# Holidays most associated with drinking **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 5, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holidays-most-associated-with-drinking/719335 "2015-05-05T19:10:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holidays-most-associated-with-drinking/719335/21 "2015-05-06T14:13:27Z")
> [@bump](#): > > For me, it tends to break down like this: > > Fall/winter holiday drinking- more like eggnog, punches and indoor spirits type drinking. Christmas, NYE, Thanksgiving Weekend. Alcohol seems to be a centerpiece to many holiday parties. > > Summer picnic drinking (4th of July, Memorial Day, Labor Day) - usually less alcohol-centric and more like someone has cold beer in the cooler, as well as a variety of sodas, tea and bottled water as well. Somehow not really as intended as a get-drunk kind of thing. I do want to note that in my younger and single-er days, St. Patrick’s Day (well, the Saturday nearest to it) was a terrific excuse for an all-day party. Now that I’m older and have kids, it seems like a pain in the ass, and the larger holidays are a little easier. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holidays-most-associated-with-drinking/719335/22 "2015-05-06T15:44:51Z")
As an American of German extraction, I have to vote for Oktoberfest. For the large percentage of Americans of Polish extraction in our community it was Dyngus Day (Easter Monday). ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holidays-most-associated-with-drinking/719335/23 "2015-05-06T15:59:40Z")
The drunken 4th of July picnic was often a tradition around my friends and some family. Gee – excessive alcohol consumption and explosives. And people wonder why I spend most holidays at home. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holidays-most-associated-with-drinking/719335/24 "2015-05-06T16:32:41Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > The drunken 4th of July picnic was often a tradition around my friends and some family. Gee – excessive alcohol consumption and explosives. Makes perfect sense, that way it doesn’t hurt so much when you lose a finger. ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holidays-most-associated-with-drinking/719335/25 "2015-05-06T18:57:58Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Like the old joke about the seven seven days the Irish celebrate by drinking. > > [spoiler]Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday… > > (BTW, I’m Irish-American.);)[/spoiler] I remember telling my Italian buddy years ago one drunken St. Patty’s Day that they should give the new title of “Patron Saint of Ireland” to Foster Brooks. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holidays-most-associated-with-drinking/719335/26 "2015-05-06T19:01:14Z")
There has to be a holiday? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holidays-most-associated-with-drinking/719335/27 "2015-05-06T19:38:25Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > As an American of German extraction, I have to vote for Oktoberfest. For the large percentage of Americans of Polish extraction in our community it was Dyngus Day (Easter Monday). South Bend, Chicago or Cleveland? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RickG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rickg/32/5174_2.png) [@RickG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickG)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holidays-most-associated-with-drinking/719335/28 "2015-05-06T21:37:46Z")
Purim was a gimmee, but Chanukah? How about Passover? – 4 full cups of wine are mandated during the seder. It’s not just a tradition–it’s the Law. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holidays-most-associated-with-drinking/719335.md?page=1)