# Who here celebrates March 8? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 5, 2015, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267 "2015-03-05T11:41:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/1 "2015-03-05T11:41:49Z")
Deliberatly obscure title because am starting to think that lots of westerners don’t know the significance of the date. ( I don’t want give out clues) and want to know who knows the significance of the date But if you do know, what do you gift and to whom? For me its always flowers to all my friends and flowers and pearls ( earings brooch necklace) to my closer friends. Mama is dead so I can’t gift her anything. My sisters dont understand this holiday ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/2 "2015-03-05T11:46:53Z")
I don’t have a clue what it is. Well, I just Googled, and now I do, I guess. But no. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/3 "2015-03-05T11:58:24Z")
I did when I lived in Cameroon, where it’s probably the biggest event in the year. Every year the government produces special fabric, and anyone who can afford to purchases it and has a tailor see it in some imaginative way. On the day itself, there is a big hometown parade, smaller celebrations by social organizations, traditional performances and dancing all night. It’s a blast. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/4 "2015-03-05T11:58:55Z")
No, but I do celebrate March 14th. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/5 "2015-03-05T12:10:23Z")
No clue. Searched on it, found out, don’t really care to celebrate it. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/6 "2015-03-05T12:36:51Z")
Nope. I’m in the dark on this one. > [@tim314](#): > > No, but I do celebrate March 14th. Don’t forget March 15th! Et tu, Brute? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/7 "2015-03-05T12:50:05Z")
Jim Rice’s birthday? No, I’m a Yankee fan. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/8 "2015-03-05T12:51:17Z")
I first come across it when I worked in Azerbaijan. Was a little perplexed about dudes giving random females roses on the street, equally puzzled seeing waitresses n , well in fact every lady dressed up to the max I have an ex gf ,well lady with whom I keep in contact, in the former USSR, she will forgive my bad memory of everything excepting 8th March. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/9 "2015-03-05T13:03:19Z")
March 1 was World Telemark Day, so I’ve got that going for me. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/10 "2015-03-05T13:20:34Z")
April 20 is a big day for me, but never heard of March 8. ---
**Author:** ![SJL4041](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@SJL4041](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SJL4041)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/11 "2015-03-05T13:59:54Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > April 20 is a big day for me, but never heard of March 8. You know who else loved pot? ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/12 "2015-03-05T14:10:47Z")
> [@tim314](#): > > No, but I do celebrate March 14th. Me too. Not only is it Einstein’s birthday, it is also my anniversary. Coming up on #51. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/13 "2015-03-05T14:18:54Z")
> [@tim314](#): > > No, but I do celebrate March 14th. Especially this year. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/14 "2015-03-05T14:21:49Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > March 1 was World Telemark Day, so I’ve got that going for me. That’s when everybody celebrates Kesha’s birthday. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/15 "2015-03-05T14:59:18Z")
I celebrate every March 8th. It only comes once a year, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/16 "2015-03-05T15:13:51Z")
> [@SJL4041](#): > > You know who else loved pot? Pol? To the OP - per Wiki, March 8 holidays include: ```auto Holidays and observances *Christian feast day: -John of God -Philemon the actor -Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, Edward King, Felix of Burgundy (Church of England) *Earliest day on which Canberra Day can fall, while March 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Monday in March (Australian Capital Territory) *Earliest day on which Commonwealth Day can fall, while March 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Monday in March (Commonwealth of Nations) *Earliest day on which Passion Sunday can fall, while April 17 is the latest; observed on the fifth Sunday of Lent (Christianity) *International Women's Day or Mother's Day (primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet bloc) ``` I celebrate none of the above. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/17 "2015-03-05T15:33:43Z")
I have no idea what March 8 is about. I do celebrate the important stuff: - May 4 … Star Wars Day - Sep 19 … Talk like a Pirate Day ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/18 "2015-03-05T15:42:08Z")
Disappearance of MH370 is the first thing that comes to mind about March 8. (not a celebration, obviously) ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/19 "2015-03-05T15:42:42Z")
I have a number of Eastern European friends, so I DO know what holiday this is. It’s nice that it has survived, even though the political regime that gave birth to it is gone. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267/20 "2015-03-05T15:47:15Z")
No, I celebrate 7th March because it’s my birthday. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267.md?page=2)