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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nYes, here we are again at \u201cTwixmas\u201d, the week between Christmas and New Years, when I always find myself between \u201cMi Tu Phat\u201d and \u201cYes, I’ll have another helping”. I\u2019m not sure who was in charge of setting up our holidays, but they should be fired! The basic issue is that we\u2019ve bundled three of our major holidays, where eating and drinking takes center stage, in the last five weeks of the year. So, let\u2019s see if we can reasonably move some of those special holidays around so it allows for proper celebration for each, without putting an undue strain on the stomach and liver. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s start with Thanksgiving, it is supposed to be a celebration of harvest in the fall, so let\u2019s move it from the end of fall to the beginning of fall; after all, the first Thanksgiving was celebrated between September 21 and November 9 \u2013 so let\u2019s move it back to the last Thursday in September. Yes, I know Labor Day is around that time, but we can just move Labor Day maybe to sometime in August, a month that currently has no legal holidays. Few are even sure what we\u2019re celebrating on Labor Day, as we certainly don\u2019t \u2018labor\u2019 that day, unless you\u2019re having a baby. How ever you celebrate it, it\u2019s probably not a holiday where people stuff ourselves and are over-served, so let’s move it closer to Christmas. <\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nOK, with that settled, let\u2019s move on. Even though the exact date of Jesus\u2019 birth is unknown, I think I\u2019d get a lot of push back if I suggested moving Christmas from its\u2019 December 25th<\/sup> date. Although, as I look at the host of holidays in December \u2013 Immaculate Conception Day, Bodhi Day (Buddhist), Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Day (Patron Saint of Mexico), Hanukkah, it seems like everyone was trying to squeeze in a holiday before the end of the year, maybe it’s a year-end accounting thing. But OK, let\u2019s leave December for our religious holidays and annual write-offs.<\/p>\n\n\n So, we really need to get New Years further away from all the December festivities. Most of the world uses the Gregorian calendar, but, for example a country like China, still keeps their holidays from their old calendar; so Chinese New Years starts on January 29 \u2013 the end of January is a big improvement over the last day of December. As we look elsewhere, we see that the Jews were only slightly smarter than the Christians, holiday-wise, as Hanukkah moves around from November to December. In Vietnam, Tet, the lunar new year, is celebrated this year for nine days at the end of January to the early part of February. That\u2019s getting better, although nine days of partying could be detrimental to ones health. Islamic New Year is at the end of June! Well played Muslins!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I know moving the holidays is a low priority on anyone’s agenda, or most likely not on the agenda at all, but perhaps when Trump is buying Greenland, taking back the Panama Canal and making Canada the 51st<\/sup> state, he could change a few holidays around to better suit our social life. I\u2019m not holding my breath. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Suzanne and I wish you all a happy and healthy new year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Bob Sparrow Yes, here we are again at \u201cTwixmas\u201d, the week between Christmas and New Years, when I always find myself between \u201cMi Tu Phat\u201d and \u201cYes, I’ll have another helping”. I\u2019m not sure who was in charge of … read more![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-2.png\")
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