I am a super geek, I’ll admit. On my calendar I’ve got the original Star Trek’s cast’s birthdays, the anniversary of Batman’s first issue, and other things of that nature… and Rammastide and Anchassun.
Rammastide is a holiday from the Thundercats comics that were published in the UK in the 80s. It celebrates when Third Earth overthrew Mummra. (like anyone cares…)
Anchassun is a Thunderian holiday I made up. It’s something like a darker and scarier Christmas / Hanukkah (you get gifts and light candles, but it’s only one night)
Yes, I celebrate both (if by celebrate you mean make a livejournal post about)
So, someone make me feel slightly less dorky. What fictional holidays do you celebrate?
(if you’re curious, my livejournal link is my sig and my calendar is linked on my livejournal. On the left. Where it says Silvercat’s Calendar. Yeah, there. =^.^=)
Thanks to the Dope, I’m now an avid believer in Prehistoric Creatures Day. (I couldn’t remember the precise date, but knew that it was not Friday the 13th a couple of weeks ago because it couldn’t be - I’d remember if it were Prehistoric Creatures Day! I had to count to make sure it was the 14th, but the 13th was right out.)
I make up my own holidays based on events- Charles Schulz Day (February 13, the day his last comic was published) and Moon Day (July 20, the anniversary of the first Moon Landing). I also celebrate Weasel Stomping Day in honor of “Weird Al” Yankovic (27th of each month), and I plan to celebrate the Feast of Maximum Occupancy next year.
For years I would spend part of a weekend soon after the holidays to walk around and just think. The day when the decorations are put away and the holidays are definitely over. Just thinking about last year and putting it in its place and contemplating the new year.
Robert Fulghum wrote an essay about the doing the same thing, and called it “Pondering Day.”
Chrismukkah. As much as I’d like to boast to wearing a ‘Yamaclaus’ - a combination of the Jewish Yarmulke and Santa Claus hat, all I do is use it as an excuse to exchange extra presents with my best friend, and when it was still on the air, watch the OC holiday episode.
Also, International Towel Day I do actually wear a towel all day. I guess technically, it’s a real holiday celebrating a fictional universe, but I count it.
There’s a list of bizarre and unusual holidays out there somewhere and I once contemplated celebrating them all in some way. Offhand I recall celebrating Speak like a Pirate Day, and Day Out of Time.
On January 8, the anniversary of the birth of the One True King, I celebrate Elvismas. (He would have been 73 this coming birthday.) I don’t do anything big; just fire up the Sun recordings and rock out for a while.
I have a few suggestions for holidays that should be added to our calendar, as well:
I’ve been pushing for years to get January 4 officially declared “Codependence Day.” This is the antipodeal date from July 4, “Independence Day” in the U.S., so it seemed like a natural choice. Everyone could spend the day enabling an addict or overfeeding a pet or something. (To be honest, I’ve never gotten a good grasp on what exactly “codependence” is. I just think Codependence Day is a funny idea.)
I’ve also considered that June 22 should be “The Celebration of Taking the Low-Road.” This is the date on which Galileo recanted; everyone could take this day as an opportunity to betray their own principles for personal gain. One could tell a lie in order to get a coworker fired, steal something from a loved one, or kick it old-school and simply go have sex with a creepy stranger in exchange for money.
I always try to celebrate a bit for Frodo & Bilbo’s combined birthday in Sept each year(dang if I can’t recall the exact date). And we tip a pint for the dear Professor’s Birthday in January, too.
Don’t know anyone personally who celebrates Bloomsday, but I had friends who celebrated Eliza Doolittle day (from the song “Just you wait, Henry Higgins” from “My Fair Lady”).
another Pirate-Talker too.
On January 20, two weeks from the Feast of the Epiphany/Orthodox Christmas, comes the Torching of the Wreaths. Please have your Christmas decorations down by then, as no one with half a brain wants to be reminded in the gloom of midwinter that Christmas is eleven months away.
As far as celebrity birthdays go, I also celebrate Mr. T’s birthday- or, as it’s officially called for me, “I Pity The Fool Who Don’t Know It’s Mr. T’s Birthday!”
Er, it’s actually called The Burning of the Greens, and many Episcopal, Methodist, and I think Catholic parishes do so on the twelfth day of Christmas.
(I couldn’t remember the precise date, but knew that it was not Friday the 13th a couple of weeks ago because it couldn’t be - I’d remember if it were Prehistoric Creatures Day! I had to count to make sure it was the 14th, but the 13th was right out.)