OT - Thanksgiving, best Holiday?
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I associate Christmas with stress so it’s definitely at the bottoms of my list. I like Thanksgiving and 4th of July..
Probably the most fun I’ve had on a holiday was celebrating St Patty’s Day when I still lived in Spokane - good friends, good food, consuming lots of alcohol from mid morning until late in the evening and stumbling downtown to the parade at some point. And lots of the Pogues.
Yes to thanksgiving. However, the Christmas SEASON is where it's at. The actual day (no longer being a kid and with my kids grown and out) not so much.
Valentines day isn't real.
I'd list new years next and then the 4th. That's all I have to say about that.
I sincerely hope each of you reflect on something in your life for which you are truly thankful.
Have a great day, everyone
Have a great day, everyone
4th. No pressure. Good food and drinks.
Thanksgiving - too much tongue biting not to go postal on 14 hour per day MSNBC watching relative.
Thanksgiving - too much tongue biting not to go postal on 14 hour per day MSNBC watching relative.
Apparently MSNBCs numbers are way down - maybe they’ll shut up now that Joe and Mika have gone groveling back to Trump and Maddow isn’t on 5 days a week repeating the same point she’s trying to make over and over again. Or maybe they’ll just shut up because they’re still shell shocked.
Thanksgiving has historically been my family's best holiday. Everybody gets together and stress is confined to getting the food ready and watching the Apple Cup. Losing the traditional Apple Cup will make the Thanksgiving week different...I'm waiting for the Wyoming game to decide just how different it will be. Christmas is second. I live in SoCal, so the WA July 4 and Labor Day traditions of getting outdoors to take advantage of good camping/boating/swimming weather is a non-issue...we have that for most of the year.
Easter/Palm Sunday week is its own thing. Hard to directly compare to the others.
Easter/Palm Sunday week is its own thing. Hard to directly compare to the others.
I never watch MSNBC, CNN, Fox or any of the talking head "news" programs. Will occasionally watch the local news, mainly for, well the weather and local news. I prefer to read my news from various sources, and focus on what the newsmakers actually say, not how the talking heads spin it.
That said, it doesn't upset me to see Joe and Mika, etc. meet with Trump. He's the President-elect (shudder), and everyone, including newspeople and government leaders, need to work and deal with him. Like it or not. For instance, the call to Mexico's President where Trump's version of the call is vastly different than Mexico's President's quoted version. I can draw my own conclusions based upon that.
I don’t watch any of them either.
Very occasionally watch PBS news, BBC or DW News, which is a German state owned news outlet broadcast in English.
I find Joe, Mika and Maddow annoying with both Joe and Maddow extremely smug. I’ll give that Maddow is one of the smartest people doing these types of programs but utterly unwatchable.,
And uh, Joe and Mika definitely went to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring and grovel.
here are some fun holiday tidbits:
New years and 4th of July are the top 2 days for DUI arrests, accidents, and fatalities. St. Patrick’s day and Thanksgiving are next.
Christmas, New Year’s, and Thanksgiving are busy days for domestic violence. Not the spousal kind you usually think of - but the kind when relatives who don’t get along are forced together and come to blows.
Valentine’s Day is big for stalking, harassment, restraining order violations, and yes…domestic violence.
Halloween is big on property crimes, vandalism, trespassing, and assaults
All that being said…politically I have to pick the 4th because it’s also my anniversary. My neighbors do diminish the enjoyment a bit though - they are the kind of idiots who throw mortars into the street and light their neighbors landscaping on fire.
New years and 4th of July are the top 2 days for DUI arrests, accidents, and fatalities. St. Patrick’s day and Thanksgiving are next.
Christmas, New Year’s, and Thanksgiving are busy days for domestic violence. Not the spousal kind you usually think of - but the kind when relatives who don’t get along are forced together and come to blows.
Valentine’s Day is big for stalking, harassment, restraining order violations, and yes…domestic violence.
Halloween is big on property crimes, vandalism, trespassing, and assaults
All that being said…politically I have to pick the 4th because it’s also my anniversary. My neighbors do diminish the enjoyment a bit though - they are the kind of idiots who throw mortars into the street and light their neighbors landscaping on fire.
St Patty’s in Spokane is real. Even when I didn’t live here I’d make it back to town for the 12-15+ hour drinking binges. I’ve probably done that 20+ times on St Ps but have shied away the last few years. As I get older, I fear the 3 day hangovers.
"The Pogues"? Had to look that one up. I assume you are referring to the Irish definition (kiss for you illiterate Mick haters) rather than the derogatory military term.
And NCW, as a Coug you should be ashamed. 3-day hangovers? Let me assist. First, you usually don't get a hangover if you stick to drinking Coors Light. Probably Coors as well. AND, if you should wake up with one, easy solution. A couple of Coors Lights with your eggs and bacon! Then you are ready to go. Oh and coffee with liberal doses of Irish Cream and maybe a booster splash of whiskey also does the trick. You are welcome.
Believe me, I’m well aware of the benefits of drinking Coors lights. I just can’t resist an Irish car bomb or 10 on st Ps.
Thanksgiving as we know it is a holiday created in 1939/1941, based largely on mythology, vaguely based on history, seriously celebrated in one country, coopting the minor British harvest festival and the more significant post gunpowder/Guy Fawkes plot celebrations. Only in USA can a minor celebration elsewhere become the main de facto religious holiday over Easter and Christmas, even though Roosevelt only intended it to boost the post depression economy by extending the Christmas holiday shopping season an extra week. Thanksgiving is/was a great idea, let everyone join in to be thankful for friends and family, but it is as religiously based as Festivus and should be treated as such.
Just off a conversation with Catholic family members who were convinced that Thanksgiving was a holy day of obligation. Go figure!
Just off a conversation with Catholic family members who were convinced that Thanksgiving was a holy day of obligation. Go figure!
Huh?
The first Thanksgiving in the United States is generally considered to have taken place in 1621.
Plus, lincoln is the one credited with establishing it officially in 1863. Taihtsat
Cinco de mayo is the same way. It’s not even a holiday in Mexico - it’s an observance within one Mexican state. But Americans have adopted it as another excuse to drink and turned it into a much bigger deal than it is in its home country.
And most of them don’t even know why. Most Americans believe it’s Mexican Independence Day. It’s not.
MODERN THANKSGIVING
In the 19th century, the modern Thanksgiving holiday started to take shape. In 1846, Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of a magazine called Godey’s Lady’s Book, campaigned for an annual national thanksgiving holiday. But it wasn't until 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln declared two national Thanksgivings; one in August to commemorate the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War, and the other in November to give thanks for "general blessings." It's the second one that we celebrate today.Learn more about the holiday at National Geographic.
kids today don’t stand a chance
First Thanksgiving
Native Americans and early settlers gave thanks together with this historic feast.
Well, if you’re going to make excuses, at least make it a good one. Something sensible like “I want to” or “I woke up this morning” not “Mexico beat France in a small battle during a war they lost and don’t celebrate outside of Puebla.”
Well, there is sure a lot of inconsequential reasons below for liking holidays. Not much deep thinking involved in those answers, although I do hope everyone did enjoy some good food and camaraderie yesterday, like I did. A Cougar buddie invited me to join them for a great buffet at Mulligans in CDA. Very nice.
As far as the best holidays, I will go with celebrating the birth of Jesus (Christmas) and the birth of our country (Independence Day) as the two best reasons to celebrate.
BTW, we actually celebrate Independence Day, not the 4th of July. The 4th of July is simply the calendar date that we do celebrate said Independence Day.
Why do people have to talk politics? Its so much easier and less stressful not to.
