Yuri’s Night. April 12th. Celebrating the first human being to make it off this ridiculous planet, however briefly.
March 14th, Pi day. I celebrate by baking a nice round pie and posting pictures along with it’s circumference, diameter, area, and radius.
To the VERY mild amusement of my friends and family.
In high school I dressed as the Pi fairy and memorized 200 digits of Pi lol
There’s also Mario day on MAR 10
Also known as Albert Einstein’s birthday.
Did not know I had the same birthdate as him.
ANZAC Day. A pact between Australia and New Zealand as part of WW1.
We spend it like every other holiday, getting drunk. But we also play two ups, as it is the only day in the year we can.
Uh, is that April 24th? We commemorate the day over here in Gallipoli as well, more or less about why the fuck Oceania people perished so far away from their home, for a fight that’s not theirs. Also the poor anatolian/mesopotamian Ottoman soldiers, defending a land they only can learn about when they’re conscripted.
This is exactly why they celebrate it as well. The pointless sacrifice at the other end of the world made them realize they weren’t British any more. It’s usually considered as a beginning of separate Australian and NZ national identity (political independence took some decades more)
We were on a Mediterranean cruise one year when we noticed there were a lot of Aussies on board. They were lots of fun and we didn’t realize until a few days in that they all wanted to pass Gallipoli for the April 25 commemoration. Met a bunch of middle aged men and women and their families who all had ancestors who were part of that famous and memorable campaign. It was eerie to sail past that area knowing that so many ancient battles were fought there and a modern one with descendents visiting this place.
I don’t drink (which the Aussies laughed about) and I could only toast with a glass of orange juice but I was more than happy to make friends with them and share me story of my grandfathers who fought in the same war but stationed in England and France.
I honor that day by listening to The Band Played Waltzing Matilda and weeping.
And on Veterans Day I listen to Green Fields of France and weep.
As a Canadian American I went through the shit to actually naturalize and thus feel entitled to both Thanksgivings - neither is an obscure holiday but I think it’s pretty niche to celebrate both.
Great choice!
Pączki Day, everyone needs a donut.
Extendo-day!
It’s not real. It’s just a day I take off after every holiday that makes a 3 day weekend so it becomes a 4 day weekend! Lol
instead of my birthday I punch myself in the balls repeatedly until I vomit to make sure the trauma ends with me
Celebrating the Chinese one’s while in the west is hard. Many of them already have western equivalents so they happen twice. Plus I got to keep track of the lunar calendar. The Buddhist ones are also hard because it differs per tradition.
It’s not really a holiday, but hanami is my favorite. Late March or early April, I take my dining table, some dishes, hundreds of dollars of sashimi, and go get it all up for friends under some sakura. I love it so much.
“Holiday” and “celebrate” are strong words, but I try to recognize Big Wet Rodent Day every year.
International Talk Like a Pirate day (Sept 19)
Lief Erikson day (Sept 9)
Memorial for the Edmund Fitzgerald (Nov 10)
No Capes (Nov 15)
Mario day (Mar 10)
Pi day (Mar 14)
The Ides of March (Mar 15, et tu brute)
Elvis Presley’s birthday (Jan 8, Nixon’s is on the 9th)
Star Wars day (May 4)
Got to find things to look forward to so I mark the calendar with many things, some silly, some serious.
Look at this guy. He forgot the 5th of November.
Fuck, your right, annual rewatch day of V for Vendetta. (Amongst other notable events)
Ayyami-ha and Naw Ruz
