Certain Holidays

[Mytical]

Ok..not the days themselves, but the theory behind them.

Valentines Day - Never quite wrapped my head around the "Need a special day to include romance" mindset. Do we REALLY need a day specifically to let our 'special other(s)' know how special they are? We have to schedule romance and such now?

People feel obligated to do something special for the day, and it becomes more work then anything. Heaven forbid if you forget it for some reason. What ever happened to just leaving small but affectionate notes saying things like "Thinking of you." Ah wait, I forgot holidays are about the expensive things. *sighs*

Sweetest Day - Ok..so one wasn't enough? Now there is another one? A pale, obvious imitation to boot.

Christmas - This really is my pet peeve. Lets forget for a bit that Christ was probably born somewhere in summer..and get right down too it. It never should be about the most expensive gadget, or tons of toys that only a quarter ever get used. Something personal, made by a person's hand..is much much more preferred then anything. With most kids getting any toy they want year round..Christmas just seems another day...unfortunately.

Of course most of the holidays never were about what they claim to be about..what they SHOULD be about..but when has that stopped the money train from rolling?

[Ginger Tea]

We, thank f, don't have sweetest day.

I've devoloped the mind set over the years that should I end up in a relationship again (been single for longer than I can think) I would refuse outright to do anything on valentines day.
Do you want flowers, chocolates, romantic meals whenever, or just Valentines, birthday and anniversary's?
With that kind of ultimatum in hand I think I would be single again in no time flat, but as you say, romance shouldn't be something you put on a calender

[Mytical]

It may be because I have been Single all but 10 months (and most of that was online dating) my entire life that I am more of a romantic

[draggar]

Christmas - This really is my pet peeve. Lets forget for a bit that Christ was probably born somewhere in summer..and get right down too it. It never should be about the most expensive gadget, or tons of toys that only a quarter ever get used. Something personal, made by a person's hand..is much much more preferred then anything. With most kids getting any toy they want year round..Christmas just seems another day...unfortunately.

Jesus' "birthday":

http://biblelight.net/sukkoth.htm



I could always tell if my sister liked a girl I was dating at the time - if she did she'd make her something from her ceramics class. If she didn't she bought her something. She still sends us ceramics from time to time.

Celebrate Yule. The gift exchange requests something that is crafted - preferably by your own hand. The feast should also be as "diverse" as it can be - its not odd to see fried rice next to spaghetti which is next to enpenatas. It's all about being with those close to you.

[telecom_goddess]

I haven't heard of sweetest day.....

[protege]

I've heard of it. It's yet another day for the jewelry merchants and Hallmark to guilt people into buying crap. I've always seen those days, as another reminder that I'm nearly 35...and still single

[Greenday]

Neither my sister nor I have ever heard of Sweetest Day. What is it?

And I think you are mixing up Christmas and Christmas. One is a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus. The other is a non-religious holiday celebrating Santa.

[Stormraven]

According to Wiki, Sweetest Day is from the Great Lakes region of the U.S. I know I hadn't heard of it until now.

[anakhouri]

We don't do that crap (I mean, we celebrate Christmas, but we get Khan one gift, and have told the grandparents he only gets one gift from each of them too- we don't like the commercialization of it either). We don't do the romantic day crap. On Valentine's Day, I make dinner and we watch the goriest horror movie we can find (last year: The Midnight Meat Train). They advertise Sweetest Day around here but I think it's the dumbest thing ever.

Know how I know my husband loves me? He agreed that I should stay home with our son. Know how he knows I love him? I take care of the kid and do housework and all the cooking. If that ain't love, I don't know what is!

[ExRetailDrone]

I, too, hate what so many 'holidays' have become. Sweetest Day, frankly, just pisses me right off. It has no real history behind it other than Hallmark decided they didn't have enough money At least Valentine's Day has some kind of longer-standing history, even if it has little relation to it anymore. Sweetest Day was born upon pure greed and nothing more. I refuse to celebrate it.

[guywithashovel]

I have heard of Sweetest Day before, but I've never celebrated it, and neither has anyone that I know. The only way I've heard of it has been seeing it on calendars occasionally.

Anymore now, I'm pretty indifferent to Valentine's Day. I didn't care for it back when I still worked retail, but now that I'm out of that, it's just another day to me. Christmas is just a day to get together with the family and exchange gifts. My favorite holidays tend to be Halloween and Thanksgiving.

[Andara Bledin]

Jesus' "birthday":

http://biblelight.net/sukkoth.htm

Nice to see a well-written article about that.

^-.-^

[Ipecac Drano]

There never has been a truly authoritive date as to the birth of Jesus. It was only made later by the Xtians. Some say it may have been April 17. There are many other dates that are up for grabs. Too bad there wasn't a paper trail on Jesus.

[Mytical]

Sweetest Day, for those of you who do not know, is basically just Valentines Day..Lite.. Only it is supposed to be the day females give the guys candy. Only reason I even have a clue about it is they put something up in Wally World about it when I worked there.

[daleduke17]

I, too, hate what so many 'holidays' have become. Sweetest Day, frankly, just pisses me right off. It has no real history behind it other than Hallmark decided they didn't have enough money At least Valentine's Day has some kind of longer-standing history, even if it has little relation to it anymore. Sweetest Day was born upon pure greed and nothing more. I refuse to celebrate it.

Thank you. I agree so much. Look at the calendar. The card companies and others didn't have anything going on around that time (mid-October) to make money off of:

January: New Years, some religious celebrations, beginning of Valentines
February: Valentines Day
March: Easter, Spring, St. Patrick's Day
April: Easter
May: Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Graduation
June: Summer, Father's Day
July: 4th of July
August: Back to School
September: Autumn
October: Halloween at the end of the month
November: Thanksgiving
December: Christmas

So, see, big hole from 4th of July to Halloween with Autumn and Back to School in there which may not really bring in the big profits like Spring or Summer and the like. People really can't do stuff on Valentines Day (and what was done won't come to fruition until late October/early November), so, throw "Sweetest Day" in in mid-October to get the card printers ready for Christmas.