# What's the next holiday American culture should adopt? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 28, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306 "2016-04-28T02:12:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/1 "2016-04-28T02:12:08Z")
We’re close to Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican holiday that got repurposed as a drinking and party holiday just like St. Patrick’s Day. So what other ethnic/religious holiday should American culture adopt as an excuse for a party? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/2 "2016-04-28T02:31:28Z")
Even though there’s a lot of us of Eastern European descent in America, there’s not much going on to celebrate us! How about [Dyngus Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Amigus-dyngus#Dyngus_Day_in_America)? Buffalo and now Cleveland have started the ball rolling for you… ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/3 "2016-04-28T02:42:03Z")
We used to get Che Guevara Day off when I lived/worked in California. I miss that one. Would still work for me. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/4 "2016-04-28T02:50:31Z")
Unpaid Internship Adviser Depreciation Day. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/5 "2016-04-28T02:56:40Z")
The cross-quarter days: Candlemass, Beltane, Lugh’s Night, and Samhain. VE and VJ days. The Down-Under Corroboree. Beethoven’s Birthday (as celebrated annually in Peanuts for a long time.) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/6 "2016-04-28T03:10:33Z")
I celebrate the “I’m not at work” occasion every night. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/7 "2016-04-28T03:44:11Z")
Canadian Boxing Day (not nearly as cool as it sounds) would work quite well. I am not sure I would go for it myself but Canadian Thanksgiving, roughly a month earlier than ours, might be a big hit for the heavier set. It could be a 2 for 1 deal with the earlier one being the warmup. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/8 "2016-04-28T04:13:24Z")
[Lupercalia.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupercalia) ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/9 "2016-04-28T04:18:48Z")
How about some suggestions from Japan related to nature? March 21: Vernal Equinox Day May 4: Greenery (Nature) Day July 18: Marine (Sea) Day August 11: Mountain Day September 22 :Autumnal Equinox Day 😃 ---
**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:** [April 28, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/10 "2016-04-28T04:23:36Z")
How about Kamehameha Day? ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/11 "2016-04-28T04:49:53Z")
Leap Day. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/12 "2016-04-28T04:55:23Z")
I personally observe [Yuri’s Night](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri's_Night), if that counts. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/13 "2016-04-28T08:06:39Z")
Semi-serious answer: I’m surprised you guys don’t go in for Guy Fawkes Night in a big way. Explosions! Bonfires! Fireworks! Hating on the English! Anti-Parliament Sentiment! It’s all there, just waiting to become part of the American Pantheon of Holidays. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/14 "2016-04-28T08:33:34Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I am not sure I would go for it myself but Canadian Thanksgiving, roughly a month earlier than ours, might be a big hit for the heavier set. It could be a 2 for 1 deal with the earlier one being the warmup. IOW, add more food to Columbus Day. Michaelmas has a convenient date, as does Midsummer. Build some [bonfires](https://www.google.es/search?q=hoguera+de+san+juan&espv=2&biw=986&bih=842&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiP_qjR9bDMAhVEUBQKHUVvBlwQ_AUIBigB) in the mediterranean tradition and add some Shakespearean fairies - not to the actual fire, around it! Fireworks not optional. End the night with a breakfast of [chocolate con churros](https://www.google.es/search?q=chocolate+con+churros&espv=2&biw=986&bih=842&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8over9rDMAhWBEBQKHRs8BQ0Q_AUIBigB) (toast soldiers for those who don’t like churros), then sleep off. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/15 "2016-04-28T08:45:56Z")
We have Melbourne Cup Day. We literally get a day off for the sake of a horse race. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/16 "2016-04-28T09:28:29Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > Semi-serious answer: I’m surprised you guys don’t go in for Guy Fawkes Night in a big way. Explosions! Bonfires! Fireworks! Hating on the English! Anti-Parliament Sentiment! It’s all there, just waiting to become part of the American Pantheon of Holidays. Too close to Hallowe’en. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2016, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/17 "2016-04-28T09:59:17Z")
No love for Ramadan? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/18 "2016-04-28T10:16:19Z")
Tomb Sweeping Day! ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/19 "2016-04-28T10:44:31Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > Semi-serious answer: I’m surprised you guys don’t go in for Guy Fawkes Night in a big way. Explosions! Bonfires! Fireworks! Hating on the English! Anti-Parliament Sentiment! It’s all there, just waiting to become part of the American Pantheon of Holidays. In Colonial Times, Guy Fawkes Night was celebrated in by the More Protestant Than Thou Bostonians, who called it Pope Night. Growing anti-British sentiment added to the celebration. General Washington ordered it ended to avoid offending potential Catholic allies in Quebec. That alliance fell through but the French alliance made anti-Catholic rudeness undesirable. (A good source [here](http://boston1775.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-end-of-pope-night-in-boston.html).) Boston’s demographics changed considerably in the next century. The Southern colonies were not welcoming to Catholics (except for Maryland–originally) but lacked Puritan roots. And the Quakers of Pennsylvania would have considered such celebrations rude–they actually _did_ practice religious toleration. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306/20 "2016-04-28T10:47:36Z")
Burns Night is a good’n. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-holiday-american-culture-should-adopt/753306.md?page=2)