressies. But now I'm about to start a full time job and since i'm still living at home
() with 4 little sisters I think my ESJ parents will expect me to get everyone pressies. Also someone always argues. Normally me and my Dad when he suggests I go to mass and then when i refuse thrys to prove its good to me at which point I spent an enjoyable morning telling him why religions wrong.
Haloween was never really embraced in my house. Neither were any holidays really. At birthdays my mum makes a birthday dinner of whatever the birthday person wants.
News Years is quite a big deal in Scotland, Edinburgh being the hogsmany capital of the world or something like that. But my parents never made any deal out of it as there not the partying types. This year I had an empty for New Years though! So got pissed with rock band!!!1
Yeah apart from New Years they all seem pointless to me.
What, no love for Bonfire Night? What's greater than to commemorate something not blowing up, going ahead and blowing a whole lot of stuff up? I'm American and I still think that's the greatest thing ever - though not so down on the whole anti-Catholic undertone. Best yet, it's in the rainy fall/autumn, unlike our Fourth of July, where half the time there's a burn ban for lack of rain in this part of the country.
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- New Years - good excuse to get really drunk, find a hook-up (if not too drunk)
- MLK Day - nice day off, good opportunity to reflect on the lives and struggles of others
- Super Bowl Sunday (it
is a holiday) - a lot of fun. Often the only holiday where people really let loose and enjoy themselves
- Valentine's - pointless, but it makes others happy. That's good enough for me.
- Presidents' Day - nice day off
- Mardi Gras - love it, but I love New Orleans, as well. Cajun and creole food are amazing
- St. Patrick's - too much fun. Love the irony of celebrating an "Irish" holiday with distinctly Eastern European Jewish food (corned beef). Green beer is hilarious.
- Easter - Not that big of a deal. I'm not religious, and our family is too dispersed to do anything big
- My birthday (late April) - Nice, but less significant as I don't receive many presents anymore. Appreciate people's thoughts.
- Mother's Day - Often have to be reminded, but it's nice to make your mom happy once in a while, even if she constantly pisses you off
- Memorial Day - Not a huge fan of this one. I like the day off, but do not like the nationalism, militarism, and quasi-death cult vibe that some memorials have.
- Father's Day - Much easier to buy a gift for this one
- July 4th - Fireworks and barbecue, plus oppressive heat. What else could you ask for? Still do not like the creeping militarism - they did that a month ago, you know
- Labor Day - A nice day off. Complete ignorance of the point of celebrating laborers irritates me.
- Columbus Day - the annual debates are fascinating. Opportunity for reflection over the country's history
- Veteran's Day - like it better than Memorial Day, given the lessons of World War I. I respect those who served, and mourn those caught in the senseless cycle of war
- Halloween - I like it for the same reason any heterosexual male over the age of 15 likes it
- Thanksgiving - Football is the highlight. Everything else is generally terrible. Not my style of food, family members are difficult to converse with, completely obligatory
- Christmas - Secular Christmas is fun, mostly because I enjoy how much others get into it. Religious Christmas is not for me.