# New Public Holidays In US **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 6, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670 "2010-11-06T04:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/81 "2010-11-11T04:36:30Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > The Louisiana Purchase was quite easy while the gaining of the West from Mexico and the British involved a lot of maneuvering and action. So you prefer to celebrate dishonorable actions rather than honorable actions? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/82 "2010-11-11T05:00:47Z")
We need to have the Friday After the offical 4th of the July weekend off, so everyone can have two long holiday weekends. This could be called Get Drunk for a Week Day. ---
**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 11, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/83 "2010-11-11T05:23:04Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > We need to have the Friday After the offical 4th of the July weekend off, so everyone can have two long holiday weekends. > > This could be called Get Drunk for a Week Day. I always thought that was the period between Christmas and New Year’s. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/84 "2010-11-11T05:34:12Z")
I’m pretty sure that Thanksgiving to New Year’s is Get Drunk for a Month Day already. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/85 "2010-11-11T14:56:39Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I always thought that was the period between Christmas and New Year’s. We need that mid-summer. Everything shuts down, so stock up on booze, food and toilet paper. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/86 "2010-11-11T15:05:18Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > For 11 September, we just ought to save up a bunch of immigrants and swear them in all at once. Cool, it would be like one of those mass Moonie wedding, only jingoistic! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/87 "2010-11-11T15:25:38Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > So you prefer to celebrate dishonorable actions rather than honorable actions? Well, he is a Conservative… ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/88 "2010-11-11T15:37:15Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Cool, it would be like one of those mass Moonie wedding, only jingoistic! 🙂 It would only be jingoistic if we were exporting our culture. Immigrants come here. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/89 "2010-11-11T18:34:33Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > The Louisiana Purchase was quite easy while the gaining of the West from Mexico and the British involved a lot of maneuvering and action. And the Declaration of Independence has no significant historic meaning to Americans? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/90 "2010-11-11T18:40:34Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > The Louisiana Purchase was quite easy while the gaining of the West from Mexico and the British involved a lot of maneuvering and action. It’s spelled “manoeuvering”. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/91 "2010-11-11T18:42:34Z")
If you’re going all the way … Manoeuvring ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/92 "2010-11-11T19:48:40Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > If you’re going all the way … Manoeuvring > [@Kyla](#): > > It’s spelled “manoeuvering”. Don’t encourage him. I’m taking down both your names. In fact I’ve taken down **ascenray** ’s name twice. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/93 "2010-11-11T20:21:19Z")
**National Possum Defenestration Day!** Huzzah! Every September 31st, we all get together, & throw a live possum out the window. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/94 "2010-11-11T20:23:15Z")
Just mind the gap. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/95 "2010-11-11T20:40:20Z")
If Americans want more holidays they can move to the European nation of their choosing. They have plenty to go around. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/96 "2010-11-11T20:55:04Z")
We could always make “Talk Like a Pirate Day” an official holiday? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/97 "2010-11-11T22:09:57Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Don’t encourage him. I’m taking down both your names. In fact I’ve taken down **ascenray** ’s name twice. Get ready to take it down again, because I forgot the digraph … Manœuvring ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/98 "2010-11-11T22:22:48Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > We could always make “Talk Like a Pirate Day” an official holiday? What? it isn’t? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/99 "2010-11-11T22:41:57Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > What? it isn’t? Only in Arrrrrrkansas. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670/100 "2010-11-11T22:46:28Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > Get ready to take it down again, because I forgot the digraph … > > Manœuvring That’s six. No, make that nine, on account of being pedantic enough to spell it thus but writing _digraph_ rather than _ligature_. What are you, an Etruscan? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-public-holidays-in-us/559670.md?page=6)