# Boo! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 6, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246 "2013-11-06T15:14:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/1 "2013-11-06T15:14:06Z")
Can we drop this section now please? It’s time to put up the Xmas lights. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/2 "2013-11-06T16:10:25Z")
[To Kill a Mockingbird] Hey, Boo. [/To Kill a Mockingbird] ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/3 "2013-11-06T16:13:36Z")
[Yogi Bear] Hey, Boo-Boo[/Yogi Bear] ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/4 "2013-11-06T16:15:14Z")
Would a turkey-themed forum be redundant? ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/5 "2013-11-06T16:17:10Z")
Christmas lights? Really? It is the first week of November. Can’t we please wait until after Thanksgiving? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/6 "2013-11-06T16:23:12Z")
How about a Thanksgivukkah forum? There could be an outbreak of Old Testament prophet and/or American Indian names. I call Habakkuk! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/7 "2013-11-06T16:23:30Z")
[Bing Crosby] [Boo-Boo-Boo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peYbw-r5ryk)[/Bing Crosby] ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/8 "2013-11-06T16:27:15Z")
Monday Nov 11 Veterans Day National holiday Thursday Nov 28 Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day) Jewish holiday Thursday Nov 28 Thanksgiving Day National holiday Friday Nov 29 Lincoln’s Birthday State holiday Indiana Friday Nov 29 Presidents’ Day State holiday New Mexico Friday Nov 29 Robert E Lee’s Birthday State holiday Georgia Friday Nov 29 Lincoln’s Birthday State holiday West Virginia Friday Nov 29 Black Friday State holiday 17 states Friday Nov 29 American Indian Heritage Day State holiday Maryland Sunday Dec 1 First Sunday of Advent Christian Monday Dec 2 Cyber Monday Observance Thursday Dec 5 Last Day of Chanukah Jewish holiday Friday Dec 6 St Nicholas’ Day Observance Saturday Dec 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Observance Sunday Dec 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception Christian Thursday Dec 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Observance Tuesday Dec 17 Wright Brothers Day Observance Tuesday Dec 17 Pan American Aviation Day Observance Saturday Dec 21 December Solstice Season Tuesday Dec 24 Christmas Eve State holiday KS\*, KY, MI, NC, OK, SC, TX, WI Tuesday Dec 24 Christmas Eve Observance, Christian Tuesday Dec 24 Washington’s Birthday State holiday Indiana ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/9 "2013-11-06T16:30:25Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Monday Nov 11 Veterans Day National holiday > Thursday Nov 28 Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day) Jewish holiday > Thursday Nov 28 Thanksgiving Day National holiday > Friday Nov 29 Lincoln’s Birthday State holiday Indiana > Friday Nov 29 Presidents’ Day State holiday New Mexico > Friday Nov 29 Robert E Lee’s Birthday State holiday Georgia > Friday Nov 29 Lincoln’s Birthday State holiday West Virginia > Friday Nov 29 Black Friday State holiday 17 states > Friday Nov 29 American Indian Heritage Day State holiday Maryland > Sunday Dec 1 First Sunday of Advent Christian > Monday Dec 2 Cyber Monday Observance > Thursday Dec 5 Last Day of Chanukah Jewish holiday > Friday Dec 6 St Nicholas’ Day Observance > Saturday Dec 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Observance > Sunday Dec 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception Christian > Thursday Dec 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Observance > Tuesday Dec 17 Wright Brothers Day Observance > Tuesday Dec 17 Pan American Aviation Day Observance > Saturday Dec 21 December Solstice Season > Tuesday Dec 24 Christmas Eve State holiday KS\*, KY, MI, NC, OK, SC, TX, WI > Tuesday Dec 24 Christmas Eve Observance, Christian > Tuesday Dec 24 Washington’s Birthday State holiday Indiana And in Thailand, there’s the kings birthday (December 5) and Constitution Day (December 10). And there’s also Loy Krathong, which falls on November 17 this year, not an official holiday but still a major event. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/10 "2013-11-06T16:32:37Z")
I think **Czarcasm** has a great idea. Forums for every possible holiday/famous person, etc. Like a Google Doodle. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/11 "2013-11-06T16:33:53Z")
Why is Indiana celebrating Washington’s birthday on Dec. 24? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/12 "2013-11-06T16:36:46Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Why is Indiana celebrating Washington’s birthday on Dec. 24? We’re getting the day off work on Christmas Eve in Indiana, and then working on Washington’s Birthday to make up for it; in other words, we get Washington’s Birthday off, but we’d rather have off Christmas Eve, so we just say it’s for Washington’s Birthday when it’s actually Christmas Eve. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/13 "2013-11-06T16:38:03Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I think **Czarcasm** has a great idea. Forums for every possible holiday/famous person, etc. Like a Google Doodle. 😃 One forum for all holidays-just change the name as required. We could have the Mods of that holiday forum decide on which holidays to celebrate at their whim. Once the new forum name is up, all threads about the previous holiday are locked off until that holiday comes up again _and_ the holiday mods decide to list it again. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/14 "2013-11-06T16:43:50Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Christmas lights? Really? > It is the first week of November. > Can’t we please wait until after Thanksgiving? This looks like a job for: [The Way-Too-Early Christmas Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB-dMFjkh5A) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/15 "2013-11-06T16:46:03Z")
Also: Nov 10: USMC Day Nov 13: Sadie Hawkins Day Nov 15: World Philanthropy Day Nov 21: Great American Smokeout Nov 23: National Adoption Day Dec 1: World AIDS Awareness Day Dec 10: Human Rights Day Dec 15: Bill of Rights Day and that doesn’t even begin to touch the oddball ones. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/16 "2013-11-06T16:47:45Z")
[Betty Boop] Boop-boop-a-doop! [/Betty Boop] ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/17 "2013-11-06T16:48:39Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Can’t we please wait until after Thanksgiving? I’m with you. I have a rule at our house. One holiday at a time. The tree and the Christmas decorations don’t go up until the weekend after Thanksgiving. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/18 "2013-11-06T16:48:48Z")
Still getting some action. We’ll give it another couple of days and then, like The Great Pumpkin, it will go away. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/19 "2013-11-06T16:50:32Z")
…but it will haunt us forever. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246/20 "2013-11-06T16:56:29Z")
Heh heh heh. Runner pat said boob. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boo/673246.md?page=2)