Length of Shower: 14 min -- I think that Thanksgiving is the only truly American Holiday. True we have the 4th of July, but lots of countries celebrate their independence day. Now, it’s true we have Memorial Day and Labor Day and Presidents Day, but those aren’t really big enough to constitute talking about. Most of us don’t even get a day off on those anymore. But Thanksgiving! Not only do we get a day off, we get TWO days off followed immediately by the weekend, so really it feels like 4 days off to almost everyone! Whoever thought to put this holiday always on a Thursday was brilliant! No other major holiday (sorry again to Memorial and Labor days for not being major enough for my argument) falls on a specific day of the week. There is definitely no other holiday that always falls on a Thursday! Yup, Thanksgiving is just so unique in so many ways, it is probably my favorite holiday.
Now speaking of holidays and when they are, I’ve always wondered just how they got so evenly spread out throughout the year. Like Labor Day. Did they decide to put it in early September because someone thought, “Hey, there is a HUGE gap of time from the 4th of July to Halloween, let’s put a holiday right inbetween.” And then of course someone said, “You’re right, that is a huge gap. Maybe we should put two small holiday’s in there.” So, they created Labor day and Columbus Day to go evenly spaced between them. Until someone said, “Well what about the gap from Easter to July 4th?” So then they created Memorial Day to evenly split that gap. THEN, someone said, “I would really like a day off between New Year’s and Easter.” So they, whoever “they” are, stole a holiday called Valentine’s Day. And just to really please that person they added President’s Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day to keep everyone happy. From there it got a little carried away when they added Groundhog Day on February 2nd and then Earth Day in April and let’s face it Flag Day was added because someone must have argued that the month of June felt left out. Either that or they argued we needed more holiday’s in the summer, which I agree with. But just now I looked up holiday’s on the internet (after I got out of the shower….because I know you were wondering.) and did you know that Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is an official holiday in the U.S.? I didn’t either, and while I think it is an important day it does seem like we are stretching it a bit. Next we’ll find they have a holiday just for anyone who has been in the Military…..oh they do? Right, that’s called Veteran’s day. Man, what about a holiday just for being, oh I don’t’ know, a Mom. Oh we do? Right, Mother’s day…..that reminds me my mother’s birthday is coming up. I gotta go get her a card.
Happy Holiday’s ya’all!
