I agree.
=> Christmas: consumerist holiday, you can spend an entire year with your family, and there's no need for a national holiday that celebrates the superhero of one religion;
=> Thanksgiving: yay, let's celebrate ruining the culture of Native Americans by killing millions of innocent turkeys, because we're terrible human beings;
=> Columbus day: Columbus was a douchebag, he doesn't deserve a holiday;
=> Valentine's day: it's an absolute disgrace to need a day to celebrate love, you should do that all year, also very consumerist;
=> I could go on.
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SOME of them are annoying, yes. Tae Colombus Day, for example, which has no business being celebrated in modern America.
Christmas carries meaningful weight with religious people as well as non-religious, though. It's not all about profit margins and the bottom line.
Thanksgiving is great because food and football. Also, lots of people actually reflect on their lives and give thanks. That's a powerful undertaking, I think.
What they mean for the media and as official holidays isn't so important. I like the holidays because for me, they mean time with family, time to relax and not go to class/work, and time to do things with my friends. Yes, many holidays are commercialized and people do buy into it... but it's their choice to do so. I am not christian, but I love Christmas because I get to be with my family.
Halloween isn't violent so it's the best one! lol Just people in goofy costumes trying to trick things that are no there and eating yummy things.
Speaking of Halloween I was Wednesday Addams and this reminded me of the scene where she burns down the set of the Thanksgiving play at camp as revenge for the aboriginals.
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You're misrepresenting the meaning of the various holidays. Thanksgiving is about the meal the natives presented to the colonists that possibly saved their lives. Columbus day celebrates an event that shaped history and made the USA possible in the first place. Christmas isn't even an American holiday, it is a Christian one. Groundhog day isn't even a national holiday
I don't know & IDC about any American holiday that doesn't give us a free day out of school or work now sd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/.../...-a-what-what-.png ?
I don't agree with the origin of all major American holidays, but it seems like most of them aren't celebrated which such dedication to the origin... and I don't mind that. I look at the holiday as it is celebrated now, and I enjoy the festivities around them without thinking too much about it.
Do you not like spending time with friends and family
Christmas is beneficial economically, Valentines Day doesn't benefit anyone except card and candy companies, Halloween is fun with the costumes and moderate candy consumption, and Columbus Day shouldn't even be a holiday. I refuse to celebrate a horrible person who committed genocide against the indigenous peoples of America.
I like Thanksgiving... it's an excuse to make everyone sit down together at the table, which can be nice. The cultural significance isn't really brought up at all.
holidays should always be celebrated because they will always mean something to someone, and that should be respected.
To each their own but whatever the history behind American holidays, there are some that will always be magical to me.
What's bad about celebrating white people killing people?
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/sFuck Columbus day and fuck (No) Thanksgiving, but
I NEED Christmas :D <3 <3 <3It's a day off, shut up and enjoy it. Do you think anyone gave half a rat's nutsack about the Royal Wedding?
dunno. who cares, day off work... right? and independence day, Dr. King Day, Labour Day, Veterans' Day are meaningless... unless you pomorte racism, or think trade unions are evil.
Some but who care! I don't have school and I can shop freely!
that's my days off! don't talk about my only free time like that! how dare you o_o
I'll concede Columbus day, and we can argue about Thanksgiving, but the rest are fine.
What's wrong with Valentines Day? U said u wouldn't go into detail, but I love that day.
And the verdict is... this question is crap!
True or false this question is crap, True.
just relax and enjoy... coca cola
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