Hey guys its Chris!
The holidays are in full swing but maybe we need more!!
Here are 8 weird, forgotten holidays that we should totally bring back!!
8.
Arbor Day In case you were wondering, Arbor day is a
day dedicated to planting trees!
This holiday can be traced back to a village in Spain in 1594!!
You might be thinking, "Wait a minute, Arbor Day isn't forgotten, it's a real thing still!",
and that's very true, to an extent.
Yes, Arbor Day is a celebrated holiday, but though many places all over the world celebrate
it, it's also true that many countries all over the world make fun of it.
You see, many consider this day, which is dedicated to the planting of trees and other
plants...well, pointless.
Because in their eyes, they'll never get to see the "fruits of their labors", so why start
now?
In truth, they have a small point.
Due to the nature of how trees grow, they don't grow fast, sometimes taking decades,
or even centuries to grow to full height, if they're allowed to get to that point at
all.
But, also in truth, this is a holiday that should not only be "brought back", but it
should be given a bigger spotlight.
Every year, millions upon millions of trees are cut down.
It takes years to grow a tree, but it can take mere seconds to take one down.
If this continues, not only will entire patches of earth be left bare, which is already happening,
but our planet is changing as we know it.
Plus, having a day to go outside and enjoy nature, can only be a good thing!
So, having Arbor Day be a major player on the scale of Christmas and the others could
not just be good, it could save the planet.
7.
Plough Monday Agriculture is a big part of the world, and
in many parts of the world, there are celebrations that show the people's appreciation for the
beginning of the new crop growing season.
In England, they used to celebrate this with Plough Monday.
You can tell it is an English holiday by the spelling of "plough".
Anyway, this holiday used to take place on the first Monday after January 6th.
What people would do there is a bit odd, but kind of funny.
You see, a young boy would dress up as an old woman, being called "Bessy", and a man
would dress up as an animal and be called the "fool".
They would march around the town, being followed by musicians and other parties, and they would
go door to door around the town and ask for donations so that they could prepare for the
harvest to come.
The holiday itself died out in the 19th century.
As for why it should come back, in this time where farmers have to work harder than ever
to get crops made, and keep them alive, they deserve a holiday where people come together
and celebrate the work they're going to do.
And giving donations to the farmers is a nice way of showing that people care about what
they do.
6.
Grandparents Day Depending on how big your family is, they
have a lot of holidays to celebrate them.
There's birthday's, Mothers' Day, Fathers' Day, anniversaries, and so on and so forth.
But did you know that there's a lesser known holiday out there called Grandparents Day?
Naturally, I don't mean their actual birthdays, but rather, a day to celebrate the greatness
of grandparents.
It technically falls on the first Sunday after Labor Day, but few people actually celebrate
it, likely because they don't feel it's necessary to have such a day to do just this.
But that's the problem, and that's why it should be brought back.
Grandparents are a key part of many people's lives.
For parents, they're their parents, and they're the rocks that they can go to for support,
advice, and for looking after their children.
The children usually love grandparents because they spoils them rotten, and let them do things
that their parents won't...within reason.
While it likely won't have as much importance as Fathers' or Mothers' Day, it can be hoped
at the very least to have some more attention brought to it.
Everyone deserves a day to truly be appreciated.
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5.
Lughnasadh Many holidays are created because of various
cultures and their beliefs and religions, and for Lughnasadh, this was one such holiday
where it was definitely because of beliefs, and not because of "good intentions" per se.
You see, this holiday was the Celtic holiday to celebrate harvest season as well as the
three-faced god known as Lugh.
Everything sounds fine, right?
And it is, but there is one massive catch.
If you wanted to, you could get married on this night, and then call it off a year and
a day later without consequence.
No joke.
This really happened, and it was later referred to as a "trial marriage".
It would go as thus.
Two people in love would meet at a certain wooden door.
They would hold hands through a hole in the door, and when they did, they would exchange
vows and be "married".
But, should they realize later on that they didn't want to be married, or they realized
that this marriage wasn't what it "should've been", they wait the requisite year and a
day, and they can call the marriage off with no penalties and judgments.
So, why should we bring this back?
Well, because A) Las Vegas would have a field day with it.
And two, there are a lot of people who THINK they should get married, and this would actually
cut down on rushed marriages and messy divorces, because after a year you know what you're
married to.
4.
Andisop What's a holiday without music?
Well, it depends on the holiday.
But for the forgotten holiday called Andisop, it was a key part of the tradition.
Specifically, it would take place in the three weeks leading up to Christmas.
Men, who just so happen to be fiddlers, who get their instruments and play them very early
in the morning.
They would play a single song called "Andisop", and they would actually sing out things like
the time of the day or the weather of the day.
On the surface, this might seem like a very odd and very annoying holiday, but actually,
it might be appreciated in some parts of the world, and if the fiddlers were good at their
craft, it might actually be a welcome wake-up call in the morning.
3.
Buy Nothing Day Now, on the surface, this may seem like a
fairly obvious kind of holiday, but it's actually more than that.
This "holiday" actually takes place on the same day of another "holiday"...Black Friday.
Yes, on the same day where people will spend all hours of the night waiting in line for
an incredible deal, or to get something that they "have to have", or even to get something
on sale for Christmas, there is a holiday that asks you to "buy nothing".
It might surprise you though to know that this holiday actually started in Canada, and
then started to spread around to the United State, United Kingdom, Sweden, and many more
in an attempt to boost the economy.
When stores are losing money they are in the red, and so Black Friday is a way to improve
those numbers and get back to positive, in the BLACK, which is why it is called Black
Friday.
But what is the point of it all?
Well, it's meant as a peaceful "protest" to consumerism.
Many see Black Friday and days like it as a blight, because people go all out for Black
Friday when it should be a day to rest and recover from the Thanksgiving festivities
or other activities.
What's more, they don't like that companies around the world exploit the consumers by
raising prices, sometimes faking deals, and opening up at outrageous times just so they
can buy things that you don’t need!
Given that Black Friday has taken lives, maybe this is a holiday we should fully embrace.
2.
Meal Monday One of the really odd, yet somewhat sweet,
holidays to come out of Scotland is that of Meal Monday.
This was a time when students would go home in order to get food from their parents, specifically,
oatmeal.
Why oatmeal?
Well, according to history, it was the "main grain" of Scotland at the time.
And it was symbolic to give these kids some more food because often, students don't have
a lot of money to get their own food, so they either make their own, or ask their parents
for them.
Since this holiday coincided with midterms, it actually made a lot of sense to have it
happen, and it actually lasted until the 1970's, which is quite a streak considering it started
in the 1800's.
So why bring it back?
Well, a lot of college students are still poor, and though they don't need to be fed
Oatmeal per se, the holiday can be overhauled in a way to help students who need the food
get some without having to spend an arm and a leg.
It's the little things that carry a lot of weight, and giving food away to those who
need it is a good gesture.
1.
St. Crispin's Day Let's be honest here, we all know someone
that ticks us off.
And if we're lucky, that person has ticked off many other people, thus not leaving you
alone to feel the pain and sometimes suffering that you do.
During the days of the 1800's in England, they came up with the idea of St. Crispin's
Day.
They would celebrate it on October 25th, and would make a big spectacle out of "humiliating"
a "dummy".
In this case, they would actually make a stuffed dummy, and hang it, and have the name of a
rather offensive townsperson be on the dummy to signify who they were making fun of.
You might think this a little mean-spirited, but it actually had some interesting effects.
Mainly, it would unite the town to let off some steam as they "let loose" on the dummy,
which given the stress of those days, must have been a really big relief.
After the "celebration" was done, they would cut the dummy down, burn it, and go home.
After which, the person who was made fun of would have to deal with the fact that they
were the focus of this spectacle.
Why should we bring this holiday back?
Well, simply because it's a good way to bring people together, and to teach a lesson without
violence or threats.
The only person really hurt here is the dummy.
And while it's true that the person "targeted" for the event is also "hurt", it's more accurate
to say that it's a learning lesson.
If you mess with a lot of people, they're going to turn against you, and this is a rather
peaceful way of having that happen.
Granted, if they did bring it back, they might want to move it away from the 25th so it doesn't
fall so close to Halloween, but October is still a good date for it.
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