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Happy National Holidays 2024!

ElaroElaro ApologeticRegistered User regular
edited June 24 in Social Entropy++
Starting today, June 24th, there will be an average of 1 holiday celebrating national pride and/or founding moments. Today is "la Saint-Jean", named after the Catholic patron Saint of French Canadians, St John the Baptist. I'm having a lovely poutine for the occasion.
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Next week, on July 1st, is Canada Day, which celebrates the day the British North America Act went into effect, unifying the colonies/provinces of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia into the Dominion of Canada. (Our leaders are not, to the best of my knowledge, shape-shifting aliens.)

3 days after that is American Independence Day, aka Fireworks Day. Good luck, y'all.

10 days after that is Bastille Day, celebrating the start of the French Revolution. This is when people started forcibly deposing their rich, out-of-touch, despotic decision-makers, and, with goodwill, cunning, and determination, one day we will be done with the lot.

4 weeks, 4 celebrations. What are your plans for the upcoming holidays?

Children's rights are human rights.
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  • sponospono Mining for Nose Diamonds Booger CoveRegistered User regular
    Hot dogs

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  • Fig-DFig-D SoCalRegistered User regular
    edited June 24
    Work is giving us the 4th of July off, but we're back in the office the next day. So I'm burning a vacation day to take a four day weekend. I plan on celebrating the founding of this nation by playing a shit ton of the new FFXIV expansion and eating mostly garbage food. 'Murica.

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  • ChallChall Registered User regular
    Remember on July 4rd to leave hot dogs and raw fish out on your fence for the bald eagles

  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    Today is International Fairy Day, do whatever you feel is appropriate for that immediately!

  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    The 12th of July is a...complicated holiday

  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    What’s on 12th?

  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
  • CelloCello Registered User regular
    edited June 24
    Honestly, Canada Day is a weird one here where it's nice to have the day off in the middle of a very hot summer but also important to be very cognizant of Canada's historic and ongoing poor treatment of Indigenous peoples

    Going to try to spend at least part of the day on continuing my decolonization learning and then maybe go to a friend's for a BBQ

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Going to spend 4th of July moving into a new apartment

  • Kane Red RobeKane Red Robe Master of Magic ArcanusRegistered User regular

    That sounds less than ideal.

  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    There was an attempt to secularize it a while back, branding it as Orangefest. It didn't take.

  • ChallChall Registered User regular
    There was an attempt to secularize it a while back, branding it as Orangefest. It didn't take.

    It's fun, now it's just about celebrating oranges!

    Everyone say your ideas

    Orange Juice!
    Orange Soda!
    Orange Merch!
    Throwing oranges at Catholics

    Fuck, let's try again next year

  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    England's more of an exporter of national days than a domestic consumer

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    Land Back Now

  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    National holidays are dumb and bad, the USA are the bad guys, fire works suck, patriotism is bad, July 4th is dumb and bad

  • SLyMSLyM Registered User regular
    that's all true, but hotdogs and hamburgers with your friends is good

    My friend is working on a roguelike game you can play if you want to. (It has free demo)
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