Nominally Celebrated Holidays
Have you ever just stared at your calendar, blinking widely at all the holidays that your job wasn’t giving you holiday pay or vacation for? There’s tons of them! Some are important and some are seemingly silly. The worst is when you have a calendar that shows you all the holidays that you’re missing by being in the U.S.! What about Boxing Day?
Anyway, I’ve put together a list of holidays that should be actually celebrated. Not just remembered. This is my Top 5 Nominally Celebrated Holidays, to date.
5.) April Fool’s Day
Seriously, there was nothing more fun than April Fool’s Day when you’re growing up. What? A day where pulling pranks on EVERYONE is okay? Where do I sign up? Why don’t we get to celebrate this on a much larger scale? Okay, so some companies do go all out on their pranks, and it’s hilarious, but it should be much more widespread. Google, Bioware, Bungie, Xbox and a other websites for things all had false information up, fake products, etc. Funny stuff. But why not a big display of an awesome new toy at Toy’s-R-Us and it’s just a bunch of boxes filled with rocks! Ha! April Fool’s!
4.) May Day Play Day
Okay, so I’m not sure if this one’s even on the calendars, but it’s so awesome! Does anyone else even remember May Day Play Day in elementary school? It was a day long extravaganza of elementary Olympic-style events like hula-hooping for the longest amount of time and track and field stuff, like wheel-barrow races! Potentially more fun than April Fool’s day if done correctly. Think about your work place taking part in a hula-hooping competition… got the image? Doesn’t that seem amazing?
3.) Columbus Day
I think everyone should dress up like a sailor on Columbus day and carry around a compass. Oh, and maybe a map. Spyglass is optional, but you’ll be looked down upon by the people that aren’t lame. Really. This could be awesome! What if we all had to talk in sea-faring lingo? “Ahoy, matey!” Yeah, I’m sure the period’s off, but the only boat movie I’ve seen in while was Pirates of the Caribbean…
2.) Halloween
We should all get the day off for Halloween. Everyone quit being so weird on Halloween. If you don’t want scary stuff for your kids, arrange a trunk or treat at your church with your friends and Sunday School classes. Everyone loves putting on costumes, and I’m sure if you don’t let people do it in a safe environment, it leads to oddities in their adult life…
1.) Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Everyone should get a marble cake and the day off! There should definitely be block parties and fun! In all seriousness, Martin Luther King Jr. has come to represent Human Rights in it’s entirety and it should be celebrated with fireworks and concerts! (Well, what holiday shouldn’t be celebrated by fireworks?)
So, to recap: There are plenty of holidays that we’re getting gypped out of! Let’s take them back and celebrate all of them! (or get paid time and a half for working it!) Oh, and happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Go shoot off some fireworks for me because I live in Florida where they don’t sell the good stuff!
What’s your favorite under-celebrated holidays and what would you do to celebrate them?
